Dr Hyab Yohannes

  • Academic Coordinator (School of Education)

email: Hyab.Yohannes@glasgow.ac.uk

Advanced Research Centre (ARC), 11 Chapel Ln, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, G11 6EW

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4567-6605

Biography

Hyab Yohannes is a Lecturer in Forced Migration and Decolonial Education with the UNESCO Chair RIELA at the University of Glasgow. He conducts research and synthesises findings to address theoretical, methodological, and policy-related questions. Recently, Hyab co-edited a Special Issue on Intercultural Knowledge Production for the Journal of Language and Intercultural Communication and a book titled Cultures of Sustainable Peace for Multilingual Matters. His forthcoming book, The Refugee Abyss, will be published by Routledge. Hyab’s research interests include poetics, decoloniality, and political theories across physical, onto-epistemic, spatio-temporal, and juridico-political dimensions.

Publications

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Number of items: 26.

2025

Fatehrad, A., Natalinni, D., Yohannes, H. and Palombo, G. (2025) Diaspora space and nature-based integration. In: Karunaratne, G. (ed.) Displaced Urbanism. Series: Routledge research in planning and urban design. Routledge. ISBN 9781032748283 (In Press)

Natalini, D., Fatehrad, A., Yohannes, H. and Palombo, G. (2025) Evidence for Women and Equalities Committee’s on Community Cohesion. [Research Reports or Papers]

2024

Yohannes, H. T. , Phipps, A. and Sitholé, T. (Eds.) (2024) Cultures of Sustainable Peace: Conflict Transformation, Gender-Based Violence, Decolonial Praxes. Multilingual Matters: Bristol • Jackson. ISBN 9781800418349

Yohannes, H. T. (2024) Decolonial Mourning and the Caring Commons: Migration-Coloniality Necropolitics and Conviviality Infrastructure By Encarnación Gutiérrez Rodríguez. London, UK: Anthem Press, 2023. x + 251pp. £25.00/US$35.00. ISBN: 9781839988783. Journal of Refugee Studies, (doi: 10.1093/jrs/feae071)[Book Review] (Early Online Publication)

Albtran, A. et al. (2024) Correction to: Building an ethical research culture: Scholars of refugee background researching refugee-related issues. Journal of Refugee Studies, (doi: 10.1093/jrs/feae053) (Early Online Publication)

Fatehrad, A., Natalini, D., Yohannes, H. and Palombo, G. (2024) Nature-Based Integration Policy and Practice Toolkit. [Research Reports or Papers]

Fatehrad, A., Natalini, D., Yohannes, H. and Palombo, G. (2024) Nature-based Integration: Connecting Communities with/in Nature. [Research Reports or Papers]

Albtran, A. et al. (2024) Building an ethical research culture: Scholars of refugee background researching refugee-related issues. Journal of Refugee Studies, (doi: 10.1093/jrs/feae005)

Yohannes, H. T. , Yemane, T. H. and Wangari-Jones, P. (2024) The hostile environment, Covid-19, and the creation of asylum colonies in the UK. In: Bhambra, G. K., Mayblin, L., Medien, K. and Viveros-Vigoya, M. (eds.) The Sage Handbook of Global Sociology. SAGE Publications Ltd. ISBN 9781529772128

Yohannes, H. T. (2024) Autobiographic reflections on loss, longing, and recovery. In: Bosworth, M., Franko, K., Lee, M. and Mehta, R. (eds.) Handbook on Border Criminology. Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 312-328. ISBN 9781035307975

2023

Yohannes, H. T. and Phipps, A. (2023) What does it mean to move? Joy and resistance through cultural work in South-South migration. In: Crawley, H. and Teye, J. K. (eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of South-South Migration and Inequality. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 125-149. ISBN 9783031398131 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-39814-8_7)

Yohannes, H. , Phipps, A. , Fernandes, F. and Silva, J. (2023) Intercultural knowledge production: against gender-based violence and towards epistemic justice. Language and Intercultural Communication, 23(6), pp. 501-506. (doi: 10.1080/14708477.2023.2270878)

Yohannes, H. T. (2023) Refugees as questioning subjects: A critical reflection of PhD fieldwork involving refugees. Access: Critical Explorations of Equity in Higher Education, 10(2),

