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FULL NAME: Kalewongel M. Gedamu
CURRENT ADMINISTRATIVE TITLE (if any): Assistant Professor
OFFICE ADDRESS (Dept. and BLDG/Office No.): Department of Political Science and International Studies
MOBILE NUMBER (Optional): 0931392806
OFFICE PHONE NUMBER: (If any)
E-MAIL ADDRESS: kalewongel@gmail.com
FAX ADDRESS: (If any)
EDUCATION
Undergraduate
Year of Degree Degree Institution
2004 Political Science and Inter- Addis Ababa University
national relations
Graduate
2008 M.Phil Peace and Conflict Transformation University of Tromso, Norway
2016 PhD in Politics, Human Rights and Sustainability, Scuola Superiore Sant Anna, Pisa, Italy.
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS (old and new)
March 2016 -Present
Assistant Professor in Peace and Conflict Studies, Faculty of Social Science, Department of Civic and Ethical Studies, Bahir-Dar University, Bahir-Dar, Ethiopia.
April 2016-Present
Coordinator to the PhD Program in Political Science and International Studies (POLSIS), Faculty of Social Science, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia
2009- 2011
Lecturer, Faculty of Social Science, Department of Civic and Ethical Studies, Bahir-Dar University, Bahir-Dar, Ethiopia
2005-2006
Graduate Assistant-II, Faculty of Social Science, Department of Civic and Ethical Studies, Bahir-Dar University, Bahir-Dar, Ethiopia
2004-2005
Graduate Assistant-I, Faculty of Social Science, Department of Civic and Ethical Studies, Bahir-Dar University, Bahir-Dar, Ethiopia
AWARDS AND HONORS (if any)
2011-2014
PhD Scholarship in Politics, Human Rights and Sustainability, Scuola Superiore Sant Anna, Pisa, Italy.
Sep-Nov 2013
Research Fellow, University of Hargeisa, Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, Hargeisa, Somaliland.
April-June 2013
Visiting Research Student, London School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), Department of Politics and International Studies, London, United Kingdom.
2006-2008
Norwegian Quota Scholarship for Master’s Program in Peace and Conflict Transformation, University of Tromso, Tromso, Norway.
2008
One month Scholarship for library Study at Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala Sweden
UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS: (departmental, Faculty, School, College, Institute)
Faculty Promotion Committee Member (2016), Faculty of Social Science, Dept of Civics and Ethical Studies
Curriculum development committee (2005), Faculty of Social Science, Dept of Civics and Ethical Studies
Curriculum development committee (2006), Faculty of Social Science, Dept of Civics and Ethical Studies
PhD Curriculum Develoment committee (chair) (2015/2016, Faculty of Social Science, Dept of Civics and Ethical Studies
Promotion Committee (2016), Faculty of Social Science, Dept of Civics and Ethical Studies
OTHER MAJOR COMMITEE ASSIGNMENTS: (national, regional, international)
TRAINING OF GRADUATE STUDENTS (list present and past) chronological
MA in Political Science
MA in Peace and Conflict Studies
TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES (present and past) chronological
Undergraduate
Introduction to Civic and Ethical studies
State, society and Citizenship
Democracy, Human Rights and Citizenship
Introduction to multiculturalism
Conflict and conflict resolution –I
Conflict and Conflict Resolution –II
Graduate
Introduction to peace and conflict studies
Conflict in the horn of Africa
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES (if any) chronological
OFFICE AND COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Date, Membership, Office Held, or Important Committee Assignment
PUBLICATIONS
Date, name of the journal
a) Refereed (i.e., peer-reviewed) papers
2014
South Sudan in Turmoil: the risk of another Congo like Regional Crisis in the Horn of Africa” in E- International Relations, July 16 2014.
2014
Predicaments of State building under ex-liberation movements: Making sense of the current crisis in South Sudan, European Scientific Journal, August 2014, Special Edition, pp. 247-255.
2013
How did Somaliland emerge as a Stable and Peaceful Polity?” in Somalia: Clan and State Politics, International Commentary of the International Training Program for Conflict Management (ITPCM), Vol IX, No, 34, pp.29-34, Scuola Superiore Sant Anna, Pisa, Italy.
2012
Is state building working in South Sudan?” Horn of Africa Bulletin. Nov/Dec 2012, Vol 24, No 6, Life and Peace Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.
2011
“A new start to South Sudan: Lessons from two decades of statehood in Eritrea.” Horn of Africa Bulletin October/November 2011, Vol, 23, No 5, Life and Peace Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.
b) Book chapters/ reviews
d) Books authored/Books edited
e) Theses
Liberation Movements and State-building: Struggle Legacies and the Challenges of Building Stable and Democratic States in the Horn of Africa (Dissertation)
Ethiopia and Eritrea: The Quest for Peace and Normalizations (MA thesis)
Cognitive Political Orientations among Urban Dwellers in Post 1991 Ethiopia and Its Implication on Political Participation (BA thesis)
f) Published abstracts (if any)
g) Public Lectures delivered (Place (National/International) of last 3 years only)
July 2016
“Somaliland: A ray of hope from a War torn Region”, Seminar on War on Terror’ in the Horn of Africa, 8, July 2016, Bahir-Dar University and Fredric Ebert Stiftung Addis Ababa Office, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
April 2016
“The History, Development and Status of Political Science Education and Research in Africa and Ethiopia, the First National Conference in Political Science, April, 16, 2016, Bahir-Dar, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia.
July 2014
Clan Elders in Statebuilding in Somaliland: Roles in Reconcilation, Conflict Resolution and Institutional Building”, The Fourth International African Peace and Conflict Resolution Conference on Alternative Dispute Resolution and Peace Studies in Africa: Lessons, Prospects and Challenges, 25-26 July, 2014, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS (1/2 page maximum)
Peace building and state-building in the horn of Africa, ex-liberation movements in power in the horn of Africa, liberal peace building and hybrid forms of peace, Politics of identity and Multiculturalism, State formation in the horn of Africa, Politics in South Sudan, Somaliland and Eritrea
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