Solomon Dargie Chekole (Ph.D.) is an Assistant Professor of Land Policy and Governance in the areas of Land Administration, Land Management, Land Policy, Land Surveying and Cadastral Systems, Geo-information at the Institute of Land Administration, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia. He has graduated with his BSc degree in Land administration, Bahir Dar University in 2010. He received his M.Sc.. degree in Geodesy and Geo-informatics in 2013 from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden. Apart from this, he has been working as chair of Geodesy and Geo-informatics, head of land administration department, and head of the registrar for the institute of land administration. He has published his works in international science indexed journals.

Email: solomon.dargie@bdu.edu.et

Tel: +251 93 586 3126

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

▪             Chekole, S. D., de Vries, W. T., Durán-Díaz, P., & Shibeshi, G. B. (2021). Analyzing the Effects of Institutional Merger: Case of Cadastral Information Registration and Landholding Right Providing Institutions in Ethiopia. Land, 10(4), 404. https://doi.org/10.3390/land10040404.

▪             Chekole, S. D., de Vries, W. T., Durán-Díaz, P., & Shibeshi, G. B. (2020). Performance Evaluation of the Urban Cadastral System in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Land, 9(12), 505. https://doi.org/10.3390/land9120505.

▪             Chekole, S. D., de Vries, W. T., & Shibeshi, G. B. (2020). An Evaluation Framework for Urban Cadastral System Policy in Ethiopia. Land, 9(2), 60. https://doi.org/10.3390/land9020060.

▪             Solomon Dargie Chekole (2020). Evaluation of Urban Land Administration Processes and Institutional Arrangements of Ethiopia: Based on Advocacy Coalition Theory: DOI: https://doi.org/10.48346/IMIST.PRSM/ajlp-gs.v3i1.18153.

▪             Solomon Dargie Chekole (2021). PhD Dissertation - Evaluation of Urban Cadastral System of Ethiopia. Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Ir. Walter Timo de Vries, and Dr. Gebeyehu Belay Shibeshi. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.36684.69761: 

▪             Asmamaw Chanie Yihun, Amezene Reda Adinew, Animaw Mekonen, Solomon Dargie Chekole (2017). Evaluation of Current Urban Cadastre Practice in Ethiopia: Case of Bahir Dar, Gondar and Dessie. https://www.fig.net/resources/proceedings/fig_proceedings/fig2017/ppt/iss7b/ISS7B_yehun_reda_et_al_8804_ppt.pdf.