Yohannes, H. T. (2023) Refugee trafficking in a carceral age: a case study of the Sinai trafficking. Journal of Human Trafficking, 9(1), pp. 33-47. (doi: 10.1080/23322705.2021.1885005)

Yohannes, H. T. , Phipps, A. , Fernandes, F. and Silva, J. (Eds.) (2023) Intercultural Knowledge Production: Against Gender-based Violence and Towards Epistemic Justice. Language and Intercultural Communication. 23(6) [Edited Journal]

2022

Yohannes, H. (2022) Reclaiming our humanity from the necropolitics of coloniality. [Website]

Yohannes, H. T. and Tsegay, S. M. (2022) Migration and mobility in youth (Eritrea). Bloomsbury Education and Childhood Studies, (doi: 10.5040/9781350887176.037)

2021

Yohannes, H. (2021) The humans whose humanity is forfeited. [Website]

Yohannes, H. (2021) It's our responsibility to welcome refugees - and redeem their stories. Insight: The Biannual Publication for Members of Children in Scotland, 2021-2(Winter), pp. 20-21.

Yohannes, H. (2021) "A trip to a Crannog". [Website]

Yohannes, H. (2021) Decolonising Asylum? [Website]

Yohannes, H. (2021) We are all refugees. [Website]

2020

Yohannes, H. (2020) ‘We are still burning’ – survivors of Beskdira and Ona massacre. [Website]

Yohannes, H. (2020) Blina Shama UK: Creating a Sanctuary after Home Loss. [Website]

Yohannes, H. (2020) Commentary. Language and Intercultural Communication, 20(2), pp. 213-217. (doi: 10.1080/14708477.2020.1722689)

2018

Yohannes, H. (2018) ‘Born rightless, die rightless’. [Website]

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Jump to: Articles | Book Sections | Book Reviews | Edited Books | Edited Journals | Research Reports or Papers | Website
Number of items: 26.

Articles

Albtran, A. et al. (2024) Correction to: Building an ethical research culture: Scholars of refugee background researching refugee-related issues. Journal of Refugee Studies, (doi: 10.1093/jrs/feae053) (Early Online Publication)

Albtran, A. et al. (2024) Building an ethical research culture: Scholars of refugee background researching refugee-related issues. Journal of Refugee Studies, (doi: 10.1093/jrs/feae005)

Yohannes, H. , Phipps, A. , Fernandes, F. and Silva, J. (2023) Intercultural knowledge production: against gender-based violence and towards epistemic justice. Language and Intercultural Communication, 23(6), pp. 501-506. (doi: 10.1080/14708477.2023.2270878)

Yohannes, H. T. (2023) Refugees as questioning subjects: A critical reflection of PhD fieldwork involving refugees. Access: Critical Explorations of Equity in Higher Education, 10(2),

Yohannes, H. T. (2023) Refugee trafficking in a carceral age: a case study of the Sinai trafficking. Journal of Human Trafficking, 9(1), pp. 33-47. (doi: 10.1080/23322705.2021.1885005)

Yohannes, H. T. and Tsegay, S. M. (2022) Migration and mobility in youth (Eritrea). Bloomsbury Education and Childhood Studies, (doi: 10.5040/9781350887176.037)

Yohannes, H. (2021) It's our responsibility to welcome refugees - and redeem their stories. Insight: The Biannual Publication for Members of Children in Scotland, 2021-2(Winter), pp. 20-21.

Yohannes, H. (2020) Commentary. Language and Intercultural Communication, 20(2), pp. 213-217. (doi: 10.1080/14708477.2020.1722689)

Book Sections

Fatehrad, A., Natalinni, D., Yohannes, H. and Palombo, G. (2025) Diaspora space and nature-based integration. In: Karunaratne, G. (ed.) Displaced Urbanism. Series: Routledge research in planning and urban design. Routledge. ISBN 9781032748283 (In Press)

Yohannes, H. T. , Yemane, T. H. and Wangari-Jones, P. (2024) The hostile environment, Covid-19, and the creation of asylum colonies in the UK. In: Bhambra, G. K., Mayblin, L., Medien, K. and Viveros-Vigoya, M. (eds.) The Sage Handbook of Global Sociology. SAGE Publications Ltd. ISBN 9781529772128

