Kiyoteru Tsutsui is the Henri H. and Tomoye Takahashi Professor in Japanese Studies at Stanford University, where he also serves as Director of the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC), Director of the Japan Program, and Professor of Sociology. He is a Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Co-Director of the Center for Human Rights and International Justice, and Executive Director of the Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies.
His research spans political and comparative sociology, social movements, globalization, human rights, and Japanese society. His work examines how human rights ideas and instruments have expanded globally and shaped local politics, combining quantitative cross-national analyses with qualitative case studies.