Experience

Harvard University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Scientist

  • Feb 2023 - Present

  Transitional Justice Program Harvard Humanitarian Initiative Carr Center, HKS Transitional Justice Program Harvard Humanitarian Initiative Carr Center, HKS



Institute for Security Studies

• Research Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Researcher

  • Jan 2021 - Present



U.S. Department of Justice

• United States
• Law Enforcement
• 700 & Above Employee

• litigative consultant

  • 2017 - Present



Federal Justice and Legal Research and Training Institution, Ethiopia

• Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

• Research Group Lead

  • Jan 2020 - Jun 2021

  Lead a group fo six researchers on 'Customary laws and dispute resolution mechanisms for sustainable peace in Ethiopia: efforts, challenges, and the way forward. ‘ባህላዊ ሕጎችና የግጭት አፈታት ዘዴዎች ለዘላቂ ሰላምና ዕርቅ በኢትዮጵያ:- ጥረቶች፣ ተግዳሮቶች እና ማሻሻያ መንገዶች’, The research was carried out with the aim to investigate whether customary dispute resolution mechanisms in Ethiopia could be reinforced and revitalised to achieve national reconciliation and build sustainable peace. Lead a group fo six researchers on 'Customary laws and dispute resolution mechanisms for sustainable peace in Ethiopia: efforts, challenges, and the way forward. ‘ባህላዊ ሕጎችና የግጭት አፈታት ዘዴዎች ለዘላቂ ሰላምና ዕርቅ በኢትዮጵያ:- ጥረቶች፣ ተግዳሮቶች እና ማሻሻያ መንገዶች’, The research was carried out with the aim to investigate whether customary dispute resolution mechanisms in Ethiopia could be reinforced and revitalised to achieve national reconciliation and build sustainable peace.



Jimma University

• Ethiopia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Professor

  • Nov 2007 - Jan 2021



The Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg

• Germany
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Consultant - Transitional Justice in Ethiopia

  • Aug 2020 - Dec 2020

  Were the individuals responsible for past crimes punished? Was the governing elite replaced? Were the victims of the dictatorship legally rehabilitated and financially compensated? Have sites or rituals of public commemoration been established? And how is the dictatorship addressed in schools and museums, in art, film and literature? These are some of the questions the project strives to answer. Since transitional justice efforts do not take place in a vacuum, each country’s individual development status has to be taken into account. It is also important to consider its special cultural and political traditions. How the country transitions from dictatorship to democracy also plays a major role: it makes a difference whether a regime was reformed from above or overthrown from below or by outside forces. Show less



Openbaar Ministerie

• Netherlands
• Law Enforcement
• 700 & Above Employee

• Litigative consultant at the Netherlands Public prosecution Service

  • Feb 2016 - Dec 2017

  -worked with a team of experts (at the Openbaar Ministerie) prosecuting international crimes committed outside the Netherlands. -worked with a team of experts (at the Openbaar Ministerie) prosecuting international crimes committed outside the Netherlands.