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Hussein Jemma

Full Name Hussein Jemma Sheymo
Address Department of Political Science and International Relations, Addis Ababa University

P.O. Box 1176,

 Addis Ababa,  University, Ethiopia

 Telephone: 251-111-231067 (Office )

                        251-911406493(cell)

E-mail: hussein.jemma@aau.edu.et, sheymohussein@yahoo.com
Office Location (address) AAU Main Campus, CSS Building, NCR, 2nd Floor , Office No: 253
Research Interest The politics of land tenure, property rights regime, rural development studies, agricultural investment, agricultural extension service, pastoral livelihoods and environmental studies, resource conflicts, and indigenous conflict resolution mechanisms.
Educational Background
    • Ph. D. Political Science/Development Studies, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2011.
  • A. Political Science/Development Studies, The American University in Cairo, 1995.
  • A. Political Science and International Relations, Addis Ababa University, 1990
List of Publications 2010, Politics and Property Rights Regimes in Land in Arsi Negele and Hetossa, South-Central Oromia, Ethiopia: Late 1880s-2006, Aas: Norwegian University of Life Sciences Printing Press.

2007, “Ethnicity as a Basis of Federalism in Ethiopia”, in Kassahun Berhanu, Tafesse Olika, Asnake         Kefale, and Jalele Erega (eds.), Electoral Politics, Decentralized Governance and Constitutionalism             in Ethiopia, pp.70-89, Addis Ababa: Addis Ababa University Printing Press.

2006, “Continuity or Change? An Assessment of Some Aspects of Government-Peasant Relationships in Ethiopia since 1975”, in Kassahun Berhanu and Demessie Fantaye (eds.), Ethiopia: Rural Development Policies: Trends, Changes and Continuities. Pp.147-169. Addis Ababa: Addis Ababa    University Printing Press.

2005, “Ethnic Conflict as a Global Political Problem: Review of Conceptual and Theoretical Perspectives,” in the Ethiopia Chapter of OSSREA, Conflict in the Horn: Prevention and Resolution, Proceedings of the Second Annual Conference of the Ethiopia Chapter of OSSREA, pp.1-29. Addis Ababa.

2003 “Defense of Status Quo versus the Quest for ‘Second -Round Reform’: Some Remarks on Current Debate Over Rural Land Tenure Issues in Ethiopia”, in Tafesse Olika, et al. (eds.) Topics in Contemporary Political Development in Ethiopia: Towards Research Agenda in the Framework of DPSIR-NIHR Research Programme (1998-2003), Proceedings of the Launching Workshop of the Department of Political Science and International Relations (DPSIR) and the Norwegian Institute of Human Rights (NIHR), pp.90-108, Addis Ababa.

2001 “The Debate Over Rural Land Tenure Policy Options in Ethiopia: Review of the Post-1991 Contending Views”, Ethiopian Journal of Development Research 23(2): 35-84.

  • “Agrarian Socialism, Peasant Institutions, and the State in Ethiopia, 1975-1990: Expectation versus Reality”, in Kukui Katsuyoshi et al, (eds.). Ethiopia in Broader Perspective, Papers of the 13th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, I. pp.163-175. Kyoto: Shokado Booksellers.
Academic Rank Assistant Professor
Administrative Positions Held at AAU
  • Director, Academic Staff Affairs, Addis Ababa University, April 2012 to present
  • Chair, Senate Standing Committee on Staff Recruitment, Appointment and Promotion, Addis Ababa University, July 2012 to present
  • Assistant Dean, College of Social Sciences, Extension Division, Addis Ababa University, 1996-1999.
  • Chair, Steering Committee, DPSIR- NCHR (Department of Political Science and International Relations and Norwegian Center of Human Rights) Cooperation Program, Addis Ababa University, 2001 2003
  • Coordinator, Ph.D. Program, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Addis Ababa University, 2012-2013
Community Services/Professional Activities
  • – Member, Editorial Board, Ethiopian Journal of Development Research, 2011 to present
  • Member, Steering Committee, The Ethiopian Development Forum, Addis Ababa University, 1999-2003.
  • Member, Research Committee, Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric), Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2007-2009
  • Reviewer, articles submitted to Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review, 2012 to present
  • Reviewer, OSSREA-sponsored Research Project Proposals September 2011.
  • Reviewer, OSSREA-sponsored Research Project Report, April 2013
  • Reviewer, Paper Prepared for the 15th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Spring 2003
  • Member, Ad hoc Assessment Committees of the UNISA (University of South Africa) -sponsored Ph.D. Proposals, December 2011, and November 2012.