Basic Information

Email Address

• Email Address

  ngulube.nombulelokitsepile.7kkyoto-u.ac.jp

Professional Memberships

• From Apr. 2024, To Present

  Japan Society for Natural Disaster Science
• From Mar. 2023, To Present

  World Bosai Forum
• From Apr. 2021, To Present

  Integrated Society for Integrated Disaster Risk Management IDRiM Society

Research History

• From Jun. 2021, To Jul. 2026

  Benesse Be Studio, Part Time English Teacher
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2025

  LBE Global Leaders, Facilitator
• From Jan. 2014, To Mar. 2020

  Masotsha High School, Teacher
• From Jan. 2012, To Dec. 2012

  Thembiso Children's Home, Assistant Administrator (Intern)
• From Oct. 2025, To Present

  Institute of Asia Pacific Studies, Waseda University
• From Apr. 2024, To Sep. 2025

  Kyoto University Disaster Prevention Research Institute

ID,URL

• ORCID ID

  0009-0003-3358-7434

• J-Global ID

  202401001285491250

• Researcher number

  01033612

researchmap URL

• https://researchmap.jp/Nombulelo_Ngulube

Research

Research Interests

• English Language Education
• Academic Writing
• Research Methods
• Community Vulnerability
• Disaster Recovery
• Post-Disaster Reconstruction
• Disaster Risk Management
• Disaster Risk Reduction
• Community Participation

Research Areas

• Social infrastructure (civil Engineering, architecture, disaster prevention), Social systems engineering
• Humanities & social sciences, Social psychology

Papers

• Enhancing community participation in disaster risk reduction: insights from Iwate Prefecture Post Great East Japan Earthquake

  Nombulelo Kitsepile Ngulube; Hirokazu Tatano; Subhajyoti Samaddar

  Journal of Disaster Science and Management, 13 Oct. 2025

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  Key focus areas in post-disaster relocation and housing reconstruction: A collaborative perspective on community development

  Nombulelo Kitsepile Ngulube; Hirokazu Tatano; Subhajyoti Samaddar

  Community Development, 07 Jul. 2025, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• Building Back Better Together: Exploring Community Engagement in Post-Disaster Recovery Efforts - A Review

  Nombulelo Kitsepile Ngulube

  Journal of Multidisciplinary Research Advancements, 31 Dec. 2024, Peer-reviewed

  
• Factors Impacting Participatory Post-Disaster Relocation and Housing Reconstruction: The Case of Tsholotsho District, Zimbabwe

  Nombulelo Kitsepile Ngulube; Hirokazu Tatano; Subhajyoti Samaddar

  International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, Feb. 2024, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• Toward participatory participation: A community perspective on effective engagement in post-disaster recovery and reconstruction

  Nombulelo Kitsepile Ngulube; Hirokazu Tatano; Subhajyoti Samaddar

  Community Development, 2024, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• Community Insights: Citizen Participation in Kamaishi Unosumai Decade-Long Recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake

  Nombulelo Kitsepile Ngulube; Hirokazu Tatano; Subhajyoti Samaddar

  International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, Dec. 2023, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  

Presentations

• The Role of Local Participation in Disaster Risk Reduction in Iwate Prefecture

  Ngulube; Nombulelo. Kitsepile

  8th Global Disastronomy Workshop and Symposium- Social Systems for Disaster Prevention, Chungbuk National University, South Korea, 23 Dec. 2024

  
• Strengthening Community Participation in Disaster Risk Reduction: A Qualitative Study of Iwate Prefecture Post-Great East Japan Earthquake.

  Nombulelo K Ngulube; Hirokazu Tatano; Subhajyoti Samaddar

  The 43rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Natural Disaster Science. Chiba University, Japan, 19 Sep. 2024

  
• A Community Perspective on Engagement in Post Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction.

  Nombulelo K Ngulube; Hirokazu Tatano; Subhajyoti Samaddar

  13th International Conference of the International Society for the Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRiM21), 29 Sep. 2023

  
• Women in Disaster Risk Reduction.

  Nombulelo K Ngulube

  World Bosai Forum, International Disaster Risk Conference., 11 Mar. 2023, Invited

  
• Citizen Engagement in Post-Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction. Lessons from Kamaishi: Unosumai, 11 years after the Great East Japan Earthquake. A community perspective.

  12th International Conference of the International Society for the Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRiM21), 22 Sep. 2022

  
• Building Back Better with Community Participation.

  Nombulelo K Ngulube; Hirokazu Tatano; Subhajyoti Samaddar

  11t h International Conference of the International Society for the Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRiM21), 23 Sep. 2021