Dr. Berihun Gebeye

Biography

Berihun Gebeye is a Lecturer at the Faculty of Laws, University College London, where he focuses on constitutional law, human rights, and international law. His research employs theoretical, comparative, and interdisciplinary approaches to explore the intersection of law and politics in constitutional governance. Currently, he is an InterFRESCO Fellow at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies and has authored 'A Theory of African Constitutionalism' (Oxford University Press, 2021), which provides a new theoretical framework for understanding constitutions and constitutionalism in Africa. This book has received positive reviews in various academic journals. He has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals such as 'Global Constitutionalism' and 'Comparative Constitutional Studies.' Prior to his appointment at UCL, he was a Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg and has held visiting positions at prestigious institutions including Columbia Law School and the University of Oxford. He earned his S.J.D./Ph.D. in Comparative Constitutional Law (summa cum laude) from Central European University. In addition to his teaching and research, he serves as Book Review Editor for 'Constitutional Studies' and on the Editorial Board of the 'German Law Journal.'

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