Prof. Yuji MURAYAMA

Yuji Murayama is Professor Emeritus, Adjunct Researcher at the University of Tsukuba, Japan. He has served as Vice-President of Tokyo Geographical Society (2023-present), Vice-President of Asian Geographical Association (2019-present), President (2018-20), Chairperson (2016-18) and Director (2010-14) of the Association of Japanese Geographers, Member of Science Council of Japan (2005-2020), Director of Tokyo Geographical Society (2011-17), IGU Steering Committee Member of Transport Geography Commission (2008-16) and Urban Commission (2000-08), and President of GIS Association of Japan (2006-08). He was awarded IGU Lauréat d’Honneur in 2022. Professor Dr. Murayama has acted as Editor-in-Chief of AJG Library: International Perspectives in Geography (2018-present), Associate Editor of Euro-Mediterranean Journal of Environmental Integration (2015-20), Editor-in-Chief of Tsukuba Geoenvironmental Sciences (2015-19), Editor of Urban Studies Research (2011-17), Editor-in-Chief of Geographical Review of Japan, Ser. B (2006-08), and Editor-in-Chief of Theory and Applications of GIS (2004-06). He has also joined in the editorial board of academic journals including Annals of the National Association of Geographers, India (2020-present), Geomatics (2020-present), Encyclopedia (2020-present), Asian Geographer (2019-present), Remote Sensing (2018-present), Computers, Environment and Urban Systems (2015-present), Progress in Earth and Planetary Science (2013-2022).