{"id":15920,"date":"2025-09-30T17:21:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T08:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/?p=15920"},"modified":"2025-11-07T09:53:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T00:53:17","slug":"ngulube-nombulelo-kitsepile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/faculty-en\/15920","title":{"rendered":"NGULUBE, Nombulelo Kitsepile"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Degree\uff1a<\/strong><br \/>\n-Ph.D in Social Informatics, Kyoto University<br \/>\n-Post Graduate Diploma In Education, Zimbabwe Open University<br \/>\n-MSc in Disaster Management, National University of Science and Technology<br \/>\n-Bachelor&#8217;s in History and International Relations, Midlands State University<\/li>\n<li><strong>Background<\/strong>\uff1a<br \/>\n-Assistant Professor (non-tenure-track), Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University<br \/>\n-Researcher, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University (2024- August 2025)<br \/>\n-Language Instructor, Benese Be studio, (2021- March 2025)<br \/>\n-Coach and Facilitator, LbE Global Leaders (2021-March 2025)<br \/>\n-Assistant Lecturer, Institute of Development Studies, National University of Science and Technology (2016-2017)<br \/>\n-Teacher, Masotsh High School (2014-2020)<br \/>\n-Assistant Administrator, Thembiso Children&#8217;s Home (2012)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Field of Specialization<\/h3>\n<p>Disaster Risk Reduction, Post-Disaster Reconstruction, Community-Based Management, Disaster Risk Communication<\/p>\n<h3>Research Theme<\/h3>\n<p>Comparative Studies across Asian Contexts on Risk Perception and Community Agency in Post-Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Major Works \/ Publications \/ Awards<\/h3>\n<h4>Major Works \/ Publications<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Ngulube, N. K*., Tatano, H., &amp; Samaddar, S. (2023). Community Insights: Citizen Participation in Kamaishi Unosumai Decade-Long Recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 14(6), 886-897.<\/li>\n<li>Ngulube, N. K*., Tatano, H., &amp; Samaddar, S. (2024). Factors Impacting Participatory Post Disaster Relocation and Housing Reconstruction \u2013 the Case of Tsholotsho District, Zimbabwe. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 15(1), 58-72.<\/li>\n<li>Ngulube, N. K*., Tatano, H., &amp; Samaddar, S. (2024). Towards Participatory Participation: A Community Perspective on Engagement in Post-Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction. Community Development, 1-21.<\/li>\n<li>Ngulube, N. K*. (2024). Building Back Better Together: Exploring Community Engagement in Post Disaster Recovery Efforts- A Review. Journal of Multidisciplinary Research Advancements. Ngulube, 2(2), 138-149.<\/li>\n<li>Ngulube, N. K*., Tatano, H., &amp; Samaddar, S. (2025). Key focus areas in post-disaster relocation and housing reconstruction: A collaborative perspective on community development. Community Development, 1\u201318. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/15575330.2025.2530009<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Awards<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Silver Prize Young Scientist Award in the Young Scientist Session- IDRiM Conference 2023<\/li>\n<li>Bronze Prize Young Scientist Award in the Young Scientist Session- IDRiM Conference 2022<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Academic Societies \/ Service to Society<\/h3>\n<h4>Academic Societies<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRiM) Society<\/li>\n<li>Sogo Bosai Group, Disaster Prevention Research Institute<\/li>\n<li>World Bosai Forum<\/li>\n<li>Japan Society for Natural Disaster Science<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Service to Society<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>International Steering Committee Member of the World Bosai Forum<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Web Page \/ Researcher DB<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0003-3358-7434\">ORCID<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"\/fire\/gsaps\/en\/about\/faculty\">Back<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assistant Professor (non-tenure-track) [WIAPS]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15905,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15920"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16326,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15920\/revisions\/16326"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}