Tassew Woldehanna

Prof. Tassew Woldehanna, Professor of Economics, took office as the eleventh President of Addis Ababa University on the 12th of February 2018. Prior to his appointment as President, Professor Tassew served the University in various capacities. He was Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer, Dean of the College of Business and Economics, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Program, Graduate Program Coordinator of Faculty of Business and Economics, an Associate staff member of the Institute of Development Research (IDR) and Chairperson of the Addis Ababa University Press Board. Before joining Addis Ababa University, Prof. Tassew served at Alemaya University of Agriculture and Ministry of Agriculture of Ethiopia for 8 years. He also served as Visiting Professor of Household and Agricultural Economics at the Agricultural Economics and Rural Policy Group, in Wageningen University, The Netherlands 2000-2012. He is also a Collaborator researcher at the Center for the Study of African Economics, Oxford University, UK, and Visiting Scholar at Michigan University, USA.

Professor Tassew is a respected member of KLV Royal Netherlands Society for Agricultural Sciences, member of the Ethiopian Journal of Agricultural Research Council, European Association for Agricultural Economists, International Association for Agricultural Economists, member and editor in chief of Ethiopian Economic Association, executive committee member and member of the editorial board of Agricultural Economics Society of Ethiopia and a founder of Ethiopian Journal of Business and Economics where he has served as a member of the editorial board from 2008 – 2014. He is also serving as a board member of Ethiopian Agricultural Research Council, The National Science and Technology Research Council, Ethiopian Agricultural Cooperation, and Chairperson of the Advisory Board of Water and Land Resource Center of AAU and Chair of the Lion International Bank Board.