Matiwos Bekele Oma
Matiwos Bekele Oma
RG Müller-Mahn
U1.032
Meckenheimer Allee 176
53115 Bonn
PhD Candidate
Focus Areas
Focus areas
Political Ecology, Natural Resource Management, Biodiversity Conservation, Coffee and Climate change, UNESCO Biosphere Reserves Management, Agroforestry. Qualitative and quantitative research, Eastern Africa-Ethiopia.
Research
A political ecology of the Great Green Wall (GGW) and reforestation in Ethiopia.
Curriculum Vitae
Since April 2023 PhD Candidate at AG Müller-Mahn, Department of Geography, University of Bonn
December 2021—April 2023 Practical Research and Learning Officer at Environment and Coffee Forest Forum (ECFF), Ilu Aba Bora Zone, Ethiopia.
November 2020 — July 2021 Research Assistant at Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation, University of Bonn.
February 2014 — December 2018 Community Development Facilitator at Environment and Coffee Forest Forum (ECFF), Ilu Aba Bora Zone, Ethiopia.
November 2016 — June 2018 Research Assistant at NutriHAF Africa and BiomassWeb, Center for Development Research (ZEF), Yayo Biosphere Reserve.
January 2015 — September 2017 Research Assistant at International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Yayo Biosphere Reserve.
Education
October 2018 — June 2021 Master of Science in Agricultural Sciences and Resource Management in the Tropics and Subtropics (ARTS), University of Bonn.
September 2011 — June 2013 Bachelor of Science in Natural Resource Management, Jimma University.