Dr. Dessie Ambaw is a Senior Lecturer in Economics and the Program Director for the Bachelor of Economics (BECON) program at the School of Economics, Adelaide University. Dessie holds a Bachelor of Arts from Bahir Dar University, an MSc in Economic Policy Analysis from Addis Ababa University, an MSc in Economics from the University of Copenhagen, and a PhD in Economics from the University of Adelaide.
 
Prior to his current position, Dr. Ambaw was a Lecturer in Economics at the University of South Australia, a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Adelaide, a Data Analyst Consultant at the World Bank, and a Teaching Associate at the University of Adelaide. In addition, he has previously worked as an Economist at Statistics Denmark and as a Lecturer at Bahir Dar University.
 
Dr. Ambaw’s research interests include International Trade, Development Economics, and Applied Econometrics. His current research focuses on understanding how international trade policy, foreign firm entry, industrial policy, and exchange rate changes affect global value chain integration, technology diffusion to domestic firms, firm productivity, and civil conflict. His research has been published in peer-reviewed economics journals such as Applied Economics Letters, Oxford Economic Papers, The World Economy, and Stress and Health.
 
Dr. Ambaw teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate courses. He has extensive experience teaching a wide range of economics courses, including Data Analytics, Empirical Business Analysis, International Trade, and Applied Econometrics.