Institut für Politikwissenschaft

Dr. Donnet Odhiambo

Contact

Eberhard Karls University
     Institute of Political Science
     Melanchthonstraße 36
     72074 Tübingen
     Room U4

+49 (0) 7071 29 78 363
donnet.odhiambospam prevention@ifp.uni-tuebingen.de 

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Work experience

since 2025
post-doc researcher on EU-Africa relations; lecturer (adjunct) at University of Tübingen
2020 -2024
Doctoral researcher at the Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Germany
2019- 2020
Research Fellow Leiden University -Netherlands
2017- 2018
Lecturer (adjunct)The Catholic University of Eastern Africa
2014- 2016
Legal and Compliance Officer Dry Associates Investment Bank-Nairobi

Academic Bio

Dr. Donnet Rose Adhiambo Odhiambo is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen and a Lecturer at the Technical University of Kenya, Department of Liberal Development and International Studies. She is an interdisciplinary scholar whose work bridges law, political science, and regional integration studies, with a particular focus on African governance institutions.

She holds a Ph.D. in Social Science from the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from Humboldt University Berlin, a Master of Arts in Regional Integration, a Post‑Graduate Diploma in Law from the Kenya School of Law, and a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa.

Dr. Odhiambo’s research interests span regional integration in Africa, international parliamentary institutions, and the evolving role of African regional parliaments, including the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), the ECOWAS Parliament, and the Pan‑African Parliament. Her work also examines women’s representation in parliaments, democracy and elections, good governance, and EU–Africa relations, with a growing focus on how these themes intersect with contemporary polycrisis dynamics.

Her scholarship contributes to strengthening African perspectives within global debates on governance, representation, and institutional development.

Publications

  • Regional Parliaments and Multi-Level Systems in African-European Relations. In: The Future of African-European Relations – Towards an Equitable Global Society, Springer, 2025. Includes two chapters by Donnet Rose Adhiambo Odhiambo: "Regional Parliaments in Africa",  and "Introduction: Multi-Level Systems" (co-authored with Annegret Eppler). https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-85810-9
  • Normative Supranationalism and Good Governance in Africa: The Nexus of Regional Parliaments and Democratic Legitimacy. Doctoral Thesis. Tubingen University Library http://hdl.handle.net/10900/165771
  • Introduction: Multi-level Systems by Annegret Eppler and Donnet Rose Adhiambo Odhiambo in “The Future of African European Relations. Towards an Equitable Global Society?” edited by Dirk Brand, Doris Dialer, Andreas Pattar and Annegret Eppler Springer 2025.
    https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-85810-9
  • Rethinking representation through elections- a case study of ECOWAS and the EAC.in United Nations University Series on Regionalism. Springer-2025 (forthcoming).
  • Omolo, C.O and Odhiambo, D.R.A. Intergovernmental authority on development. In African Regionalism edited by Lynda Iroulo and Oheneba Boateng, Oxford University press (under review).

Qualifications

2020-2024      PhD. Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Germany 

2017- 2019      Master of Arts Regional Integration (Distinction) The Catholic University of Eastern Africa 

2016- 2017      Master of Laws (Distinction) University of the Western Cape 

2012- 2014      Post-Graduate Diploma in Law Kenya School of Law 

2007- 2011      Bachelor of Laws Degree the Catholic University of Eastern Africa

Grants and scholarships

Research grant- Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst  (DAAD)2020-2024 

Master scholarship   DAAD in-region scholarship, 2016-2016
                                        DAAD in-country scholarship, 2017-2019
 

Erasmus Plus            Visiting Researcher