As a faculty at Addis Ababa University, I engage in teaching, research and consultancy activities. My PhD is in Social Sciences with a focus on development economics. My expertise is in the area of economics, gender, care economy (particularly on Early Childhood Development and Educatuon, ECCE), agriculture and food security. I have conducted various research and consultancy works on gender statistics, gender gap in business performance, care economy- estimating ECCE gap, cost of eliminating the gap, & returns from investing to eliminate the gap, & productive safety net program, among others.