Dr. Kurisu’s research areas are environmental engineering and environmental systems. She conducts research related to climate change mitigation, including estimation of the environmental impact of people's actions, analysis of influential factors and evaluation of information provision methods to promote pro-environmental behaviors. She published a book ``Pro-environmental Behaviors'' (Springer) in 2015. In recent years, she has also been involved in research evaluating the impact of climate change on people's quality of life and examining adaptation measures, and is currently leading a research project “Projection of Climate Change Impacts on Quality of Life (QoL) of People and Their Associated Infrastructure and Local Industries and Evaluation of Adaptation Options” funded by the Ministry of Environment of Japan and the Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency.