Mehari Taddele Maru Part-time Professor, Migration Policy Centre and Academic Coordinator, Young African Leaders Programme, School of Transnational Governance, European University

Professor Mehari Taddele Maru, DLS is the Academic Coordinator of the Young African Leaders Programme (YALP) and a Part-time Professor at the European University Institute and Johns Hopkins University. With over 23 years of experience, he specialises in geopolitics, peace and security, law and governance, migration, and human rights. He has worked with multilateral institutions such as the United Nations, African Union, and IGAD. A graduate of Harvard and Oxford, Professor Maru holds a PhD from JL Giessen University, an MPA from Harvard, an MSc from Oxford, and an LLB from Addis Ababa University. His publications are available via his ORCID profile.