Besfat Dejen

Academic Rank: Assistant Professor

Academic Level: MA

School: Law

Department: Governance and Development Studies

Field of Specialization: Governance and Developmental Studies (specialized in Governance)

The Highest Educational Qualification: MA

Brief Biography

Mr. Besfat Dejen is a senior staff of governance and development studies at Bahir Dar University. He was the head of Governance and Development Studies. He has engaged in two research projects and five community services. He has six publications and provided lectures on more than nineteen courses both at Wollega and Bahir Dar University. Currently, he is engaging in one research project titled “organizational success, organizational justices and citizenship behavior’, which is supported by Bahir Dar University.  He was involved as an external reviewer for three manuscripts at Abyssinia Journal of Business and Social Sciences (Wollo University).

He holds an MA in Governance and Development, Specialization on Governance from Hawassa University, and Bachelor of Arts Degree in Civic and Ethical Education from Wollega University. He has been awarded a gold medal as an outstanding student of social science faculty in 2001 E.C from Wollega University. 

20017-2019, Co-PI, Research project on the effect of organization Justice on Organizational Success; the mediating role of organizational citizenship in Amhara Regional state public enterprises.

2016-2017, PI,     Research Project on “the Effect of Urbanization on Poverty in Amhara Regional State Metropolitan cities”. (funded by Bahir Dar University).

2019-present   Assistant Professor, Department of Governance and Development Studies, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.           

2009-2014       Lecturer, Department of Civics and Ethical Studies, Wollega University, Nekemte, Ethiopia

Contact Address:

E-mail: besfloved@gmail.com

Besfat.Dejene@bdu.edu.et

Mobile No: +251912841576    

Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

University Positions and Committee Works

Research Interest: 

Besfat has research interests in the following thematic areas:

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Governance, Public Policy Analysis, and Leadership, Development Studies, Local Governance, Sustainable Development Strategies, Good Governance, Global Governance, Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations, Environment and Development, Service Delivery and Customer Satisfaction, Global Environmental Challenges, International Environmental Law and Policy, Migration and Refuge,  Human Right and humanitarian assistance, E-governance, and ICT, Democracy and Democratization,  Conflict Resolution, Gender,  Development, and socio-economic analysis.

List of publications:

My major publications include the following:

Engdaw, B. D. (2019). The Impact of Quality Public Service Delivery on Customer Satisfaction in Bahir Dar City Administration: The Case of Ginbot 20 Sub-city. International Journal of Public Administration. https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2019.1644520

Engdaw, B., & Kebede, M. (2019). The Impact of Urbanization on Food (in)Security in Amhara Regional State Metropolitan cities: Monitoring Income Generating Capacity Limitation as a Mediating variable. International Journal of Advanced Scientific Research and Management,4(8),42-57. https://doi.org/10.36282/ijasrm/4.8.2019.1577

Engdaw, B. D., & Kebede, M. D. (2018). The Impact of urbanization on Food in Security in Amhara Regional State Metropolitan cities. Prizren Social Science Journal, 2(3), 39-49.

Engdaw, B., & Kebede, M. (2019). The effect of urbanization on income-generating capacity: The mediating role of the housing problem. International Journal of Advanced Scientific Research, 3(6), 14-19  

Dejen, B. (2018). Assessment of the Process of Decentralization and District Level Decentralization in Ethiopia: The Case of Amhara National Regional State. Journal for Studies in Management and Planning, 4(07).

Engdaw, B.& Assaye G. (2019). A Review Of Interdependency, Beliefs, And Coalition Behavior: A Contribution To the Advocacy Coalition Framework. Asian Journal of Research, 3(1-3),4-7.

 Ongoing paper

1.      ASSESSMENT OF THE TRENDS OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION IN ETHIOPIA

Master Thesis paper

A master’s thesis entitled Decentralization and Good Governance in Amhara Regional State, the Case of Metema Woreda(Unpublished, 2012).

List of Professional Services and Papers Presented:

2015            Present national conference on Decentralization and Good governance; the case of Metema Woreda

2016            Present seminar on the effect of urbanization on poverty in Amhara region
Metropolitan state

2017              Present seminar on the mediating role of organizational citizenship on the
relationship between organizational justice and organizational success

2016            Providing Training on Leadership, Resource Management, Conflict Resolution and Teamwork for Micro and Small Scale Enterprises in Bahir Dar City Administration

2016            Providing Training on Good Governance and Leadership for Leaders and Staffs of Private Organizations’ Social Security Agency

2016            Reviewing a research proposal on service delivery and customer satisfaction at different levels of courts in Amhara regional state

2018            Providing Training on Governance accountancy: the role of Accounting Governance for third-year Students of Governance and Development Studies.

2019          Training on Basic Application of Statistical Package for Social Science for third-year Students of Governance and Development Studies.

Courses Taught: 

I.  Courses taught