To focus and give direction to the range of research activities undertaken within the university community, we have identified 12 key research thematic areas that seek to address the needs of our society.
Research Thematic areas
- Agriculture and food security
Crop and Livestock Production and Productivity, Alternative Food and Feed Sources, Bee and Fishery, Irrigation, aquatic resources, entomological sciences, Post-harvest Management, Genetic Conservation and animal health
- Education and Behavioral Science
Curriculum, Quality Education, Psychosocial, STEAM education, philosophy, Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
- Environment and climate change
Natural Resource Management, Environmental Waste Management, Climate Change, Soil Fertility Management, Forestry, sustainable energy and biodiversity, integrated water resources management, environmental health, resource geology
- Finance, business, and economic management
Accounting and Finance, Taxation, Economics, business management, Project management, and Banking and Insurance.
- Health and wellbeing
Communicable and Non-Communicable Disease, Maternal, Neonatal, Child and Adolescents/Youth Health, Nutrition, Population, Health Promotion, mental health, Health Service Management and Policy, Medicine, Pharmacy, Sport, Health ethics and professionalism, Surgical interventions and innovation
- Culture, History, language, heritage, and tourism development
Art, theater, cultural games, history, Tourism, hospitality, promotion, linguistics (Geez, Amharic), literature, heritage, and anthropology
- Indigenous knowledge
Indigenous practices, conservation, promotion, utilization and modernization
- Leadership, entrepreneurship, and marketing
Leadership, Enterprise, Investment, Value Chain and Cooperatives
- Peacebuilding, Conflict Management and Law
Society Security, Displacement, Governance and Conflict Resolution, Human Rights, Legal Services, Criminal Justice, and politics
- Sustainable energy, infrastructure, and material production
Renewable energy, Urban development, transport, construction, manufacturing, mechanization, agro-processing, material synthesis, and equipment production.
- Technology, innovation, and computation
Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Technology, Agricultural Technology, Digital Economy, Emerging Technologies, Information Systems and Security, Data Science, Cloud Computing and Networking, Automation and System Development, modeling and application, programming, Astronomy, and space sciences
- Cross cutting and contemporary issues
Emerging issues, Gender, HIV, special needs, Risk management, and related