Associate Professor
Emnet Woldegiorgis

Emnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis is an Associate Professor and Director at the Ali Mazrui Center for Higher Education Studies, University of Johannesburg. He did his PhD at the University of Bayreuth, Germany, where he also worked as a post-doctoral researcher. He did his joint Master’s Degree in Higher Education Studies at Oslo University in Norway, Tampere University in Finland and Aveiro University in Portugal. He has also been working as Head of Quality Assurance Officer, Department Head and team leader at Mekelle University, Ethiopia, for four years. He has been researching higher education issues since 2006 and published several academic works on theories of regionalization, internationalization, academic mobility, economics of higher education, partnership models, decolonization debates and harmonization strategies in higher education.

He is certified in two advanced level research training in higher education in the Netherlands at the Centre for Institutional Cooperation (ICIS) Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam; and training on Leadership and Management of Higher Education Institutions in Maastricht School of Management. His recent publications include (1) "Decolonising a higher education system which has never been colonised’." Educational Philosophy and Theory 53, no. 9 (2021): 894-906. (2) "Configurations of progress and the historical trajectory of the future in African higher education." Educational Philosophy and Theory (2021): 1-15. (3) "Re-Thinking Inclusive Higher Education for Students with Disabilities: A Proactive Approach Towards Epistemic Access in Ethiopia." In Social, Educational, and Cultural Perspectives of Disabilities in the Global South, pp. 235-250. IGI Global, 2021.