Solomon Negash
Welcome to my personal blog!
Short Bio
Educational background: Economics, Environmental Science, and Geomatics.
Interested in Applied Econometrics, GIS/RS, Development Economics, and Political Economy.
Publications
Klugman, Jeni; Siri Aas Rustad; Kaja Borchgrevink; Solomon Negash & Marianne Dahl (2022) Women, Peace and Security Index 2021/22, GPS Policy Brief, 3. Oslo: PRIO.
Klugman, Jeni; Milorad Kovacevic; Michael Gottschalk; Elena Ortiz; Jimena Diaz; Varsha Thebo; Isha Raj-Silverman; Jiaqi Zhao; Siri Aas Rustad; Solomon Negash; & Kaja Borchgrevink (2021) Women, Peace, and Security Index 2021/22: Tracking Sustainable Peace through Inclusion, Justice, and Security for WomenWashington, D.C.: GIWPS and PRIO.
Gjerløw, Haakon & Solomon Negash (2021) The State of Democracy among Norway’s Partner Countries in Development Policy, Conflict Trends, 7. Oslo: PRIO.
Negash, S. A. (2014). Economics of land fragmentation: Effects on productivity, technical efficiency and crop diversity in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia (Master’s thesis, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås).
Sample Work
Skills
Work Experience
Research Assistant
Peace Research Institute Oslo
Statistics Research Assistant at the Department of Conflict Patterns and Environments.
Research Assistant
University of Oslo
Research Assistant working for DEEPI/Historical V-Dem led by Prof. Carl Henrik Knutsen.
As a research assistant, I have contributed to the research and development of some published papers, with my contributions acknowledged. My roles include data collection, analysis, and other supportive research activities. Below is a list of these publications:
Gerring, J., Gjerløw, H., & Knutsen, C. H. (2022). Regimes and industrialization. World Development, 152, 105791.
Knutsen, C. H., Teorell, J., Cornell, A., Gerring, J., Gjerløw, H., Skaaning, S. E. et al. (2018). Introducing the Historical Varieties of Democracy Dataset: Political Institutions in the Long 19th Century.
Coppedge, M., Gerring, J., Knutsen, C. H., Lindberg, S. I., Skaaning, S. E., Teorell, J. et al. (2018). V-Dem Codebook v8.
Dahlum, S., & Knutsen, C. H. (2017). Do Democracies Provide Better Education? Revisiting the Democracy–Human Capital Link. World Development, 94, 186-199.
Knutsen, C. H. & Wegmann, S. (2016). Is democracy about redistribution? Democratization, 23:1, 164-192, DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2015.1094460
Knutsen, C. H., Kotsadam, A., Olsen, E. H., & Wig, T. (2017). Mining and local corruption in Africa. American Journal of Political Science, 61(2), 320-334.
Knutsen, C. H. (2015). Why democracies outgrow autocracies in the long run: Civil liberties, information flows and technological change. Kyklos, 68(3), 357-384.
Knutsen, C. H. (2015). Reinvestigating the reciprocal relationship between democracy and income inequality. Review of Economics and Institutions, 6(2), 37.
Teaching
Mekelle University
Teaching undergraduate students at the Department of Land Resource Management and Environmental Protection.
Various positions
Maichew Office of Agriculture
Six years working experience in various posts: Department head, Coordinator, SWC expert, and Field worker.
Education
Higher Education
Norwegian University of Life Science (NMBU) – Economics.
Norwegian University of Life Science (NMBU) – International Environmental Studies
University of Oslo (UIO) – Geomatics.
Mekelle University (MU) – Land Resource Management and Environmental Protection
Mekelle University (MU) – Economics
Ambo University – General Agriculture