Arega Bazezew Berlie (PhD)

Personal Details

• Full Name: Arega Bazezew Berlie(Ph.D.)
• Academic Rank: Professor
• Current Administrative Post: Ph.D. coordinator in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Faculty of social sciences research council, University promotion committee, Editor in chief of the Ethiopian Journal of social sciences and members of the department council. 
• Office Address:  (C-22,  building =87)
• Mobile Number: +251-918011792
• Email Address: aregaberlie@gmail.com

Educational Background

• Highest qualification – Ph.D. (Professor)
• Years in teaching at University –  about 15 years
•  Field of study  at master level – Agricultural geography at Addis Ababa University
•  Field of study at Ph.D. level   – Determinants of food security at household level in drought-prone areas of Ethiopia  at UNISA

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

1. I was born on August 1, 1959, in the North Gondar administrative zone, north-central Ethiopia. I received a B.A. degree in Geography from Addis Ababa University in December 1992. I received my M.A degree in Agricultural Geography in July 2004 in the same university. I received my Ph.D. degree at UNISA, Pretoria on May 24, 2014.
2.     In connection to training activities, I gave the following training

•  Two days pieces of training on SPSS and other software applications for the Amhara Region Women and Youth Affairs from July 11-14, 2014
• I offered two days of training for social sciences faculty in relation to research philosophy, research paradigms, and quantitative and qualitative research methods from June 15-16, 2014.
• I gave pieces of training in relation to basic research proposal and project development to the same faculty from June 22-23, 2014.

  3. In writing Scientific Articles, I have published the following articles in journals

•  Arega Bazezew Berlie. 2002. Disciplinary problems in Ethiopian secondary schools: Case study of Ankisha senior secondary school of the Amhara Region. Educational Journal Ministry of education 6(14):47-72.
• Arega Bazezew Berlie. 2005. Assessment in the use of agricultural inputs with particular reference to Mecha district, west Gojjam. The Ethiopian of journal of science and technology 2(3): 51-68.
•  Arega Bazezew and Woldeamlak Bewket. 2013. Analysis of Vulnerability to Food Insecurity in Drought-Prone Areas of the Amhara Region of Ethiopia: Case Study in Lay Gayint Woreda. Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review, 29: 25-49.
•   Arega Bazezew Berlie. 2012.  Determining Food Security Indicators at Household Level in Drought Prone Areas of the Amhara Region of Ethiopia: The Case of Lay Gayiant District. Journal of Environmental Studies and Management 5(4): 422-434.
•   Arega Bazezew Berlie. 2012.  Productive Safety Nets Program and Household Level Graduation in Drought-Prone Areas of the Amhara Region of Ethiopia: A Case Study in Lay Gaint District: Ethiopian Journal of Environmental Studies and Management 5(4): 604-612.
•  Arega Bazezew Berlie, Woldeamlak Bewket and Melanie, N. 2013. Rural Households’ Livelihood Assets, Strategies and Outcomes in Drought-Prone Areas of the Amhara Region, Ethiopia: Case Study in Lay Gayint District. African Journal of Agricultural Research 8(46): 5716-5727
• Arega Bazezew and Eskinder Gidey.2012. Analysis of drought vulnerability and its effect on agricultural production. LAMBERT, academic publishing.
• Arega Bazezew Berlie.2015.  Coping Strategies and Household Food Security in   Drought-Prone Areas in Ethiopia: The Case of Lay Gayint District. Ghana journal of development studies, 12 (1 & 2), 1-18.  Arega Bazezew Berlie. 2014. The role of productive safety nets in improving household food dietary diversity in the Amhara region of Ethiopia: A case study on Lay Gayint District. Ethiop. J. Health Dev.  28(3):191-201.
• Arega Bazezew Berlie. 2016.  Non-Farm and Off-Farm Activities in Achieving Livelihood Security in the Amhara Region: Case Study of Lay Gayint District.  Journal of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, 1 (2), 33-51.   Arega Bazezew and Bizuayehu Biswer. 2016. An assessment or rural water supply coverage using Geo-spatial tools: Case study of Bahir Dar Zurisa district in Amhara region. The Ethiopian journal of social sciences 2(1), 22-36.
• Arega Bazezew. 2016. Households perceptions and adaptive strategies to climate variability in drought prone areas of the Amhara region, Ethiopia. The Ethiopian Journal of Social Sciences 2(2): 17-35.
• Arega Bazezew & Mulugeta Neka. 2017. Interpersonal Conflicts and Styles of Managing Conflicts among Students at Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia. Journal of Student Affairs in Africa | 5(1) 2017: 27-39 | 2307-6267 | DOI: 10.14426/jsaa.v5i1.2480 27.
•   Arega Bazezew. 2018. Global Warming: A Review of the Debates on the Causes, Consequences and Politics of Global Response. Ghana Journal of Geography, 10(1):144–164.
• Arega Bazezew Berlie. 2018. The Role of Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) in Improving Female-Headed Households’ Food Security: The Case of Enebsie Sar Midir District of The Amhara Region, Ethiopia. Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review, 35: 109-136.
• Arega Bazezew Berlie1, Yalewelet Tarekegne Alamerew. 2018. Determinants of Fertility Rate among Reproductive Age Women (15-49) in Gonji-Kollela District of the Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia Ethiop. J. Health Dev, 32(3):1-12.
•   Abebe Arega Mekonen1 ·Arega Bazezew Berlie. 2020. Spatiotemporal variability and trends of rainfall and temperature in the Northeastern Highlands of Ethiopia. Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, 6:285–300.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s40808-019-00678-9Abebe Arega Mekonen , Arega Bazezew Berlie and Mehrete Belay Ferede.2020. Spatial and temporal drought incidence analysis in the northeastern highlands of Ethiopia. Geoenvironmental Disasters,7:1-17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40677-020-0146-4.
• Yitbarek, M., Belay, M.  & Bazezew, A. 2019. Determinants of Manual Control of Water Hyacinth Expansion Over the Lake Tana, Ethiopia. International Journal of Science and Technology (STECH), Ethiopia, 8 (1): 1-14.

 4. Pertaining to administrative posts,

• Currently, I am serving as Ph.D. coordinator in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Faculty of social sciences research council, University promotion committee, editor in chief of the Ethiopian journal of social sciences and member of department council. 
• I served the University as head of the Department of Geography and environmental studies for three consecutive years (2008-2010) and again from 2014 -2017.

 5.  My hobbies are writing scientific articles, reading books, long walk in the evening and chat with my family

 Arega Bazezew Berlie (Associate professor)

 Contact address: Department of Geography & Environmental Studies

 Mobile phone number- +251918011792

 Bahir Dar University

 Ethiopia