Degineh Lagiso Bule
Pretoria
Summary
I am an agricultural economist with a strong record in teaching, research, leadership, and community engagement. I hold a BSc in agricultural economics (Wolkite University, July 2015) and an MSc in agribusiness & value chain management (Hawassa University, July 2017), Ethiopia. I recently earned a PhD in agricultural economics from the University of Pretoria, South Africa (September, 2026). Over the past five years (2017-2023) at Werabe University, I've taught microeconomics, development economics, international trade, agricultural marketing, and related courses to undergraduates and provided academic advising. I served as department head (Oct 2017-Dec 2019) and college dean (Dec 2019-Mar 2023), led curriculum development, faculty mentoring, and quality-assurance activities. I published five peer-reviewed journal articles, and I have contributed to six institutional committees; undertaken leadership and administrative roles as chair, secretary, and member (three senate standing committees and three ad hoc committees); and led two community-engagement initiatives. I have also completed over seven professional training programs, including a higher diploma. My research interest: technology adoption, gender, value chain, livelihood diversification, environmental sustainability, and poverty across universities in Africa. I bring strong technical skills in digital collection platforms (KOBO Collect) and data analysis software (Excel, STATA, and SPSS). I'm strongly interested in postdoctoral research or collaborations in digital agriculture, technology adoption, value chains, household welfare analysis, or policy evaluation. Connect if you're working on related projects.
Overview
6
6
Languages
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Faculty dean
12.2019 - 03.2023
- - Lead seven academic departments with more than 100 staff and 1000 students, providing strategic direction and academic leadership
- - Recruited, hired and develop academic staff by facilitating PhD scholarship for 15+, master scholarship for 17+ and higher diploma programs for 50+ staffs
- - Engaged all academic staff of the college to foster research culture by allocating budgets and giving necessary training that builds research capability and coordinated three university level and two national research workshops as acts as committee member in preparation university level research guidelines
- - Oversaw all the department of the college on the matter of students and staff
- - Collaboration made with the national (Werabe Research Centre and Siltie zone Agricultural office) and international partners (Saemaul Undong, Korea) and facilitated expert support for Siltie zone farmers
- - Serves as faculty representative on university senate, university level research ethical board, academic program affairs and quality assurance, admission and placement, and post-graduate studies
- - Coordinated the establishment of beekeeping, goat and dairy projects and college research sites in the university and greening programs
- - Lead curriculum accreditation, reviews and assessments 7 bachelor and two master programs
- - Managed college budgets and resources effectively
- - Prepared and submitted periodic and quarterly reports to concerned offices of the university and maintained accurate college documentation
Head of academic department
Werabe University
Werabe
10.2017 - 12.2019
- - Directed academic and administrative operation of the department with over 8 staff and 200 students
- - Strategically allocated of courses to instructors according to instructor specialization
- - Chaired regular departmental meetings to successfully run the day-to-day operation of the department
- - Oversaw and coordinated class attendances, prepared and managed teaching timetable, exam schedule, student evaluation of teaching performance
- - Coordinated mentorship and tutorial programs to improve student engagement and academic performance
- - Prepared and delivered quarterly performance and progress reports to the concerned offices at a given deadline
- - Supported staff professional development and research capability initiatives by facilitating academic and research training
- - Maintained and secured comprehensive documentation of academic records, including student grade, staff records, proclamation and directives in the office relevant to the department
University lecturer in economics
Werabe University
Werabe
07.2017 - 03.2023
- - Thought courses: Microeconomics-I, Microeconomics-II, Statistics for Economist, International trade, development economics
- - Conducted groundbreaking research
- - Gave training for academic staff on KoboToolbox, which is essential for electronic data collection
- - Gave advice, mentorship and tutorials for students
Education
PhD - Agricultural Economics
University of Pretoria
09.2026
MSc - Agribusiness and Value Chain Management
Hawassa University
06.2017
BSc - Agricultural Economics
Wolkite University
07.2015
Skills
- Econometric Analysis
- Causal inference / Impact Analysis / Instrumental analysis / Efficiency Analysis
- Study Design, Data Collection and Analytical Software
- Survey tools: KoBo, ODK (basic), questback (advanced) / Statistical software and packages (Excel, STATA, SPSS, R) / Qu estionnaire development / Mixed Method Research
- Management and Leadership Skills
- Work within communities / coordinate events / manage budgets / Time Management, Attentiveness, Problem solving, Effective communication skills / manage human resources / conflict management / manage research and development projects / apply strategic thinking
- Scientific Writing and communication
- Systematic review / disseminate results to the scientific community / perform scientific research
- Teaching, advice and mentorship
- Development economics / microeconomics / agricultural business management / provide mentorship / develop course outline / assess students / tutor students
- Communication skills
- Collaboration in heterogeneous groups / Team management,Team Work / Effective oral and written communication
Personal Information
I hereby declare that the information provided in this curriculum vitae is true and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief. Signature: Date: 04 November 2026 Place: Pretoria, South Africa
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Mother tongue(s): Amharic | hadiya
Other language(s)
English
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SPOKEN PRODUCTION C1 SPOKEN INTERACTION C1
Levels: A1 and A2: Basic user; B1 and B2: Independent user; C1 and C2: Proficient user
Timeline
Faculty dean
12.2019 - 03.2023
Head of academic department
Werabe University
10.2017 - 12.2019
University lecturer in economics
Werabe University
07.2017 - 03.2023
BSc - Agricultural Economics
Wolkite University
MSc - Agribusiness and Value Chain Management
Hawassa University
PhD - Agricultural Economics
University of Pretoria