Doctoral Candidate
Melaku Tanku Gebremariam
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Curriculum Vitae
Melaku Tanku has been a lecturer and researcher at Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction and City Development (EiABC), Addis Ababa University. He joined the Habitat Unit since 2017. He studied International cooperation and Urban Development at the Technical University of Darmstadt (TUD), in Germany and Development Economics at Tor Vergata School of economics, in Roma, Italy. Before pursuing his Double degrees, he also studied Regional and Local Development, at school of development , Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. In 2017, he awarded a DAAD scholarship and doing his PhD on" The process of Urbanization and Industrialization: its implications and Consequences, in Addis Ababa and Dibrezeit economic Growth corridor" Ethiopia, at the Technical University of Berlin ( TUB).
Melaku’s research focuses on urban planning and urbanism, industrialization, Microfinance, urban land lease, Public private partnership (PPP), urban economy. Regional development and planning.
Melaku teaches at Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction and City Development (EiABC), Addis Ababa University, courses including; Research methods, Introduction to economics, Urban economics, as well as doing researches. He has a wide range of experiences from working in different consulting firms. He has also worked as an Urban Local Economy Development (LED) specialist at Addis Ababa Master plan project office and participated in different thematic issues during the master plan preparation process.
He is currently doing a PhD research project and assisting a project "a multi-local study on the impacts of the global clothing industry on urban spaces and urban planning", which explores the spatial effects of industrial production and the role of urban planning at different locations of a transnational production network of the clothing industry.
During his studies he received grants from Erasmus Mundus and DAAD, Scholarship, and was engaged in different research task as independent consultant with a number of private consulting firms.
2011 - 2012
M.Sc, in Development Economics,
University of Rome, Tor Vergata, Italy.
Master of Science (M. Sc.), Mundus Urbano - Erasmus Mundus double degree program
2010 - 2011
M.Sc, International Cooperation and Urban Development,
Technical University of Darmstadt (TUD), Germany
Master of Science (M. Sc.), Mundus Urbano - Erasmus Mundus double degree program
2005 - 2007
MA in Regional and Local development studies
Addis Ababa University (AAU), Ethiopia
2000 - 2005
BA in geography and environmental studies (major study)
Sociology and social anthropology studies (minor study)
Addis Ababa University (AAU), Ethiopia
Since 2013
Lecturer and Researcher
Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction and City Development (EiABC), Addis Ababa University
2012 - 2017
Urban Local Economic Development/LED/, Specialist
Participated in a number of thematic issues including: Strategic plan and Local development plan preparation
Addis Ababa City Planning Project Office
2008 - 2010
Lecturer and Researcher
University of Gondar, Ethiopia
2006 - 2008
Freelance consultant
Working as a researcher at private consulting firms
2017
Transnational production space : a multi-local study on the impacts of the global clothing industry on urban spaces and urban planning", which explores the spatial effects of industrial production and the role of urban planning at different locations of a transnational production network of the clothing industry, Habitat units, TUB
2017
Sourcing, Input Supply, and Linkages as Determinants of Investment in Manufacturing, independent consultant Ekuma Consultancy service plc, Addis Ababa Chamber of commerce as a main client.
2016
Public private partnership (PPP) modalities for parking development in the city of Addis Ababa: as an independent consultant Addis Ababa Transport Office as a client May, 2016
2015
An impact of urban land lease policy on business sector and investment expansion: conducted as an independent consultant Addis Ababa Chamber of commerce as a client.
2014
Local Economic Development Strategies (LED) for Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa Master Plan Project office.
2014
Evaluation of Dire Dawa city administration Integrated Development Plan (IDP): a team leader of the Urban and Municipal Finance sector.
2013
Researcher, Socio‐Economic Sub‐theme: Infrastructure demand and supply gap analysis in 23 urban cities in Ethiopia: minister of urban development and work, June 2014.
2011
Intervention project for city Alliance: The Case of Ledita sub city, Master's project in, International Cooperation and Urban Development, Technical University of Darmstadt (TUD), Germany.
2008
The Challenges of Microfinance Institutions in Domestic Savings Mobilization: From the microfinance Institutions and Client perspectives .The Case of Addis Credit and Saving Institution (AdCSI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia". Master's Thesis for M.A in Regional and Local Development Studies from AAU
2013
Introduction to economics, urban economics, Research methods, Urban development, At Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction and City Development (EiABC), Addis Ababa University
2008
Research methods, Regional and urban planning, Urban development, at University of Gondar, IN Ethiopia
Books
2008 The Challenges of Microfinance Institutions in Domestic Savings Mobilization: From the microfinance Institutions and Client perspectives .The Case of Addis Credit and Saving Institution (AdCSI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia".
Refereed articles
(2017) Public Private Partnership (PPP): The Timely Business Agenda, Addis Ababa Chamber of commerce Monthly news paper contribution.
(2016) Land Lease Policy on Business and investment in Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa Monthly News paper contribution (chamber of commerce).
(2015) An impact of urban land lease policy on business sector and investment expansion: Addis Ababa Chamber of commerce Bulletin of Addis Ababa chamber.
(2017) An impact of urban land lease policy on business sector and investment expansion: Addis Ababa Chamber of commerce as a client. In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
(2017) Sourcing, Input Supply, and Linkages as Determinants of Investment in Manufacturing, independent consultant Ekuma Consultancy service plc, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
(2016) Evaluation of Dire Dawa city administration Integrated Development Plan (IDP): Diredawa, in Ethiopia.
(2015) Leadership in context: Building Ethiopian/German relations at the work place, center for creative leadership. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
(2014) Training for trainers /TOR/ for master plan implementers at Adama city. Adama, Ethiopia.
(2012) seminar on south-south cooperation at FAO, Rome, Italy.
(2012) Adult education program, European union found in Adyaman ,Turkey.
(2011) workshop on Entrepreneurship creation at GTZ, Frankfurt, Germany.
(2011). The Challenges of Microfinance Institutions in Domestic Savings Mobilization: From the microfinance Institutions and Client perspectives .The Case of Addis Credit and Saving Institution (AdCSI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Technical University of Darmstadt (TUD), Germany.
(2012). Cause and Consequences of Urban problems, the case of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in Turkey.
(2016). An impact of urban land lease policy on business sector and investment expansion, In Addis Ababa, Chamber of commerce.
2017
DAAD scholarship
2010 – 2012
European Commission, Erasmus Mundus, Category A scholarship for Master Studies in International Cooperation and Urban Development/Urbanism, Development economics and International Cooperation at Techincal University of Darmsatd(Germany and Tor Vergata schol of economics(Rome, Italy).
2012
European Union Adulat education program
Participate in Adult education program under European union in Adyaman ,Turkey.
2012 – 2014
Center for International Migration (CIM) under GIZ , in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Association of Ethiopians Educated in Germany (AEEG)
DAAD Alumni Association
Erasmus Mundus Alumni Association