September 2026
Jurisdemocracy: An Approach to Constitutionalism in the Postcolony
Center for Law & the Economy Workshop, Tulane Law School
New Orleans, United States
Speaking
Selected lectures, keynotes, and conference presentations since 2017.
July 2026
The Basic Structure Doctrine and its (Ir)relevance in Africa
ICON·S Annual Conference
Dublin, Ireland
January 2026
The Possibilities of Constitutional Cross-fertilization Between Africa and the UK
UKCLA Annual General Meeting, UCL Laws
London, United Kingdom
October 2025
Syncretic Constitutionalism
University of Freiburg, Faculty of Law
Freiburg, Germany
October 2025
Syncretic Authoritarianism
Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies
Freiburg, Germany
May 2025
The Normative and Institutional Alchemy of Postcolonial Constitutionalism
Law and Democracy Network, University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
April 2025
An Approach to Constitutionalism
The University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Law
Hong Kong
August 2024
A Theory of African Constitutionalism
International Dialogues in Constitutional Law, University of São Paulo Faculty of Law
São Paulo, Brazil
July 2024
Exploring Syncretic Constitutionalism
ICON·S Annual Conference
Madrid, Spain
May 2024
What is Transformative Constitutionalism?
Institute of Legal and Constitutional Research, University of St Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
June 2023
What is Transformative Constitutionalism?
Comparative Constitutional Studies Conference, UNSW Law
Sydney, Australia
June 2023
What is Transformative Constitutionalism?
Taipei Comparative Constitutional Law Roundtable, Academia Sinica
Taipei, Taiwan
May 2023
Towards a Constitution of Peace in Ethiopia: Issues of Process and Substance
Conference on Ethiopia at Constitutional Crossroads
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
May 2023
Towards a Constitution of Peace in Ethiopia: Issues of Process and Substance
Africa Forum Seminar Series, University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
July 2023
A Theory of African Constitutionalism
Book Roundtable
Wellington, New Zealand
November 2022
A Theory of African Constitutionalism
Great Book Series, Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, UNSW Law
Sydney, Australia
June 2022
The Identity of the Constitutional Subject and the Construction of Constitutional Identity: Lessons from Africa
Workshop on Constitutional Identity, Melbourne Law School
Melbourne, Australia
May 2022
The Four Faces of Ethiopian Federalism
Between Failure and Redemption: The Future of the Ethiopian Social Contract
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
January 2021
The Syncretic Origins and Features of African Constitutionalism
Global Summit, The International Forum on the Future of Constitutionalism, University of Texas at Austin
Austin, United States
September 2021
A Theory of African Constitutionalism
Theory Talks Series, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
Heidelberg, Germany
November 2021
A Theory of African Constitutionalism
Book Launch, The Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, University of Oxford, and The South African Institute for Advanced Constitutional, Public, Human Rights and International Law, University of Johannesburg
Oxford & Johannesburg
October 2020
The Law and Politics of Federalism in Ethiopia
Guest Lecture, University of Milan School of Law
Milan, Italy
December 2019
Global Constitutionalism and Cultural Diversity: The Emergence of Jurisgenerative Constitutionalism in Africa
Young Scholars Forum, Melbourne Law School
Melbourne, Australia
October 2019
The Primacy of Politics over Constitutional Principles: Federalism in Ethiopia and Nigeria
Second European Constitutional Law Schmooze, University of Milan
Milan, Italy
May 2019
Federal Theory and Federalism in Africa
Baxter Family Symposium on Federalism, Faculty of Law, McGill University
Montreal, Canada
November 2018
Federal Theory in Africa
Visiting Scholars Forum, Columbia Law School, Columbia University
New York, United States
May 2018
Legal Syncretism in Constitutional Rights in Africa: A Comparative Study of Nigeria, South Africa, and Ethiopia
Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
January 2018
The Janus Face of Legal Pluralism for Rule of Law Promotion in Sub-Saharan Africa
2018 IGLP Scholars Workshop, Harvard Law School Institute for Global Law and Policy
Bangkok, Thailand
June 2017
Taking Victims of Corruption Seriously in Africa: Towards a Right to Corruption-free Service
Conference on Corporate Accountability, Business and Human Rights: African Perspective, Centre for Applied Legal Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
June 2017
Legal Theory in Africa: Between Legal Centralism and Legal Pluralism
"Overturning Paradigms" Queen Mary Post Graduate Legal Research Conference, Queen Mary University of London
London, United Kingdom