1996 - May 11

Research Center for Urban Safety and Security, Kobe University was established, covering five research fields: Urban Structure Systems, Urban Infrastructure, Seismology and Earthquake Disaster Prevention, Health Informatics and Science, and Urban Administration and Economy

Professor Kunio Kataoka, then dean of the Faculty of Engineering, assumed the position of director.

1997 - April 1

Addition of Advanced Information Processing for Wide Area Networks research field.

1998 - April 1

Addition of Urban Safety Management research field.
Professor Shinzo Kitamura, then dean of the Faculty of Engineering, assumed the position of director.

2000 - April 1

Professor Toshimichi Moriwaki, then dean of the Faculty of Engineering, assumed the position of director.

2004 - April 1

Professor Hiromoto Usui, the dean of the Faculty of Engineering, assumed the position of director.

2006 - April 1

Reorganization of research disciplines into three major divisions:
Risk Assessment, Risk Management and Risk Communication

2007 - April 1

Professor Takashi Okimura assumed the position of director.

2008 - April 1

Professor Yasuo Ariki assumed the position of director.

2010 - April 1

Professor Yasuo Tanaka assumed the position of director.

2012 - April 1

Professor Atsushi Iizuka assumed the position of director.

2014 - April 1

Professor Akihiko Hokugo assumed the position of director.

2016 - April 1

Professor Satoru Oishi assumed the position of director.

2018 - April 1

Professor Takashi Nagao assumed the position of director.

2020 - April 1

Professor Syoichi Yoshioka assumed the position of director.

2022 - April 1

Professor Tetsuya Takiguchi assumed the position of director.