Christopher Muhawe, J.S.D.

Christopher Muhawe researches the intersection of technology and law, human rights, and data privacy. He focuses on emerging digital technologies' legal and social implications for marginalized communities. His cause-driven research advocates for human rights and ethical considerations in automated decision-making systems and the accountable deployment of Generative Artificial Intelligence.

His work has been published or is forthcoming in the Berkeley Journal of Law and Technology, the Georgetown Law Technology Review, the Illinois Journal of Law, Technology, and Policy, and the Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy. He employs mixed methods, including empirical legal methodologies, to investigate the enforcement and implementation of laws, regulations, and policies concerning personal information-gathering technologies.

Before starting his doctoral studies, Muhawe taught at Uganda Christian University School of Law. He practiced in the business, technology, and intellectual property litigation group at Bitangaro & Company Advocates in Kampala, Uganda. He previously clerked for Justice Adolphe Udahemuka of the Rwanda High Court. He received his JSD and LLM from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, College of Law. He also received a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice (P.G. Dip. L.P.) from the Uganda Law Development Center and an LLB from Uganda Christian University, Mukono. Before law school, he taught high school European history and English at College Miséricorde in Kigali, Rwanda.