Professional Affiliation

Ph.D. Candidate in Peace and Security Studies, Institute for Peace and Security Studies, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Expert Bio

Mr. Yared Debebe is an IPSS representative and Ph.D. candidate in Peace and Security Studies at Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia. Since 2012, he has been a lecturer and researcher in Peace and Security Studies at the University of Gondar. Previously Yared was a Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding Scholar, DAAD alumnus, Civil Society Scholars Award fellow, and visiting researcher at the Arnold-Bergstraesster-Institute (ABI), University of Freiburg. He has received the Africa Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) research fellowship. Yared has published journal articles and a book chapter. His area of research interest includes nationalism, social movement, peacebuilding, and post-conflict reconstruction in the Horn of Africa. He was a Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding (SVNP) Scholar during the spring 2022 (January to April) term at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C.