Overseas Training > 2009 > Kazuyoshi Nakano
Kazuyoshi Nakano
Internship at YSSP in IIASA
Division of Regional and Disaster Management Information Systems, Department of Social Informatics, Graduate School of Informatics
Place of stay: The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria
Term: June 1 – August 3, 2009
I took part in the Young Scientist Summer Program (YSSP) at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Austria from June to August 2009. YSSP is a summer program where 50 students from different fields and from over 30 countries are selected to conduct research at IIASA. The tile of my project was "Longer-run impact of natural disaster taking into account the financial position", in which I pointed out that natural disasters have a longer-run negative economic impact on the financial position of affected countries. From discussion with the supervisor here, I found out that I should focus more on risk financing in developing countries. One of the most important gains from this program was having discovered a new research interest. On the other hand, communication with participants from other countries was also stimulating, improved my English and my knowledge of other cultures, and made me realize that culture of communication can be very different by country by country.
