Henok Asmelash

Dr Henok Asmelash

Birmingham Law School
Assistant Professor

Contact details

Telephone: +44(0)121 414 6045
Email: h.b.asmelash@bham.ac.uk

Address: Birmingham Law School
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Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Henok Asmelash is an Assistant Professor in Law at the University 麻豆精选 Law School. Prior to joining the University 麻豆精选, he was a Global Postdoctoral Fellow at New York University (NYU) and a Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg. He holds a PhD in International Law and Economics from Bocconi University (Milan) and LLM degrees in International Economic Law and Policy from the University of Barcelona and in Business Law from Addis Ababa University.

His research interest lies within the broad field of international economic law with a particular emphasis on legal and policy issues at the intersection of trade, energy and the environment as well as on regional economic integration in Africa. Henok has published in leading international law journals such as the Journal of International Economic Law (JIEL), the European Journal of International Law (EJIL), the Journal of World Investment and Trade (JWIT) and World Trade Review (WTR). His publications on international energy subsidy governance have been cited widely, including by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Qualifications

PhD in International Law and Economics (Bocconi University)
LLM in International Economic Law and Policy (University of Barcelona)
LLM in Business Law (Addis Ababa University)
LLB (Jimma University)
Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (University 麻豆精选)

Biography

Henok holds a PhD in International Law and Economics from Bocconi University (Milan) and LLM degrees in International Economic Law and Policy from the University of Barcelona and in Business Law from Addis Ababa University. Henok has consulted the World Institute on Development Economics Research and the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development on intergovernmental efforts to tackle environmentally harmful fossil fuel subsidies.

Teaching

International and European Economic Law (Module Leader)
International Trade Law and Policy (LLM) (Module Leader)
Preferential Trade Agreements and Regional Blocks (LLM)
Legal Foundations of the European Union

Postgraduate supervision

Henok is interested in supervising students on any of the following areas:

International trade law
International investment law
Regional economic integration in Africa
Global energy transition governance

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Research

Henok鈥檚 research primarily focuses on legal and policy issues at the intersection of trade, energy and the environment with a particular emphasis on the regulation of energy subsidies in the multilateral trading system and other intergovernmental forums. Another strand of his research examines the external and non-economic dimensions of the regional economic integration process in Africa.

Publications

Recent publications

Book

de Amstalden, M, Moran, N & Asmelash, H (eds) 2023, . European Yearbook of International Economic Law, 1 edn, Springer.

Article

Mekonnen, S & Asmelash, H 2024, '', Journal of African Law.

Asmelash, H 2023, '', The Journal of World Investment & Trade, vol. 24, no. 6, pp. 847鈥�878.

Asmelash, H 2023, '', Review of European, Comparative and International Environmental Law, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 321-333.

Asmelash, H 2022, '', World Trade Review, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 455鈥�478.

Asmelash, H 2022, '', European Journal of International Law, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 993鈥�1023.

Asmelash, H 2022, '', Journal of World Trade, vol. 56, no. 5, pp. 803鈥�830.

Chapter (peer-reviewed)

Asmelash, H 2024, . in F Sindico, K McKenzie, G Medici-Colombo & L Wegener (eds), Research Handbook on Climate Change Litigation. Research Handbooks in Climate Law, Edward Elgar, pp. 326-341.

Asmelash, H 2022, . in H Ruiz Fabri & E Stoppioni (eds), International Investment Law: An Analysis of the Major Decisions. 1st edn, Studies in International Trade and Investment Law, Bloomsbury Publishing, pp. 529鈥�544.

Asmelash, H 2021, . in Trade and Environmental Law. Elgar Encyclopedia of Environmental Law, Edward Elgar, pp. 608-611. <>

Chapter

Asmelash, H 2023, in Palgrave Studies in Sustainable Futures: The Palgrave Handbook of Environmental Policy and Law. Springer.

Asmelash, H & Kassahun, T 2022, . in Materials on African Regional and Continental Integration in Higher Education. OBREAL Global, pp. 65-95. <>

Commissioned report

Acton, J, Anderson, P, Andres, L, Angus, M, Amor, P, Arrowsmith, J (ed.), Asmelash, H, Bartington, S (ed.), Bengtsson, F, Bhullar, L, Bloss, W, Bonet, B, B枚rner, S, O Bonsu, N, Bryson, JR, Burns, V, Burrows, A, Calvert, C, Cassidy, N, Cavoski, A, Chadyiwa, M, Chapman, H, Chapman, L, Cockram, M, Degendardt, L, Dickinson, D, Ding, Y, Dobrzynski, D, Dolo, M, Dora, J, Ercolani, M, Ersoy, A, Farag, H, Ferranti, E, Fisher, R, Freer, M, Goldmann, N, Goode, CE, Greenham, S, Gulati, S, Hadfield-Hill, S, Harper, G, Hegerl, G, Hillmansen, S, Holmes, J, Huang, JJ, Huser, C, Jackson, R, Jaroszweski, D, Jefferson, I, Johnson, J, Kaewunruen, S, Kelly-Akinnuoye, F, Kettles, G, Kraftl, P, Krause, S, Leckebusch, GC, Lee, R, Lockwood, B (ed.), Lohse, J, Luna Diez, E, Lynch, I (ed.), MacKenzie, R, Maddison, D, Makepeace, J, Mann, V, Marino, R, Mavronicola, N, McDonald, M, McGowan, K (ed.), Metje, N, Ng, K, Nicol, J, O'Sullivan, C, Phalkey, N, Prestwood, E, Pyatt, N, Quinn, A, Radcliffe, J (ed.), Ravi, M, Reardon, L, Reeder, T, O鈥橰egan, P, Remedios, L, Roberts, J, Rogers, C, Rungskunroch, P, van Schaik, W, Swan, J (ed.), Thomson, I, Toft, H (ed.), Tong, J, Botello Villagrana, F, Walton, A, Wason, C (ed.), Weir, C, Wood, R & Zhong, J 2021, . University 麻豆精选.

Other contribution

Asmelash, H 2024, . University 麻豆精选. <>