Dr Mesfin is an academician and an active researcher in governance, peace and development studies of the Horn of Africa. He has extensively engaged in researches related to the landscape of governance of Ethiopia, business enterprises and politics in Ethiopia, federalism and conflict management in Ethiopia and counter financing of terrorism in the Horn of Africa. Mesfin has over 12 year’s executive level experience at the federal government of Ethiopia. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS), Addis Ababa University (AAU) teaching courses including identity, culture and conflict; and practices of conflict management and conflict transformation to graduate students.
