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Asebe Regassa Debelo is a Group Leader in Political Geography at the University of Zurich (UZH). With fifteen years of experience, his research focuses on interdisciplinary issues including multinational federalism in Ethiopia, pastoralism, land grabbing, Indigenous peoples' rights, resource frontiers, and large-scale development. He has examined how large-scale development projects in East Africa's dryland pastoralist regions lead to land appropriation and displacement of Indigenous societies, portraying development as a violent instrument of state domination rather than a solution to basic needs. His geographical focus is East Africa, currently exploring themes of pastoralism, climate change, and mobility, particularly along the Ethiopia-Kenya border. Asebe has contributed extensively to academic literature, with notable publications addressing political and social dynamics in Ethiopia.
University of Zurich • Zurich, CH
Leads a research group focused on political geography and interdisciplinary studies related to Ethiopian socio-political dynamics.
Department of Law