A baya Sawako Shirahase ya rike mukamai a matsayin Junior Research Fellow a Jami'ar Columbia, Babban Bincike Fellow a Cibiyar Nazarin Jama'a da Tsaro ta Jama'a, kuma Mataimakin Farfesa a Jami'ar Tsukuba, kuma Farfesa a Makarantar Graduate of Humanities da Sociology, Jami'ar Tokyo. A yanzu ita ce Farfesan Bincike kuma shugabar da ta kafa Cibiyar Bincike ta Ƙaddamar da Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Aikin Noma da Rayuwa, Jami'ar Tokyo. Ta samu D.Phil. digiri a cikin ilimin zamantakewa daga Jami'ar Oxford.
Bukatun bincikenta na farko sun haɗa da daidaitawar zamantakewa da rashin daidaituwa, canjin alƙaluma, yanayin jinsi da yanayin iyali, da tsarin tsaro na zamantakewa, wanda aka bincika daga mahallin ƙasa. A halin yanzu tana jagorantar wani yunƙuri na bincike da aka mayar da hankali kan gina ci gaban gaba ta hanyar magance jin daɗin rayuwa a matakai da yawa-daga ƙasashe da yankuna zuwa al'ummomi da gidaje. Ta yi aiki a matsayin babban mai bincike a kan manyan ayyuka da yawa, ayyukan bincike na dogon lokaci kuma ta rubuta littattafai masu yawa da labaran ilimi a kan waɗannan batutuwa.
Daga 2019 zuwa 2021, Farfesa Shirahase ya kasance memba na Kwamitin 'Yanci da Alhaki a Kimiyya (CFRS) na Majalisar Kimiyya ta Duniya. Ta kuma yi aiki a matsayin Mataimakiyar Shugaban Kasa kan Kuɗi da Memba na Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararru ta Duniya (ISA) daga 2018 zuwa 2022.
An sabunta shafin a watan Yuni 2025.
