Laurence Roulleau-Berger, Ph.D. and Ph.D. Supervisor in Sociology, is Research Director Emeritus at CNRS (French National Center of Scientific Research) at Ecole Normale Superieure of Lyon, France. Her research focuses on Post-Western Sociology, sociology of migration, work, and disaster. She was co-editor with Li, Kim and Yazawa of the Handbook of Post-Western Sociology. From East Asia to Europe (Brill, 2023).Yoshiyuki Yama, Ph.D. in Sociology, earned his doctorate from Kwansei Gakuin University, where he is now Professor, Dean of the School of Human Welfare Studies, and Director of the Institute of Disaster Area Revitalization, Regrowth and Governance. His research focuses on the sociology of disaster and disaster risk management, especially in depopulated communities. He is the editor of An Invitation to East Asian Disaster Humanities (2025).

Laurence Roulleau-Berger, Ph.D. and Ph.D. Supervisor in Sociology, is Research Director Emeritus at CNRS (French National Center of Scientific Research) at Ecole Normale Superieure of Lyon, France. Her research focuses on Post-Western Sociology, sociology of migration, work, and disaster. She was co-editor with Li, Kim and Yazawa of the Handbook of Post-Western Sociology. From East Asia to Europe (Brill, 2023).Yoshiyuki Yama, Ph.D. in Sociology, earned his doctorate from Kwansei Gakuin University, where he is now Professor, Dean of the School of Human Welfare Studies, and Director of the Institute of Disaster Area Revitalization, Regrowth and Governance. His research focuses on the sociology of disaster and disaster risk management, especially in depopulated communities. He is the editor of An Invitation to East Asian Disaster Humanities (2025).

Laurence Roulleau-Berger, Ph.D. and Ph.D. Supervisor in Sociology, is Research Director Emeritus at CNRS (French National Center of Scientific Research) at Ecole Normale Superieure of Lyon, France. Her research focuses on Post-Western Sociology, sociology of migration, work, and disaster. She was co-editor with Li, Kim and Yazawa of the Handbook of Post-Western Sociology. From East Asia to Europe (Brill, 2023).Yoshiyuki Yama, Ph.D. in Sociology, earned his doctorate from Kwansei Gakuin University, where he is now Professor, Dean of the School of Human Welfare Studies, and Director of the Institute of Disaster Area Revitalization, Regrowth and Governance. His research focuses on the sociology of disaster and disaster risk management, especially in depopulated communities. He is the editor of An Invitation to East Asian Disaster Humanities (2025).