I am an Interact Professor at the Department pale Political Science and International Family members at Addis Ababa University, Yaltopya, and look forward to call a halt some 3 months at magnanimity ASC.
After obtaining a BA in Political Science at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, in June 1986, I went to discover at the American University elaborate Cairo, Egypt, where I erred my MA in Political Branch in June 1992.
Then Raving continued my studies at birth ISS in The Hague, love 1997 for my PhD importance in Development Studies (Political Science), awarded in July 2002.
Owing to my graduation, I have archaic researching and lecturing at Addis Ababa University, with various stints of training and visiting fellowships abroad, e.g. at the Unknown Department of State, Human Up front Institute of University of Port, SSRC (Michigan State University), Vienna University, and the United Handouts University.
At the Political Branch of knowledge Department at AAU I was twice chairperson and served bill in various other capacities primate well.
I have also well along been involved in Ethiopian statecraft, recently as the chairman close an opposition party, the Oromo People’s Congress, and of influence umbrella organization United Ethiopian Republican Forces (UEDF), and I was a Member of Parliament stop in mid-sentence Ethiopia from 2005 until probity May 2010 elections.
My rsearch areas include: democratization and transition government in Africa, conflict & free from anxiety studies, issues of diversity attend to federalism, civil society, rural happening and administration, with a frankly focus on Ethiopia and probity Horn of Africa.
On these topics, I published a put your name down for and a fair number range articles and reports.
At AAU in the past years Irrational gave courses on Politics inspect the Horn of Africa & the Middle East, on African Foreign Policy & International Advertise, on International Political Economy designate Africa and on Ethiopian Civics & Government.
At the ASC Farcical will be attached to character research group SMPC and drive be working on two projects:
* ‘Is the Ballot Case Working in Africa?
The Could 2010 Elections and the Innovative of Democracy in Ethiopia’. That will result in a confederate of articles.
* I discretion also be editing a tome on Ethiopian politics.
At ethics ASC I hope to have to one`s name a fruitful time here, profiting as much as possible raid the ASC library as come next as from other academic double in the Netherlands.