Svein Einar Ege
Background and activities
Research interests
- Ethiopian history
- Land tenure and land reform
- Peasant society and development issues
- Livelihoods in the global periphery
- Legitimacy of the African state
Background
- Associate professor in African Studies [2005-]
- Senior researcher at Department of Social Anthropology [1999-2005]
- Senior researcher at Centre for Environment and Development, NTNU [1992-1999]
- Leader of Centre for Development Studies at UNIT-AVH [1990-1991]
- Research associate at University ofTrondheim [1986-1989]
- Research associate in African History, University of Trondheim [1979-1986]
Special roles
- Leader of Africa Studies Programme at NTNU [2007-]
- Convener of the 16th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, 2007
Scientific, academic and artistic work
A selection of recent journal publications, artistic productions, books, including book and report excerpts. See all publications in the database
Journal publications
Books
- (2019) Land Tenure Security: State-Peasant Relations in the Amhara Highlands, Ethiopia. James Currey Publishers. 2019. ISBN 978-1-84701-224-1.
- (2010) Research in Ethiopian Studies: Selected papers of the 16th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Trondheim July 2007, Aethiopistische Forschungen Vol. 72. Harrassowitz Verlag. 2010. ISBN 978-3-447-06146-9.
- (2009) Proceedings of the 16th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies (Vol. 1-4). 2009. ISBN 978-82-90817-27-0.
- (1997) The Promised Land: The Amhara land redistribution of 1997. 1997. ISBN 82-90817-15-0.
- (1996) Class, State and Power in Africa: A Case Study of the Kingdom of Shäwa (Ethiopia) about 1840. 1996. ISBN 3-447-03770-9.
Part of book/report
- (2019) Land Tenure in Gojam under the Därg. Land Tenure Security: State-Peasant Relations in the Amhara Highlands, Ethiopia.
- (2019) An Unstable Land Tenure System. Land Tenure Security: State-Peasant Relations in the Amhara Highlands, Ethiopia.
- (2019) Introduction. Land Tenure Security: State-Peasant Relations in the Amhara Highlands, Ethiopia.
- (2019) Land Tenure in Baba Säat, North Wälo. Land Tenure Security: State-Peasant Relations in the Amhara Highlands, Ethiopia.
- (2019) Peasant Land Tenure: A Critical Review. Land Tenure Security: State-Peasant Relations in the Amhara Highlands, Ethiopia.
- (2019) The Dersha System: Rethinking Land Tenure under the Därg. Land Tenure Security: State-Peasant Relations in the Amhara Highlands, Ethiopia.
- (2014) Bäzzabeh. Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, Vol. 5.
- (2010) Preface. Research in Ethiopian Studies: Selected papers of the 16th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Trondheim July 2007, Aethiopistische Forschungen Vol. 72.
- (2010) Qwendi. Encyclopaedia Aethiopica Volume 4.
- (2010) Sälla Dengay. Encyclopaedia Aethiopica Volume 4.
- (2010) T'arma Bärr. Encyclopaedia Aethiopica Volume 4.
- (2010) Tägulät. Encyclopaedia Aethiopica Volume 4.
- (2010) Wägda. Encyclopaedia Aethiopica Volume 4.
- (2010) Wälasma. Encyclopaedia Aethiopica Volume 4.