Ahmed Elsayed is a postdoctoral researcher within the Migration Law Research Group (MigrLaw) and the Human Rights Centre (HRC) at Ghent University. In line with the objectives of the MIGJUST Project (Global Migration Justice: Beyond conflicting approaches to migration in international human rights law – MIGJUST project), he pursues the project of editing a research handbook on global migration. The project aims to bring together a wide range of critical and diverse voices to reconstruct the realities of migration, expose its colonial foundations, and interrogate its racialized and gendered constraints. He is currently examining ‘how dominant tools of normative constitutional analysis help in perpetuating the sovereignty deficit of post-colonial states.’
Ahmed Elsayed previously served as a criminal and family judge in Egypt. He holds a PhD in constitutional law from the University of Copenhagen and an LL.M. in human rights from SOAS, University of London. His research interests include Middle Eastern politics, constitutionalism, judicial politics, and Islamic law. He is a recipient of the Chevening Award (2008–09) and the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship (2012–13).
Senior Researcher Ghent University MigJust Project (May 2025 – ongoing)
