Asnake Kefale
Name | Asnake |
Father’s name: | Kefale |
Grand father’s name | Adegehe |
Education: | BA, Political Science and International Relations (major) and Public Administration (minor) –Distinction 1993
MA, International Relations, International University of Japan, 1998 PhD, Political Science, Leiden University, The Netherlands, 2009 Post-doc research, Fribourg University, Switzerland, 2014 |
Academic rank | Assistant Professor |
Working for AAU | Since 1993 |
Administrative positions held | Dean, School of Governance Studies, Addis Ababa University (AAU) June 2010-September 2011
Chair, Department of Political Science and International Relations, 1999-2001 Assistant Dean, Continuing Education Programme, College of Social Sciences, Addis Ababa University, 1995-1996 |
Office address | Campus: Main
Building: College of Social Sciences Floor number: 2nd Office room no.: 240 Office tel.: +251-111-231067 Mobile: +251-912-112728 Email ID: asnakekefale@gmail.com |
Research Interest | Research interests include: Policies and institutions of conflict management in Ethiopia and the wider Horn of Africa region; Federalism and issues of identity; Civil society and governance; Resource conflicts; Political economy of development |
List of Recent publications | “Ethnic Decentralization and the Challenges of Inclusive Governance in Multiethnic Cities: The Case of Dire Dawa, Ethiopia”, Regional & Federal Studies, Vol. 24, No. 5, Pp. 589-605 (2014).
Co-editor, Reflections on Development in Ethiopia: New Trends, Sustainability and Challenges. Addis Ababa: FSS and FES (2014)
With Fana G/Senbet, “The Expansion of the Sugar Industry in the Southern Pastoral Lowlands”, in D. Rahmato, M. Ayenew, A. Kefale and B. Habermann (eds). Reflections on Development in Ethiopia: New Trends, Sustainability and Challenges. Addis Ababa: FSS and FES (2014)
“The (un)making of opposition coalitions and the challenge of democratization in Ethiopia, 1991-2011”, in J. Abbink and T. Hagmann (eds.) Reconfiguring Ethiopia: the politics of authoritarian reform. Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge (2013).
Federalism and Ethnic Conflict in Ethiopia: A Comparative Regional Study. London: Routledge (2013).
Federalism & Conflict Prevention, Management & Resolution Mechanisms, vol. 5. (editor), Equality and Unity in Diversity for Development, 5th International Conference on Federalism. Addis Ababa: Shama Books (2012) |