Ian Kysel is a core faculty member in Cornell Law School's Migration and Human Rights Program and codirects the Asylum and Convention Against Torture Appellate Clinic. As a 2020–21 Global Public Voices fellow, he collaborated with Maya Sahli-Fadel (University of Algiers).

Kysel is a founder and director of the International Migrants Bill of Rights (IMBR) Initiative and affiliated with Migrations: A Global Grand Challenge, where his work has been featured.