Kiyoshi Kobayashi

is the current (2018–19) president of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Director of the Management Research Center of the Graduate School of Management and Professor of Engineering, Infrastructure Economics and Management at the Department of Urban Management of Kyoto University. He was born in 1953 in Himeji, Hyōgo, Japan. Life and academic career Kobayashi got his B.Sc. in civil engineering from Kyoto University in 1976, his M.Sc. from Kyoto University in 1978 and his PhD from Kyoto University in 1984. He is the recipient of several awards and prizes for his research, including the Hinomaru Prize in 1988, the JSCE (Japan Society of Civil Engineers) Research Prize in 1993, 2001 and 2007. In 2007 he was included in the Top 50 City Creators and Urban Experts of the Ministry of the Environment of Denmark. From 1978 to 1986, Kobayashi was a research associate in the Graduate School of Engineering of Kyoto University. In 1987 he became an associate professor at the Department of Social Systems Engineering at Tottori University, where in 1990 he became a full-time professor. In 1996 he returned to Kyoto University as a full-time professor at the Graduate School of Engineering. In 2006 he became the vice dean of the Graduate School of Management of Kyoto University and in 2010 he became the dean. He held that position until April 2012. Research activities 1985, research scholar, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria 1986-1988, visiting scholar, CERUM (Center of Regional Science), Umeå University 1987-1990, visiting scholar, Institute for Futures Studies, Sweden 1989–present, editorial board member, The Annals of Regional Science 1994-1998, editorial board member, Journal of JSCE 1997-2002, editor-in-chief, Journal of Applied Regional Science 1999–present, editorial board member, Papers in Regional Science 2001-2003, secretary, Japan Society of Civil Engineers (Planning Division) 2002-2006, editorial board member, American Society of Civil Engineers 2004-2005, vice president, Applied Regional Science Conference 2006–present, co-editor in chief, American Society of Civil Engineers 2006–present, editor in chief, Japan Journal of Civil Engineering 2006–present, member of Japan Council of Infrastructure 2006–present, member of Japan Council of Transport Policy 2007–present, president, Applied Regional Science 2007–present, member of Japan Academy of Science