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Teshome Emana

Teshome Emana
Name Teshome Emana
Affiliation Visiting professor, African Studies Center - TUFS / Head and Assistant Professor, Department of Social Anthropology, Addis Ababa University
E-mail teshome.imanayahoo.com
Key Words Development Anthropology, Urban Anthropology, Gender, Ethiopia, Africa
Academic Career February 2010 - December 2014 Doctor of Philosophy in Social Anthropology, Addis Ababa University
April 2007 - June 2008 Master of Arts in Social Anthroppology, Addis Ababa University
September 1997 - June 1996 Master of Arts in Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Addis Ababa University
September 1987 - June 1991 Bachelor of Arts in English Language, University of Asmara, Eritrea
Degree PhD in Social Anthropology: Addis Ababa University (2014)
Professional Career September 2012 - Present Head and Assistant Professor, Department of Social Anthropology, Addis Ababa University
September 2006 - August 2012 Lecturer, College of Education, Addis Ababa University
September 1998 - July 2006 Lecturer, Ethiopian Civil Service College
September 1997 - June 1998 Lecturer, Haromaya University
Major Works

Academic Research Papers and Publications

  • Teshome Emana 2019. "Using Indigenous Cultural Framework of an African Society to Explain Modern Governance". A paper presented on the Symposium on African Potential at the Centre of African Studies in Kyoto University.
  • Teshome Emana 2017. "The Political economy of Land In a Rural-Urban Interface in Ethiopia". A paper presented at the 60th Annual Conference of the African Studies Association at Chicago.
  • Teshome Emana 2015. "Book Review: Addis Ababa: the Evolution of an Urban African Cultural Landscape". Ethiopian Journal of the Social Sciences and Humanities 11(2): 143-148.
  • Teshome Emana 2015. "The Transforming Power of urbanization: Changes and Uncertainties among the Farming Community in Laga Xafo- Laga Dadhi Town, Ethiopia". Ethiopian Journal of the Social Sciences and Humanities 11(1): 153-167.
  • Teshome Emana 2015. "Urban Land Transaction, Actors Conflicts, and some approaches to Resolution". A paper presented on the 5th International Conference on African Forum: Local Knowledge as African Potential at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • Teshome Emana 2001. "Gender Differences in Mathematics Achievement in Primary Schools of Addis Ababa". A Research made by the support of OSSREA for the 12th Gender Issues Research competition.

Research in Progress

  • Teshome Emana. Water Infrastructure for Schstosomiasis Endemic Regions. Funded by the UK Engineering and Physical Science Research Council three years project, May 2017- April 2020).
  • Teshome Emana. Rural Youth Migration Practices in an Off-farm hotspot area in Ethiopia.
  • Teshome Emana and colleagues. Challenges and Opportunities for Rural Youth Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Mixed Methods Study to inform Policy and programmes. Financed by IFAD and to be completed in April 2019).

Works done for World Bank and other international organizations

  • "Ethiopian Industrial Development Strategy." Document translation Commissioned by Industry Development Projects of Ethiopia, May 2014.
  • "Country Partnership Strategy Document." Document translation commissioned by the World Bank, May to June 2013.
  • "Training Manual for Water Utilites in Ethiopia." Document translation commissioned by the World Bank, December 2012.
  • "Strategy for Ensuring Equitable Development through accelerated and Sustainable Development in Emerging Regions of Ethiopia." Document translation commissioned by the World Bank, September 2012.
  • "Concept Paper for Ethiopian Five Year Strategic Plan." Document translation Commissioned by The World Bank, Ethiopia ,2009.
  • "Rural Water Supply Evaluation in Ethiopia." Commissioned by WABEKBON Development Consultants and the Ministry of Water Resources, Irrigation and Energy, August to September 2015.
  • "Assistant researcher for evaluating the programme on Harnessing Diversity for Sustainable Development and Social Change." A joint project funded by UNESCO and UNDP (Recruited by Dr. Beyene Tadesse, economic and social policy consultant), December 2012.
  • "Basic Education System Overall Evaluation in Ethiopia" Recruited by USAID Ethiopia for data collection and research report writing, 2007.
  • "General Education Quality improvement Programme Evaluation." Recruited by USAID Ethiopia for data collection and report writing, 2009.
  • "Faith -Based Organizations and their Roles in HIV/AIDS Prevention and Development Activities." Commissioned by EIFFDA and WIBD Consult, 2004.