Abbi M. Kedir

Prof. Kedir is an associate professor and senior lecturer in international business in the Management School of the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom (UK). He is an associate staff of Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow. He got his PhD in Economics from the school of Economics, University of Nottingham in 2003.

Abbi brings over 25 years of work experience in economic research, policy dialogue and training of PhD students in various universities and institutions in Africa (e.g., ENSEA). He is a regular contributor of teaching in econometrics, development economics and research methods at the AERC Joint Facility for Electives (JFE) and has served AERC as a resource person since 2013.

In addition to long years of services in UK academia, he has experience of working both in government and international organizations such as the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).