Jonathan Bashi Rudahindwa

Biography

Jonathan Bashi Rudahindwa is a Lecturer at the School of Law, Gender and Media at SOAS, University of London. The main focus of Jonathan’s research is the correlation between law, regional integration, and development; it finds its basis in critical international economic law, international inequality and political economy. His work takes a nuanced approach to regional trade integration by adopting a social-legal method, examining the challenges faced by governments and social constructs in the governance of (formal and informal) cross-border trade

Some of his recent research covers a comparative analysis of the harmonisation of commercial law within the Organisation for Harmonisation of Business Law in Africa (OHADA) and in the United States (Uniform Commercial Code), as well as trade, regional cooperation, and industrialisation in West Africa (with Dr Sophie van Huellen). His current scholarly work focuses on the expansion of his methodological approach to more case studies, including the study of public authority and the governance of informal cross-border trade is Central and East Africa.

Education

LLB, Université Protestante au Congo, Kinshasa, 2008
LLM, Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis, 2011
PhD, SOAS, University of London, 2016

Areas of Research / Professional Expertise

Public International Law | International Trade Law and Development | Regionalism, Africa |Regional Development | Governance - Politics & International Relations

Personal Interests

Music - Singing |Sport - Bicycling | Travelling

Books