Paschal Mihyo is a Tanzanian, a lawyer by profession, a Professor of Politics and Administrative Studies with LL.B., LL.M and a Ph.D. in public law from the University of Dar Es Salaam. He is currently Executive Director of the Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA). Between 1975 and 1988 he taught in the Faculty of Law University of Dar Es Salaam. Between 1988 and 2004 he taught at the International Institute of Social Studies, a graduate School of Development Studies at Erasmus University in The Hague, where he was also Dean of Studies 1992‐1995. From April 2004 to September 2005, he was Director of Research and Programs at the Association of African Universities in Accra after which he joined the University of Namibia briefly and moved to Addis Ababa to join OSSREA in June 2008. He has published six books and 43 journal articles on law, human rights and politics in Africa. He is currently working on a book on Regional Integration in Africa and another one on 30 Years of Public Sector Reforms in Eastern and Southern Africa. Both books are expected to be published by the end of 2011.
