Abebe Mengaw Wubie (Ph.D.) is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Land Administration, Bahir Dar University. He has been working as a university lecturer and researcher since 2007. He has teaching/training and project management experience in GIS, remote sensing, photogrammetry, Web GIS, 3D mapping, land registration, land use, and land governance strategies. His work has also been published in internationally reputable and indexed journals. In the future, he is interested in researching land governance, land information/cadaster, and geospatial science. He received his first degree in Geography and Environmental Studies from Jimma University in 2007, M.Sc.. in Geo-information System from Bahir Dar University in 2010, and Doctor of Philosophy in Land Policy and Governance: Specialized in Land Use Management and Decision Support System in 2021. Now, he is working as an Assistant Professor and Director, for Internal Research Project, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia. In this role, he is managing internal research projects conducted by researchers, academicians and Post Graduate Students including the announcement of research calls and awarding grants. Additionally, he is leading a significant research project as the Principal Investigator.

Email: mengawabebe@gmail.com / abebe.mengaw@bdu.edu.et 
Tel/WhatsApp: +251 91 210 6213

Research Publication(s), Proceeding(s) and related academic publications

•            Abebe M. Wubie, de Vries, W. T. and  Alemie, B. K. (2021). Synthesizing the dilemmas and prospects for a peri-urban land use management framework: Evidence from Ethiopia. Land Use Policy, 100(2021), 105122, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.105122

•            Abebe M. Wubie, de Vries, W.T. and  Alemie, B.K. (2021).  Evaluating the quality of land information for peri-urban land-related decision-making: An empirical analysis from Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. Land, 10(1), 11, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.3390/land10010011  

•            Abebe M. Wubie, de Vries, W.T. and  Alemie, B.K. (2020).  A Socio-Spatial Analysis of Land Use Dynamics and Process of Land Intervention in the Peri-Urban Areas of Bahir Dar City. Land , 9(11), 445, 1-27. https://doi.org/10.3390/land9110445 

•            Habtamu. Asres, Habtamu S. Semahegne & Abebe M. Wubie (2023). Assessment of the trends of urban land lease price from spatio-temporal perspective in Ethiopia: evidence from Bahir Dar City. Survey Review.  https://doi.org/10.1080/00396265.2023.2258653

•            Getie Gebrie Eshetie, Berhanu Kefale Alemie & Abebe M. Wubie (2024). Geospatial technologies in support of responsible land tenure governance: A systematic review. Geomatica. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomat.2024.100014 

•            Asnake Mekuriaw, Habtamu Sewnet, Abebe M. Wubie, Tadesse Amsalu (2021). Analysis of land data acquisition, management, and their challenges in Ethiopia. African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences, e-ISSN:2657-2664, Vol. 4 Issue 2, https://doi.org/10.48346/IMIST.PRSM/ajlp-gs.v4i2.22007 

•            Abebe M. Wubie (2015). GIS and Remote Sensing Based Forest Change Detection for Sustainable Forest Management in Bench Maji Zone, Ethiopia. International Journal of Remote Sensing & Geoscience, ISSN No: 2319-3484 Volume 4, Issue 3.

•            Amsalu, T. and Abebe M. Wubie (2014) GIS Based Soil Loss Estimation Using RUSLE Model: The Case of Jabi Tehinan Woreda, ANRS, Ethiopia. Natural Resources, 5, 616-626, doi: doi: 10.4236/nr.2014.511054. 

•            Abebe M. Wubie (2015). GIS Based Land Degradation Assessment for Sustainable Land Management: The Case of Bench Maji Zone, Ethiopia, Africa. International Journal of Research and Innovations in Earth Science, Volume 2, Issue 2,ISSN (Online): 2394-1375.