Alelegn Wenedem Agegnehu (LLB, MSc, LLM, PhD) is an Assistant Professor and Researcher at the Institute of Land Administration, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia. His scholarly expertise lies in the domains of land policy and governance, as well as energy and climate law. Dr. Alelegn's research includes critical areas such as land governance, real property rights, clean energy investment, carbon markets, and climate finance.

His work is particularly focused on the intersections of land investment, critical minerals, energy transition, green hydrogen development, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and sustainable development. Dr. Alelegn's specialized knowledge in land policies for climate action, regulatory frameworks governing land rights, renewable energy investment, power purchase agreements, and energy supply chain management underpins his contributions to fostering equitable and sustainable approaches in energy, climate and land sectors.

Email: alelegn38@gmail.com

          alelign.wondim@bdu.edu.et 

Tel: a+251 91 357 2721

Research Publication(s), Proceeding(s) and related academic publications      

▪               AW Agegnehu (2023). Protection of local land use rights in the process of large-scale agricultural land acquisition in Ethiopia. African Identities 21 (1), 113-133.

▪               AG Adam, AW Agegnehu (2023). Contract farming as an alternative to large‐scale land acquisition and promoting inclusive and responsible agricultural investment: Evidences from Ethiopia. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 30 (6), 2840-2851.

▪               AG Adam, AW Agegnehu, BT Dessie, AS Minale (2023). Responsible governance of land tenure in the context of agricultural investment from theory to Practice: Lessons from Ethiopia. Research in Globalization 6, 100131.

▪               AW Agegnehu, TT Dadi (2020). Agricultural Investment Land Acquisition in Times of Emergency in Ethiopia: The Case of Land Delivery to Respond to COVID-19 in Amhara Region. Bahir Dar UJL 11, 97.

▪               Alelegn Wenedem Agegnehu and Tapimali Mafoligang Diane (2024). From Highlands to Rainforests How Ethiopia and Cameroon are Using Land Policy to Fight Climate Change? African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Science 7 (6), 1841-1857. https://revues.imist.ma/index.php/AJLP-GS/article/view/51846  

▪               MG Beza, AW Agegnehu (2021). The Quest for Remedies for Violations of IDPs' Right to Land and Property in Ethiopia. Bahir Dar UJL 12, 221.

▪               MB Moges, AW Agegnehu (2015). Issues on the Role of Formal Requirements for Validity of Immovable Transactions in Ethiopia: the Case of Amhara Region. Bahir Dar University Journal of Law 6 (1), 49-85