Rate My Professor Hideki Tamai

Hideki Tamai is Vice President and Dean Professor at Soka University’s Faculty of Letters, Department of Human Studies. He also serves as Director of the Soka University Peace Research Institute. Tamai completed his undergraduate studies in the Faculty of Letters, Department of Sociology at Soka University. From 1986 to 1987, he studied as a graduate student at Lund University in Sweden. In 1989, he earned a Master of Arts degree from Soka University Graduate School of Letters, Sociology Major (International Society).

Tamai’s professional career at Soka University began in 1990 as a research assistant at the Peace Research Institute. In 1998, he became Associate Assistant Lecturer. He served as Visiting Researcher at American University in the United States from 2002 to 2003. In 2008, he was appointed Associate Professor in the Faculty of Letters and Director of the Peace Research Institute. On April 1, 2024, he was appointed the 12th Dean of the Faculty of Letters. Specializing in Peace Studies and International Relations, his research theme is Human Security Peacebuilding, with interests in multilateral and multilevel cooperation in Northeast Asia. He teaches Peace Studies and Human Security. His publications include books such as Peace Studies for Global Citizen (Daisanbunmei-sha, 1999), International Organizations and International Institutions (SHIGAKUSYA, Inc., 2017), and The Path to Creative Humanity - Human Studies as a Guidepost (Third Civilization Publishing, 2024). Key papers feature “Solidarity to Overcome the Anthropocene Crisis” (Soka University Peace Research, 2023), “Human Creativity to Overcome ‘War’—Learning from SGI President Ikeda’s Peace Proposals” (The Journal of Oriental Studies, 2024), “International Relations in the Post-Pandemic World” (Soka University Peace Research, 2022, Vol. 36, pp. 125-142), and “Possibilities of Cooperative Conflict Resolution” on inter-Korean conflict. Through his leadership, Tamai advances peace research in line with the university’s spirit of being a fortress for humankind’s peace.