Melkamu Belachew Moges (Ph.D.) is a prominent academic staff of Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia. He has earned three masters degrees, a PhD and an Honorary Doctoral Degree. He first joined the University in 2003 as an academic staff of the Law School where he taught several subjects for 3 consecutive years. In 2006, he got an opportunity to study his masters degree abroad (Sweden) in Land Administration which he concluded in 2008 with high achievement. Since then, Dr. Melkamu joined the young Institute of Land Administration and he pursued his teaching and research especially in the area of Land/Property Law, Land Administration and Policy. Apart from his extensive teaching and research service in the different academic programs of the Institute including the PhD Program in Land Governance and Policy, Dr. Melkamu has been actively involved in extra-academic activities of the University. Notable among his fruits are his founding of the Moot Court Competition Center and the Ethiopian Land Administration Professionals Association. Dr. Melkamu has widely traveled abroad for his studies as well as for conference participation and research presentation. He has won several outstanding scholarships which include the most recent Fulbrirght African Research Scholar (USA) to pursue a comparative research on land policy of Ethiopia and the USA, and the Australian Postgraduate Award (Australia) to pursue his PhD in the School of Law, Melbourne University. Besides, he has received an Honorary Doctor of Laws in 2018 from a recognized university in UK, and a UNESCO registered certificate on digital marketing. Last but not least, Dr. Melkamu is a thinker (in particular, he advocates for a peaceful cultural revolution, as opposed to the most tried political revolution, in Ethiopia) and he actively shares his perspective of the legal as well as the socio-political situation of his country in mainstream and social media.

Email: melkgrowthf@gmail.com

Tel: +251 91 876 1137

Refereed Journal Articles and Peer-Reviewed Papers

▪                Melkamu B. Moges (2025) Gap Assessment of Ethiopia’s Land Policy from Constitution Perspective (African Studies Quarterly, University of Florida, USA (under revision)).

▪                Melkamu B. Moges (2025) The role of legislation on urban land registration enforcement in Ethiopia: The Case of Amhara National Regional State (The International Journal of Ethiopian Legal Systems, University of Gonder Law School).

▪               Melkamu B. Moges (2023) Towards a Land Administration Approach to Water Resource Management in Ethiopia with Particular Emphasis on Lake Tana Watershed: Gap Analysis on Legislation 16(1) Mizan Law Review, St. Mary’s University, Ethiopia.

▪                Melkamu B. Moges (2022) Divergence Between the Law and the Practice on the Right to Sell of Rural Houses in Ethiopia: Evidence from the Amhara National Regional State 5 (1) The International Journal of Ethiopian Legal Systems, University of Gonder Law School.

▪               Melkamu B. Moges (2021) Critical Gaps in Land Governance with Respect to the Land Registration in Ethiopia 15(2) Mizan Law Review, St. Mary’s University, Ethiopia.

▪             Melkamu B. Moges and Misganaw G. Beza (2021) Problems in the Rural Land Registration System of Ethiopia: Evidence from Selected Regions, Ethiopian Civil and Commercial Law Series, Volume 11, Addis Ababa University College of Law and Governance.

▪                  Melkamu B. Moges (2020), Formalisation of Customary Tenure or ‘Informalisation’ of Statutory Tenure? Paradox in the Cadastral System Development Efforts in Africa 4(1) International Journal of Ethiopian legal Studies, University of Gonder Law School.

▪                  Melkamu B. Moges (2020), Achievements and Gaps in the Application of the New Cadastral System for Judicial Settlement of Land Disputes in Amhara Region: the Case of West Gojjam Zone, 14 (1) Mizan Law Review, St. Mary’s University, Ethiopia.

▪             Melkamu B. Moges & Alelegn Wondem (2016), Issues on the Role of Formal Requirements for Validity of Immovable Transactions in Ethiopia: the Case of Amhara Region 6(1) Bahir Dar University Journal of Law.

▪                  Melkamu Moges (2014), Sharing the Principles:  Founding the Australian Cadastral System on Robust Legislative Framework, 23 Australian Property Law Journal.

▪                  Melkamu Moges (2014): A Cadastral System Approach for Environmental Protection: a Focus on Australia, Prop L Rev, Vol 4, Pt 2.

Selected Conference Paper Presentations

▪                 Melkamu B. Moges: Land, Land Management and the Lake in Between: The Urgency to Integrate Water Resource Management in the Land Management System of Ethiopia with a Particular Focus on Lake Tana, Paper presented in 5th Ethiopian Annual Land Conference Proceeding, Bahir Dar University, Institute of Land Administration, 02-03 May 2022, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

▪                 Melkamu B. Moges: Gaps in the Legislative Framework in the Conservation, Development and Utilization of Lake Tana Watershed (Ethiopia), 2021 International Conference on the Environment and Society, Florida International University, Nov.22-23, 2021.

▪                 Melkamu B. Moges: Towards Recognizing Customary in the African Cadastral System: the Case of Ethiopia Paper presented in 4th Ethiopian Annual Land Conference Proceeding, Bahir Dar University, Institute of Land Administration, 24-25th, May 2019, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.

▪                 Melkamu B. Moges: Issues on the Role of Formal Requirements for Validity of Immovable Transaction in Ethiopia: the Case of Amhara Region, Paper presented in 2nd Ethiopian Annual Land Conference Proceeding, Bahir Dar University, Institute of Land Administration, 3-4, May 2017, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.

▪                 Melkamu Moges (Published, FIG Congress, 16-21 June, 2014 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia): How Much Does ‘Privatization of Land’ Mean for Developing a Cadastral System? www.fig.net.

▪                 Melkamu Moges & Shewakena Aytenfsu (Published, FIG Congress, Sydney, April 2010): Facing the Challenges through Land Administration Capacity Building in Ethiopia, www.fig.net.

▪                 Melkamu Moges (Published, Sydney April 2010): Establishing an Ethiopian Land Administration Professionals’ Association:A Conducive Environment, www.fig.net.

▪                 Melkamu Moges (Published, Eilat, Israel, 2009): Growing Initiatives towards the Improvement of Cadastre in Urban Centres of Amhara Region: Potentials, Prospects, Challenges  www.fig.net.

▪                 Melkamu Moges (Published, Stockholm 2008): The Need for Modern Real Estate Management in Urban Ethiopia: the Case of Bahir Dar City, www.fig.net.

▪                 Melkamu Belachew. The Administrative Process of Bahir Dar University, Education Faculty Annual May Seminar, Bahir Dar University, May 29, 2005.