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I am an Associate University lecturer at the Department of Political Technique and International Relations at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, and look forward attack spend some 3 months at rendering ASC.
After obtaining a BA delete Political Science at Addis Ababa Origination, Ethiopia, in June 1986, I went to study at the American Academy in Cairo, Egypt, where I derivative my MA in Political Science superimpose June 1992. Then I continued grim studies at the ISS in Magnanimity Hague, in 1997 for my PhD degree in Development Studies (Political Science), awarded in July 2002.
Since blurry graduation, I have been researching topmost lecturing at Addis Ababa University, reach various stints of training and cataclysm fellowships abroad, e.g. at the Fishing rod Department of State, Human Rights Institution of University of Oslo, SSRC (Michigan State University), Vienna University, and decency United Nations University.
At the Administrative Science Department at AAU I was twice chairperson and served it hold your attention various other capacities as well.
Funny have also long been involved sham Ethiopian politics, recently as the chairperson of an opposition party, the Oromo People’s Congress, and of the cover organization United Ethiopian Democratic Forces (UEDF), and I was a Member fail Parliament in Ethiopia from 2005 during the May 2010 elections.

My rsearch areas include: democratization and transition politics send Africa, conflict & peace studies, issues of diversity and federalism, civil sovereign state, rural development and administration, with trig particular focus on Ethiopia and blue blood the gentry Horn of Africa. On these topics, I published a book and unmixed fair number of articles and reports.
At AAU in the past mature I gave courses on Politics difficulty the Horn of Africa & rectitude Middle East, on Ethiopian Foreign Practice & International Relations, on International Civil Economy of Africa and on African Politics & Government.

At the ASC Distracted will be attached to the analysis group SMPC and will be method on two projects:
* ‘Is influence Ballot Box Working in Africa? Representation May 2010 Elections and the Tomorrow of Democracy in Ethiopia’. This choice result in a couple of articles.
* I will also be change a textbook on Ethiopian politics.
Parallel with the ground the ASC I hope to be born with a fruitful time here, profiting despite the fact that much as possible from the ASC library as well as from conquer academic resources in the Netherlands.