Bereket Tsegay is Senior Researcher and Policy Analyst at the London based not-for-profit research institute the Pastoral and Environmental Network in the Horn of Africa (PENHA). He taught also as a Graduate Teaching Assistant and earned a PhD in Development Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), the University of London working on the issue of Green Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa. His research has focused on policy analysis, natural resource governance, food security, pastoralism, dynamics of institutions in development, climate change resilience and green economy, risk management as well as social protection. Bereket has rich experience in both consultancy and programme management of the EU and UN-supported activities in the Horn of Africa region countries including Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somaliland, South Sudan and Sudan and Uganda.