Allievo Perfezionando
Istituto di Diritto, Politica e Sviluppo
Binyam Mekonnen Adera
Bio
Binyam Mekonnen Adera is a PhD candidate in Political Philosophy in the Human Rights and Global Politics Program at Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa, Italy. He is also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. He obtained his MA and BA from Addis Ababa University in Philosophy.
Binyam's research focuses on political philosophy and human rights, intergenerational justice, climate ethics and politics, and globality. He has published some articles and book chapters on these areas.
His PhD research project is “Climate Change and Intergenerational Global Justice: An African Perspective towards Responsibility, Equity, and Sustainability” under the supervision of Professor Alberto Pirni. The project deals with topics at the core of intergenerational ethics, political philosophy, and law concerning the human rights to sustainable development and global governance structures of generational interactions.
Pubblicazioni
- Mekonnen, Binyam and Fasil Merawi (2025) An Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking. Addis Ababa: Addis Ababa University Press.
- Mekonnen, Binyam (2024) “Critique and Emancipation in the Religious Sphere? Revisiting Ethiopia’s Modernity through the Däqiqä Ǝsṭifanos.” In In Search of Zär’a Ya‛ǝqob, edited by Lea Cantor, Jonathan Egid, and Fasil Merawi, 187–198. Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter. doi:10.1515/9783110725810011.
- Mekonnen, Binyam (2022) “Discourse Ethics and the Problem of Fundamentalism in the Globalized World.” In Philosophical Responses to Global Challenges with African Examples, edited by Workineh Kelbessa and Tenna Dewo, 127–144. Washington, D.C.: The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy.
Corsi
- Presented “Should Africa Adopt a Forward-Looking Climate Justice?” at Vives Seminar, Hoover Chair of Economic and Social Ethics, UCLouvain, Belgium, April 22, 2025.
- Invited Talk: “Africa’s Role and Agenda in Recent COP Meetings,” 5th ECLIRE Seasonal School, February 26, 2025.
- Participated in multiple seminars at Hoover Chair, UCLouvain (Oct 1 – May 23, 2025).
- Presented papers at international conferences, including Macquarie University, University of Graz, and Prague (2023–2024).
- Participated in the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference (COP28), Dubai, UAE, Nov 30 – Dec 12, 2023.
- Participated in Blended Intensive Program on Kant and German Idealism, University of Vechta, Germany, May 2023.
- Paper presented to the ‘In Search of Zara Yacob’ Conference at the University of Oxford, UK., April 29th to May 1st, 2022.