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Zerihun Berhane has a PhD in local development and global dynamics from the University of Trento, Italy. He has two Masters Degrees – one in globalization and development from the University of Antwerp, Belgium and another in development studies from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
Zerihun has worked in various positions with organizations providing research, training, and capacity building services and undertaking qualitative and quantitative analyses and impact evaluation of programs. His research areas include climate change adaptation, social protection, livelihoods systems, disaster risk management, food security, poverty, inequality, and migration.
He has published extensively in reputable outlets such as Climate, Development Policy Review, Geographical journal, Geoenvironmental Disasters, Evaluation and Program Planning, and Environment, Development and Sustainability among others. Apart from 16 published articles so far, he also co-authored book chapters, three working papers, two blogs, several book reviews and technical reports and presented his works in many national and international conferences.
Currently, Zerihun is working as an Associate Professor at the Center for African and Asian Studies, Addis Ababa University and serves as a Research Fellow of INTI International University, Malaysia.