Jonathan Bashi Rudahindwa

Dr. Jonathan Bashi Rudahindwa is Senior Lecturer in Law at SOAS University of London's School of Law, Gender and Media. His research analyzes the intersection of law, regional integration, and development in Sub-Saharan Africa, employing socio-legal methods to examine formal/informal cross-border trade governance. Previously a Postdoctoral Research Officer at LSE and lecturer in DRC, he holds law degrees from Université Protestante au Congo, LLM from Indiana University, and PhD from SOAS.

Research focuses on:

• Political economy of regional trade integration
• Comparative commercial law harmonization (OHADA/UCC)
• Governance of informal cross-border trade
• Critical approaches to international inequality

Authored 'Regional Developmentalism Through International Law' (2018). Current projects investigate public authority in Central/East African trade corridors.