Eyob Balcha Gebremariam

Dr Eyob Balcha Gebremariam is an awardee of the joint UCT-UoB Fellowship. He also won the 2022 Thandika Mkandawire Prize for Outstanding Scholarship in African Political Economy and Economic Development. He is a Research Associate at the Perivoli Africa Research Centre, University of Bristol. He received his doctoral degree in Development Policy and Management from the University of Manchester, UK. He taught African Political Economy and African Development at the London School of Economics and Political Science (2017–2021). He also held a Matasa Fellowship position at the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK (2016/17). His research areas include the politics of knowledge production in Africa (decolonial perspectives), African political economy, the politics of development, and young citizens' engagement in politics.