kassahun Berhanu
| Full Name | Kassahun Berhanu Alemu |
| Tel No. | 251 11231067 (0ffice), 251911608032 (cell) |
| Office Location (address) | AAU Main Campus, CSS Building, NCR, 2nd Floor , Office No: 242 |
| Research Interest | Democracy, civil society, decentralization and governance, political economy of agricultural policy, conflicts, elections and constitution making in Ethiopia, the Horn of Africa and Africa. |
| Education | Political Science: PhD (VU Amsterdam, the Netherlands, April 2000); MA (ISS, the Hague, the Netherlands, December 1991); BA (AAU, July 1986) |
| List of Recent Publications | 1) Kassahun Berhanu (2013), “Conflicts in the Horn of Africa and Implications for Regional Security” in Redie Bereketeab (ed.), The Horn of Africa: Intra-State and Inter-State Conflicts and security, Pluto Press, London and The Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala.2) Kassahun Berhanu (May 2013), “CAADP Ethiopia: A New Start?” Future Agricultures Consortium Working Paper No. 60, Brighton. 3 Kassahun Berhanu (May 2012), “The Political Economy of Agricultural Extension in Ethiopia: Economic Growth and Political Control”, Future Agricultures Consortium Working Paper No. 42, Brighton.
4) Kassahun Berhanu (2010), “The State of Higher Education and Research in Ethiopia” in Kassahun Berhanu, Tor Halvorsen and Mary Mwiandi (eds.) Shaping Research Universities in the Nile Basin Countries, Vol, I, Fountain Publishers, Kampala. 5) Kassahun Berhanu (2010), “Ethiopia: Power Relations in Higher Education Management” in Kassahun Berhanu, Tor Halvorsen and Mary Mwiandi (eds), Reshaping Research Universities in the Nile Basin Countries, Vol. II, Fountain Publishers, Kampala.
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| Academic Rank | Associate Professor Since 2004 |
| Working for AAU | Since October 1986 |
| Administrative Positions Held at AAU | -Chair, Department of Political Science and International Relations; May 2012- March 2015; September 2004 to October 2007; March 2001-July 2001; March 2001-July 2001;-Assistant Dean of the College of Social Sciences (Continuing Education Division), August 1992-January 1996; Assistant Dean of the College of Social Sciences (Regular Programme), September 1989-September 1990;Head, External Relations Office, Addis AbabaUniversity, July 2001-October 2002; |
| Assistant Dean of the College of Social Sciences (Regular Programme), September 1989-September 1990; | |
| Community Services | -Member, International Advisory Board, Journal of African History, Politics and Society (JAHPS), University of WestBohemia in Pilsen, Czech Republic, Since 2012-Guest Researcher, African Studies Centre, Georgetown University, WashingtonDC, USA, April -May 2011.-Board Member of the Forum Social Studies (FSS), a Think-Tank Dealing with Policy and Development Issues, since March 2011
-Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Zambia Social Science Journal, Southern African Institute for Policy Research, since September 2008. – Member of the International Advisory Board of the Ethiopian Journal of Social Science and Humanities (Since April 2008). – Member of the Team of International Experts and Nominee of the Inter-Governmental Authority for Development (IGAD) in the Abyei Boundary Commission to determine the status of the contested Abyei Region in Sudan (April 2005-July 2005). – Resident Vice President and Executive Committee Member, Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA), November 2005-December 2007. – Board Chairman, Center for Policy Research and Dialogue, A Regional Research Center dealing with policy issues on Conflict, Peace and Security, July 2004-May 2010. – Member of the National Executive Committee of the Ethiopian Political Science Association (2001-2008). – Member of the Executive Committee of the Ethiopian Chapter of the Organization of Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa/OSSREA, June 1998- April 2003. -Member of the Forum Social Studies (FSS), since 1997.
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| University email Id | Kassahun.Berhanu@aau.edu.et |
| Alternative email Id | kassahunal@yahoo.com |
