Professor Theophilus Edwin Coleman is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at the University at Buffalo School of Law, Buffalo, New York, an Assistant Professor of Law at the Jacksonville University College of Law, Florida (USA) (commencing 1 July 2026), a Senior Research Associate at the Research Center for Private International Law in Emerging Countries (RCPILEC) at the Faculty of Law of the University of Johannesburg and an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Ghana School of Law. He previously served as a Lecturer at the Department of Practical Business Law at the University of Johannesburg, Faculty of Law, and a Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for International and Comparative Labour and Social Security Law, also at the Faculty of Law of the University of Johannesburg. Edwin’s research focuses on inequality in international private law, particularly the intersection of private international law and employment in the era of emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI). He also publishes on labour and employment law, contract law, international commercial law, conflict of laws, and African legal philosophy. He is the co-author of the leading and authoritative textbook on Labour Law in Ghana, published by LexisNexis. Dr. Coleman has authored or co-authored numerous journal articles and book chapters. He is the lead author for two forthcoming books: Individual Labour Law in Ghana (with Professor LG Mpedi) and Private International Law of Employment in Africa (with Professor Chukwuma Okoli). Dr Coleman holds a BA (Political Science and Information Studies) from the University of Ghana, Bachelor of Laws (LLB) (with distinction) from the University of Cape Coast, Master of Laws (LLM) (with distinction) in International Commercial Law and a Doctor of Laws (LLD) from the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He is a member of the African Labour Law Society, the International Human Rights Group (under the auspices of the Human Rights Centre of the Central South University, China), the South African Society for Labour Law (SASLAW), and the International Law Association. He also served as an editor for the Private International Law Interest Group of the American Association of International Law.