Kazumasa Ozawa, professor of the National Graduate Institute of Policy Studies (GRIPS), specializes in construction and infrastructure systems management. He received his B.E., M.E., and D. E. degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Tokyo. He was appointed assistant professor, associate professor and professor at the University of Tokyo from 1987 to 2021, and project professor in program of Construction System Management for Innovation at School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo since 2021. From 1997 to 2000, Dr. Ozawa served as senior researcher at Public Works Research Institute in the Ministry of Construction and served as director of International Institute for Next Urban Planning Design and Management at the University of Tokyo from 2021 to 2024.

• Selected publications

Yajima, R., Katsuma, S., Suzuki, M., Matsushita, F., Hamasaki, S., Chun, P., Nagatani, K., Yamauchi, G., Hashimoto, T., Yamashita, A., Asama, H., and Ozawa, K., “Development of an excavator-avoidance system for buried pipes“, Advanced Robotics, Volume 35, Issue 23, pp.1468-1483, 2021

Bugalia, Nikhil, Maemura, Yu and Ozawa, Kazumasa, “Organizational and institutional factors affecting high-speed rail safety in Japan“, Safety Science, Volume 128, August 2020

Maemura, Yu, Kim, Eugene and Ozawa, Kazumasa, “Root Causes of Recurring Contractual Conflicts in International Construction Projects: Five Case Studies from Vietnam“, Journal of Construction Engineering and Management (ASCE), Volume 144, Issue 8, August 2018

Matous, Petr and Ozawa, Kazumasa, “Measuring social capital in a Philippine slum“, Field Methods, Volume 22, Issue 2, pp.133-153, May 2010

Hajime OKAMURA and Kazumasa OZAWA, “Self-Compacting High Performance Concrete”, Structural Engineering International: Journal of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE), Volume 6, Issue 4, November 1996, Pages 269-270

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