Sawako Shirahase o kile a ba maemong a ho ba Mofuputsi oa Banyane Fellow Univesithing ea Columbia, Lipatlisiso tse Phahameng Fellow Setsing sa Sechaba sa Patlisiso ea Tšireletso ea Sechaba, le Motlatsi oa Moprofesa Univesithing ea Tsukuba, le Moprofesa Sekolong sa Graduate sa Humanities le Sociology, Univesithing ea Tokyo. Hona joale ke Moprofesa oa Lipatlisiso le motsamaisi ea thehiloeng oa Endowed Research Unit for Inclusive Global Future Studies Sekolong sa Graduate sa Temo le Bophelo Saense, Univesithi ea Tokyo. O ile a fumana D.Phil ea hae. degree in sociology ho tsoa Univesithing ea Oxford.
Lithahasello tsa hae tsa mantlha tsa ho etsa lipatlisiso li kenyelletsa stratification ea sechaba le ho se lekane, phetoho ea palo ea batho, maemo a bong le malapa, le litsamaiso tsa ts'ireletso ea sechaba, tse hlahlojoang ho tsoa liponong tsa linaha. Hona joale o etella pele morero oa lipatlisiso o shebaneng le ho aha bokamoso bo kenyeletsang ka ho sebetsana le bophelo bo botle ho pholletsa le maemo a mangata-ho tloha linaheng le libaka ho ea ho sechaba le malapa. O sebelitse e le mofuputsi ea ka sehloohong mererong e mengata e meholo ea lipatlisiso tsa nako e telele 'me o ngotse libuka tse ngata le lingoliloeng tsa thuto ka lihlooho tsena.
Ho tloha ka 2019 ho isa ho 2021, Moprofesa Shirahase e ne e le setho sa Komiti ea Tokoloho le Boikarabelo ho Saense (CFRS) ea Lekhotla la Machabeng la Saense. Hape o sebelitse e le Motlatsi oa Mopresidente oa Lichelete le Botho ba Mokhatlo oa Machaba oa Sociological Association (ISA) ho tloha ka 2018 ho fihlela ka 2022.
Leqephe le ntlafalitsoe ka Phuptjane 2025.