Yohannes, H. T. (2024) Autobiographic reflections on loss, longing, and recovery. In: Bosworth, M., Franko, K., Lee, M. and Mehta, R. (eds.) Handbook on Border Criminology. Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 312-328. ISBN 9781035307975

Yohannes, H. T. and Phipps, A. (2023) What does it mean to move? Joy and resistance through cultural work in South-South migration. In: Crawley, H. and Teye, J. K. (eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of South-South Migration and Inequality. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 125-149. ISBN 9783031398131 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-39814-8_7)

Book Reviews

Yohannes, H. T. (2024) Decolonial Mourning and the Caring Commons: Migration-Coloniality Necropolitics and Conviviality Infrastructure By Encarnación Gutiérrez Rodríguez. London, UK: Anthem Press, 2023. x + 251pp. £25.00/US$35.00. ISBN: 9781839988783. Journal of Refugee Studies, (doi: 10.1093/jrs/feae071)[Book Review] (Early Online Publication)

Edited Books

Yohannes, H. T. , Phipps, A. and Sitholé, T. (Eds.) (2024) Cultures of Sustainable Peace: Conflict Transformation, Gender-Based Violence, Decolonial Praxes. Multilingual Matters: Bristol • Jackson. ISBN 9781800418349

Edited Journals

Yohannes, H. T. , Phipps, A. , Fernandes, F. and Silva, J. (Eds.) (2023) Intercultural Knowledge Production: Against Gender-based Violence and Towards Epistemic Justice. Language and Intercultural Communication. 23(6) [Edited Journal]

Research Reports or Papers

Natalini, D., Fatehrad, A., Yohannes, H. and Palombo, G. (2025) Evidence for Women and Equalities Committee’s on Community Cohesion. [Research Reports or Papers]

Fatehrad, A., Natalini, D., Yohannes, H. and Palombo, G. (2024) Nature-Based Integration Policy and Practice Toolkit. [Research Reports or Papers]

Fatehrad, A., Natalini, D., Yohannes, H. and Palombo, G. (2024) Nature-based Integration: Connecting Communities with/in Nature. [Research Reports or Papers]

Website

Yohannes, H. (2022) Reclaiming our humanity from the necropolitics of coloniality. [Website]

Yohannes, H. (2021) The humans whose humanity is forfeited. [Website]

Yohannes, H. (2021) "A trip to a Crannog". [Website]

Yohannes, H. (2021) Decolonising Asylum? [Website]

Yohannes, H. (2021) We are all refugees. [Website]

Yohannes, H. (2020) ‘We are still burning’ – survivors of Beskdira and Ona massacre. [Website]

Yohannes, H. (2020) Blina Shama UK: Creating a Sanctuary after Home Loss. [Website]

Yohannes, H. (2018) ‘Born rightless, die rightless’. [Website]

This list was generated on Thu Feb 13 12:36:08 2025 GMT.

Grants

2022 – 2024

  • Nuffield Foundation grant holder for Nature-based Integration at the University of Glasgow.
  • Recipient of the University of Glasgow Chancellor's Award.

2018 – 2021

  • UNESCO RILA Scholarship: UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts (CRILA) Ph.D. Scholarship to undertake Ph.D. project The Realities of Eritrean Refugees in a Carceral Age. The scholarship covered tuition fees and provides a stipend at the RCUK Stipend Level.

2016

  • SOAS University of London Sanctuary Scholarships
  • Prisoners of Conscience Bursaries

Teaching

Professional activities & recognition

Professional & learned societies

  • 2020: Fellow, RSE Young Academy of Scotland
  • 2021: Council Member, International Survivors of Trafficking Advisory Council (ISTAC)
  • 2017: Charity Management Committee Member, Right to Remain UK

Selected international presentations

  • 2021: Competence building, assistance provision and prevention of trafficking in human beings for labour exploitation (Online)
  • 2019: Global Migration Conversations: AHRC ESRC Migration Leadership Team Event, Glasgow (Glasgow, UK)
  • 2019: ENU Migration and Mobilities Research Network: Annual Conference 2019 (Edinburgh Napier University)
  • 2019: Neuchatel Graduate Conference (University of Neuchatel, Switzerland)

Additional information

Award: The RSE June Almeida Medal for Academic Endeavour and Public Engagement (2024)


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