Habtamu Sitotaw Semahagne (Ph.D.) is an Assistant Professor of Land Policy and Governance in the areas of Land Law, Land Policy, Land Governance and Federalism at the Institute of Land Administration, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia. He Obtained his first degree from Wollo University, Ethiopia with LLB (First Degree of Laws) in 2013. He received his M.Sc.. degree in Land Administration and Management, Area of Focus in Real Property Law from Bahir Dar Unievrsity in 2016. He also obtained M.Sc.. degree in Sustainable Management of Resources and Cultural Heritage for Local Development: Empowering Higher Education in Africa, University of Politecnico Milano, Italy, in 2023. His PhD degree is obatined from Bahir Dar Unievrsity within DAAD In Country/In Region Scholarship in 2021 with a specility on "Land Policy and Governance". He is acting as chair of Law Track, Chiar of Student's Discipine Committee of ILA, and a private legal advocate. He has published research projects in local and international journals.

Email: habtamusit@gmail.com

Tel: +251 92 128 8636

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

▪              Mihret Fentahun, Habtamu Sitotaw & Tadesse Amsalu. (2024). Factors Influencing Peri-Urban Land Development in Ethiopia: Evidences from Assosa City, International Journal of Environmental Protection and Policy (IJEPP), (ISSN Online: 2330-7536; ISSN Print: 2330-7528).

▪              Habtamu B. Asres, Habtamu S. Semahagne and 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://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00396265.2023.2258653.

▪              Brightman Gebremichael and Habtamu Sitotaw. (2022). Legal Protection and Judicial Enforcement of Farmers’ Land Rights in Ethiopia, Muradu Abdo (Ed.), Property Law Reform, Addis Ababa University Printing Press, Vol. 11, Pp. 157 – 218 (book chapter).

▪              Habtamu Sitotaw and Muradu Abdo. (2021). Taking Enforcement of Women’s Land Claims in Ethiopia Seriously, Meron Zeleke (Eds.) Gender, Development and Women’s Rights: Ethiopian Perspective (book chapter). 

▪              Habtamu Sitotaw, Muradu Abdo and Achamyeleh Gashu. (2019). Power of Land Administration under the FDRE Constitution, Ethiopian Journal of Law, Vol. 31.

▪              Taye Minale and Habtamu Sitotaw. (2016). Converting Old Possessions into Lease System in Ethiopia: Decades of Unsuccessful Endeavour, Bahir Dar University Journal of Law, 6(1), ejol.ethernet.edu.et/index.php/BDUJOL/article/download/1637/1193.

▪              Habtamu Sitotaw. (2016). The Power to Administer Land in Ethiopia: Scrutinizing Federal Government’s Legislative Interventions, Bahir Dar University Journal of Law, 6(2). https://journals.bdu.edu.et/index.php/bdujl/article/view/1247.

▪              Habtamu Sitotaw. (2018). Variations in Ethiopian Rural Land Laws and Their Implications to Land Administration: Comparative Overview, Journal of Land Policy and Governance, 1(1).