| Director | Tomoya YAMAUCHI, Professor, Graduate School of Maritime Sciences |
| Subdirector | Kenji SASA, Professor, Graduate School of Maritime Sciences |
International Maritime & Ocean Policy (国際海事・海洋政策科学研究部門)
| Dept. Head |
Matthew ROOKS Graduate School of Maritime Sciences Enna HIRATA Graduate School of Maritime Sciences Tatsuya NAKADA International Maritime Research Center |
| Research Fellow | Hiroyuki NAKAHARA Part-time lecturer,YOKOHAMA National University |
| Research Fellow | Eisuke KUDO Sasagawa Peace Foundation |
| Research Fellow | Keiji HABARA Class NK / Emeritus Professor, Kansai University |
| Research Fellow | Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO Emeritus Professor, Japan Coast Guard Academy |
| Research Fellow | Kouichi YOSHIDA Nippon Hakuyohin Kentei Kyokai |
| Research Fellow | Katsuhiko HARUNA Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line) |
| Research Fellow | Hiroshi SEKINE Thomas Miller |
| Research Fellow | Masaya OOMAE Success Project Management Office., Ltd |
| Research Fellow | Hiroyasu SAWAI H&M Consulting(Maritime and Crisis Management) |
| Research Fellow | Masanori KATO Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. |
| Research Fellow | Motoki TAKAHASHI The Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University |
| Research Fellow | Masamichi HASEBE The Institute of Future Research Japan |
| Research Fellow | Masato NOBUTOKI EX Research Institute Ltd. Environmental & Regional Planning, Research & Consulting |
| Research Fellow | Randy SASAKI National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Teikyo University |
| Research Fellow | Jun KIMURA Tokai University |
| Research Fellow | Shin YOSHIZAKI Japan Institute of Underwater Archaeology, NPO |
| Research Fellow | Tsukasa YOSHIHARA Himeji Dokkyo University |
| Research Fellow | Wataru ISHIHARA Asian Research Institute of Underwater Archaeology |
| Research Fellow | Chihiro NISHIKAWA Underwater Heritage Section, Culture Secter, UNESCO |
| Research Fellow | Hiroyuki TOMURA OCEAN PLANET |
| Research Fellow | Takashi MICHITANI Otemon Gakuin University |
| Research Fellow | Keiko KANO Emeritus Professor, Kurume University |
| Research Fellow | Hisatoshi NAGANAWA JERA Co., Inc. |
Logistics Systems Science (流通・物流システム科学研究部門)
| Dept. Head |
Naoya AKITA International Maritime Research Center Katsuhiko SAITO Graduate School of Maritime Sciences Etsuko NISHIMURA Graduate School of Maritime Sciences Masaki Fuchi Graduate School of Maritime Sciences Hiroki SAKAI Graduate School of Maritime Sciences Tenda OKIMOTO Graduate School of Maritime Sciences Yoshihiro UEDA Graduate School of Maritime Sciences Hidenari MAKINO Graduate School of Maritime Sciences |
| Research Fellow | Shin-ichi AOKI Toyo Construction Co., LTD./Emeritus Professor, Osaka University |
| Research Fellow | Koichi SHINTANI Tokai University |
| Research Fellow | Makoto OKUNO Shoyokisen Kaisha,LTD. |
| Research Fellow | Yasukazu ARAKI The Distribution Economics Institute of Japan |
| Research Fellow | Hiroaki KITAZAWA Japan Woment’s Univestiy |
| Research Fellow | Kazuaki KAWAGUCHI SHINYEI Technology Co., LTD. |
| Research Fellow | Tatsuya MAENO Japan Freight Railway Company |
| Research Fellow | Yasuharu OHNISHI Japan Institute of Logistics Systems |
| Research Fellow | Hirohisa MIENO Chugoku Marine Paints, Ltd. |
| Research Fellow | Naoki KUZUNISHI Imoto Lines, Ltd. |
| Research Fellow | Changfeng GE Rochester Institute of Technology(RIT) |
| Research Fellow | Jun MIZUTANI Meiji University |
Oceanography & Maritime Sciences (海洋システム科学研究部門)
| Dept. Head |
Christopher GOMEZ Graduate School of Maritime Sciences Akira IJIRI Kobe Ocean-Bottom Exploration Center Kazuyo YAMAJI Graduate School of Maritime Sciences Yoshifumi HORIE Research Center for Inland Seas BRADAK-HAYASHI BALAZS Graduate School of Maritime Sciences Yasushi FUJIWARA Graduate School of Maritime Sciences Takashi IWATA Graduate School of Maritime Sciences |
| Research Fellow | Hideo OKAMURA Emeritus Professor, Kobe University |
| Research Fellow | Hideaki MAKI National Institute for Environmental Studies |
| Research Fellow | Keiichi FUKUSHI Former Professor, Graduate School of Maritime Sciences |
| Research Fellow | Yasuyuki ITANO Osaka City Research Center of Environmental Science |
| Research Fellow | Fumikazu TAKETANIi Earth Surface System Research Center, Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology |
| Research Fellow | Tomonari AKAMATSU Research Organization for Nano & Life Innovation, Waseda University |
| Research Fellow | Atsuyoshi NAKAYAMA Biomedical Research Institute, National Institute of Advance Industrial Science and Technology |
| Research Fellow | Danang Sri Hadmoko Universitas Gadajah Mada |
| Research Fellow | Chee Kong YAP Universiti Putra Malaysia |
| Research Fellow | Persentdt Frans CAREL Namibia University |
| Research Fellow | Aditya Saputra Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta |
| Research Fellow | Junun SARTOHADI University Gadjah Mada |
Maritime Transport Engineering (海事輸送工学研究部門)
| Dept. Head |
Kenji SASA International Maritime Research Center Satoru OISHI Center for Urban Safety and Security, Kobe University |
| Research Fellow | Masashi KASHIWAGI Emeritus Professor, Osaka University |
| Research Fellow | Shunichi KOSHIMURA International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University |
| Research Fellow | Yoshikazu TANAKA MOL Techno-Trade, Ltd. |
| Research Fellow | Chen CHEN Wuhan University of Technology |
| Research Fellow | Atsuo MAKI Osaka University |