Michael Woldemariam is an Assistant Professor of International Relations and Political Science at Boston University. He received his PhD in Politics from Princeton University, specializing in comparative politics, African politics, and international relations.Woldemariam’s teaching and research interests include: political violence and armed conflict, post-conflict governance and institution building, development policy, identity politics, and the politics of the Horn of Africa.
Woldemariam has conducted field studies in a number of countries, including Ethiopia, Somaliland, Mozambique, South Africa, and India. His current book project, tentatively titled, Why Rebels Collide: Factionalism and Fragmentation in African Insurgencies, examines the dynamics of rebel fragmentation in post-colonial African civil wars.
