Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes is a Senior Lecturer and researcher at the Centre for Human Rights Education, Curtin University, Australia. He is also an Amharic poet. Yirga taught law and worked with grassroots organisations in Ethiopia before completing his Doctorate in Australia. Yirga’s research focuses on the critical study of development, education and law, and the importance of lived experience and epistemic diversity for decolonial and sustainable futures. His teaching practice is informed by his research on how to teach human rights from the perspective of diverse epistemologies, cultures and religions. He also researches African experiences and Ethiopian traditions, and writes creatively on belonging and diasporic lives. Yirga won university and industry awards for his teaching, research and creative writing.
