Kazuya Sugitani (born 1990) is a Japanese public policy scholar and Associate Professor at Iwate Prefectural University. He earned his doctorate in Human and Environmental Studies from Kyoto University after studying public policy at Kyoto Prefectural University. His research focuses on public policy, political science, evidence-based policymaking (EBPM), and policy evaluation, with particular attention to the relationship between scientific evidence, democratic decision-making, and public governance. His book *The Pitfalls of Evidence: Thinking Beyond Numbers and Narratives* examines both the value and the limitations of evidence in policymaking, arguing that sound public decisions require more than data alone.
