Atsuko joined the Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research (ICPR) as an honorary research fellow in April 2025 in order to continue developing her research in international human rights, which she has been teaching at Kingston University and the Open University.
At Kingston University, she has organised a number of events including the annual Human Rights Festival which brings together practitioners, staff and student to promote understanding of human rights. Her research in human rights covers human rights issues in a conflict situation, the mechanisms to protect and promote human rights and the conceptual evolution of human rights.