Robel Abay
Visiting Professor of Sociology
Department of Sociology
Mackintosh-Corry Hall, D413
Office Hours By Appointment
Dr. Robel Abay is a Professor of Disability Studies at Alice Salomon University Berlin. Previously, he has worked as a research associate at the Institute of Sociology at Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany. He holds a PhD from Humboldt University of Berlin on intersectional colonialities of racism and ableism. During his fellowship at Queen's University as a Visiting Professor of Sociology, he will work on his new research project on Intersectional Disability Justice (IDJ). His research and teaching interests include: Sociology of Disability; Technoableism; Decolonial Theories; Intersectional Disability Justice; Sociology of Race & Ethnic Relations; Crip Technoscience; Disability Studies & Critical Race Theory (DisCrit); Queer Migration; Climate & Social Justice; Gender & Queer Studies; Participatory Research.
Abay, R., Ihring, I., & Garba, F. M. (Eds.) (2025). The Coloniality of Humanity: Disrupting Racialized Capitalism and Fostering Transnational Solidarity. London: Bloomsbury Publishing.
Landry, D., Middelmann, T., Abay, R., Morgan, H., & Soldatic, K. (Eds.) (2025). Novel Sociological Methods and Practices of Engagement across Disability Communities. Leiden/Boston: Bill.
Abay, R., Klages, A.-L., Rodríguez Lugo, S., & Kleibl, T. (Eds.) (2025). Decolonial Methodologies in Social Work: Foregrounding Pluriversalism in Teaching and Research. London: Bloomsbury Publishing.
Abay, R., Kleibl, T., Schmitt, C., & Xypolytas, N. (2025). The Paradigm of the Camp: Human Hierarchy, Racialized Capitalism and Pandemic Politics. In R. Abay, F. M. Garba, & I. Ihring (eds.), The Coloniality of Humanity: Disrupting Racialized Capitalism and Fostering Transnational Solidarity. London: Bloomsbury Publishing.
Cholewa, J., Abay, R., & Korntheuer, A. (2025). Intersectional social work research as a tool for critical analysis of social transformation. In: ERIS Journal – Transformative Intersectional Social Work in Research and Practice, 4(25): 4-15.
Abay, R., & Mthombeni, N. (2025). Can the African subaltern speak? The colonial legacies of racial hierarchies. In R. Abay, I. Ihring, & F. M. Garba (eds.), The Coloniality of Human Hierarchy: Disrupting Racialized Capitalism and Fostering Transnational Solidarity. London: Bloomsbury Publishing.
Kleibl, T., Abay, R., Klages, A.-L., & Rodríguez Lugo, S. (Eds.) (2024). Decolonizing Social Work: From Theory to Transformative Practice. London: Bloomsbury Publishing.
Daňková, P., Afeworki Abay, R., Xypolytas, N., & Kleibl, T. (Eds.) (2024). Transnational Mobility and Externalization of EU Borders: Social Work, Migration Management, and Resistance. Lanham: Lexington Books.
Afeworki Abay, R. (2023). Dekolonisierung des Wissens: Eine partizipative Studie zu Diskriminierung und Teilhabe an Erwerbsarbeit von BIPoC mit Behinderungserfahrungen. Bielefeld: transcript.
Schmitt, C., & Afeworki Abay, R. (2023). The Interplay of Global Climate Crisis and Forced Migration. From the Imperial Mode of Living to Practices of Conviviality. In: Yearbook Migration and Society. Focus: Climate (1): 35-46.