Dr. Gemechu Abeshu is a researcher specializing in diaspora, refugee and migration studies. He is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at McMaster University and a Research Associate at York University in Canada. Dr. Abeshu earned his Ph.D. in Social Anthropology from the University of Bayreuth in Germany and his M.A. in Governance and Development Studies from the University of Antwerp in Belgium. His research interests include the African Diaspora, forced displacement, refugee integration, non-state forms of political power, and Oromo and the wider Horn of Africa.