alemayehu weldemariam graduated "summa cum laude" with a master of arts in peace and conflict studies from the european university center for peace studies, at stadtschlaining, austria, in april 2009, where he was also a fellow of the salzburg global seminar. besides, he was a fellow of the academy for international business officials, in beijing, china. moreover, he received an ll.b degree from addis ababa university school of law in july 2005. he was a guest scholar at the university of chicago in november 2011 and lectured at villanova university, outside of philadelphia, pennsylvania and the university of california at santa barbara. he has been a scholar-in-residence at the lyndon b. johnson school of public affairs, university of texas at austin and austin community college. he is currently appointed as a visiting professor of government in the college of arts and sciences at suffolk university.