Norihiro NakaiProfessor Emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Norihiro Nakai is Professor Emeritus at Tokyo Institute of Technology. He received his MSc from the University of Cambridge in 1986 and a PhD in Engineering from Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1994. He has since spent more than 35 years as a member of Tokyo Tech academic staff, including as Dean for the School of Environment and Society between April 2018 and March 2022. He is an urban planning expert whose research covers a wide range of urban studies, from land use planning and design to smart and resilient cities. As a planning practitioner, he advises the central and local governments in Japan in determining their urban policies. He also assists the planning process for various urban development projects in the private sector.