Dr. Gutu Olana Wayessa is a University Lecturer at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He received BSc from Haramaya University, Ethiopia; MSc from Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway; and Ph.D. in Social Sciences, Development Studies from the University of Helsinki, Finland. He was (1 February to 31 July 2019) a Visiting Research Scholar at the American University, Washington DC, USA. His research interests include displacements and resettlements, climate change, large-scale investments, land governance, environmental and social justice, state-society relations, social movements, and rural livelihoods. His theoretical and methodological interests encompass political ecology, political economy, philosophy of science, and mixed methods.
