Solomon Mebrie

Full Name Solomon Mebrie
Tel No. 251 11231067 (0ffice)
Office Location (address) AAU Main Campus, CSS Building, NCR, 2nd Floor , DPSIR
Research Interest State and Society, Human Rights, Conflict Resolution and Peace Building, Transnational Involvement in the Horn of Africa, Migration & Citizenship.
Education  PhD, Political Science, The University of  Manchester,  UK , 2007; MA, University of Oslo, Norway, 2001; BA, AAU, July 1996
List of Publications/Research  Papers
  • ‘Eritrea-Yemen Relations’ in Regional Security in the Post-Cold War Horn of Africa,   Institute of Security Studies, Pretoria, South Africa, 2011, Pp 281-308 (Co-author)
  • ‘An Alternative Space for Discussion of Human Rights Issues in Ethiopia; Experiences from ECSEC’ in Journal of the Social Sciences and Humanities, 4 No.1 (2008) Pp 55-69.
  • ‘New Perspectives on Africa’ in Political Perspectives, 2008).Vol. 2, No. 1 (Co-editor & Contributor)
  • ‘Ethiopia: Regional Government Institutions, working paper,2013/14
  • ‘The Limits of the Divers of Nation: Migration and Plurinational Projects of Ethiopia and Ecuador: A comparative Study’, working paper, 2013
  • ‘Civil Society Peace Building in the Horn of Africa: the Case of the Borana, working paper, sponsored by Life and Peace Institute, Uppsala, Sweden,2013
  • ‘National Institutions in Ethiopia: The Human Rights Commission and the Ombudsman’, Research Report, 2010-11
  • ‘The May 2010 Elections in Ethiopia and Its Implications, Research Report,September 2010, (Co-authored)
  • ‘Survey of Human Rights Courses in Institutions of Higher Learning in Ethiopia’, Research report, PSIR Departmental, April 2004
Academic Rank Assistant  Professor
Working for AAU Since 1997
Administrative Positions Held at AAU
  • Chair, Department of Political Sceince and International Relations (2009-2011)
  • Chairperson, Department Academic Commitee ,2009-11
  • Member, Academic Commission, College of Social Sceinces, 2009-2011
  • Member, Steering Committee, ‘Contemporary Political Development in Ethiopia’, NORAD funded cooperation program of the Norwegian Center of Human Rights  and the Department of Political Science and International Relations ,2001-2003
  • Coordinator, academic link program- Department of Politics and International Relations, Lancaster University (UK) and Department of Political Science and International Relations, Addis Ababa University, 2001-2002
  • Programme coordinator, Continuing Education Division, College of Social Sciences, Addis Ababa University,1998-1999

 

Community Services  Member, Ethiopian Political Science & International Relations Association

 

Member, Board of Editors of the Ethiopian Journal of the Social Sciences, 2009-2013

Member, Board of Directors, Eneweyay Civic and Social Education Center,1997-2009

University email Id Solomon. Mebrie@aau.edu.et

 

Alternative email Id sgofie@yahoo.co.uk