Habtamu Diriba is an academic researcher and PhD candidate who is passionate about enhancing the impact of universities in the sustainable socio-economic development of their regions. His research interests include entrepreneurial university, local interpretation and adaptation of global ideas, and change & transformation in higher education institutions.

Curriculum Vitae:

Education

• 2004 - 07.2007 B.A. Degree in Business Administration and Information Systems (BAIS), Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
• 2008 - 09.2010 Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA), Jimma University, Ethiopia.
• 2014 - 07.2016 Master's Degree in Research & Innovation in Higher Education (MARIHE)
  A joint Erasmus Mundus Master's program offered by Danube University Krems, Austria; University of Tampere, Finland; Beijing Normal University, China & Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences, Germany.

Relevant Working Experience

• Since 10.2018 - Academic Researcher at the Science to Business Marketing Research Centre (S2BMRC), FH Münster University of Applied Sciences, Münster, Germany.
• 2018-10.2018 - Project Trainee at the University Industry Innovation Network, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• Since 12.2015 - Quantitative data analyst
  A volunteer data analyst for the course quality advisory board of the Erasmus Mundus Association.
• 2017 - 02.2018 - Coordinator at the Ethiopian Institute for Higher Education (EIHE), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
• 2016 - 02.2018 - Lecturer (Teaching, Research, and Services) at the Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
• 2016 - 01.2017 - Associate researcher
  Field research for "Ethiopian education road map" project commissioned by the British Council, Ethiopia.
• 2015 - 07.2015 - Research Assistant, OTUS - Research Foundation for Studies and Education, Helsinki, Finland
• 10.2007 - 08.2014 - Lecturer (Teaching, Research, and Services), Adama University, Adama, Ethiopia.

Publications:

1. Kliewe, T., Landinez, L., Garomssa, H.D. (2019). Third Mission in the Global University Ranking. In T. Kliewe et al. (ed.), Developing Engaged and Entrepreneurial Universities: Theories, Concepts and Empirical findings. Germany: Springer.
2. Garomssa, H. D. (2016). The Missing Link in Donor Prescribed Educational Reforms: Lack of Ownership (The Case of the World Bank in Ethiopian Higher Education). International Journal of Higher Education, 5(2). doi:10.5430/ijhe.v5n2p12
3. Garomssa, H.D., Nowreen, Y. (2016). One size fits all? A Comparative Analysis of Developed Countries Academic Career Models with Developing Countries. Working Papers in Higher Education Studies, 1(3).