Asabeneh Munuyee | Forestry | Research Excellence Award

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Mr. Asabeneh Munuyee | Forestry | Research Excellence Award

Ethiopian Forestry Developmnet, Bahir Dar Center | Ethiopia

Asabeneh Alemayehu Munuyee is a senior researcher in forest economics and policy with over ten years of experience in natural capital valuation, ecosystem services, and socio-ecological systems. He holds multiple master’s degrees in geo-informatics, natural resource economics, and tropical forestry, including DAAD-funded training in Germany. Currently serving as Senior Researcher and Program Coordinator at Ethiopian Forestry Development, he leads interdisciplinary, policy-relevant research using advanced econometric and spatial methods. His research focuses on forest governance, land-use change, and sustainable value chains. Recognized through international training and scholarships, he aims to advance evidence-based forest management for sustainable development.

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Ezzeddine Mosbah | Sustainable Agriculture | Research Excellence Award

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Assist. Prof. Dr. Ezzeddine Mosbah | Sustainable Agriculture | Research Excellence Award

King Faisal University | Saudi Arabia

Ezzeddine B. Mosbah is an agricultural and rural-development economist whose academic formation includes a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics and Rural Development from the National Agricultural Institute of Tunis (INAT, 2007), preceded by a specialized engineering degree in Economy and Rural Development (1996) and an agro-economist engineering degree (1993) from the same institute. With more than two decades of professional experience across ministries of Agriculture, Education, and Employment & Vocational Training in Tunisia and, since 2017, as Assistant Professor at King Faisal University (KSA), and previously at institutions in Tunisia, he has taught courses ranging from Agricultural Economics and Water Economics to Development Economics, Statistics, Operations Research, and Project Feasibility Studies. His research interests revolve around agricultural economics, rural development, labor and employment markets, efficiency and impact evaluation, environmental economics and waste management, food marketing (notably date-palm economics), water desalination, and econometric/operations-research methods. According to publicly available citation data, his h-index is 3 with 33 citations and 6 documented publications — a baseline that signals a career still consolidating its scholarly impact. Among his work is the monograph Rationaliser le Comportement Public: la Formation un Exemple (2015). Through empirical analyses of water-use efficiency, agricultural investment incentives, municipal waste impacts, technical efficiency of farms, and environmental sustainability, Mosbah contributes to policy-relevant knowledge in both MENA and Gulf contexts. His ongoing focus remains on efficiency measurement, sustainable rural development, and socio-economic evaluation of agricultural and environmental systems.

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Mosbah, E. B., & Dharmapala, P. S. (2022). Evaluating the effects of COVID-19 and vaccination on employment behaviour: A panel data analysis across the world. Sustainability.

Mosbah, E. B. (2021). Assessment of environmental and economic impacts of municipal solid wastes management system: A case study. Journal of Ecological Engineering.

Mosbah, E., Zaibet, L., & Dharmapala, P. S. (2020). A new methodology to measure efficiencies of inputs (outputs) of decision making units in data envelopment analysis with application to agriculture. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences.

Mosbah, E. B. (2025). Assessment of land cover changes and an exploration of their key factors at Al-Ahsa Oasis in Saudi Arabia (Working paper).

Grazia Ietto-Gillies | Economics | Best Researcher Award

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Prof. Grazia Ietto-Gillies | Economics | Best Researcher Award

London South Bank University | United Kingdom

Grazia Ietto-Gillies is an Italian-born economist and emerita Professor of Applied Economics at London South Bank University, also serving as a Research Fellow at Birkbeck, University of London. She studied in Rome at the Istituto Leonardo da Vinci and then at La Sapienza University under the supervision of Bruno de Finetti, followed by a year of graduate studies at MIT (1966–67) funded by a CNR scholarship. Early in her career she worked as a researcher at ISCO in Rome and then at the University of Siena before moving to London in 1971, where she joined London South Bank Polytechnic (now University). Her research spans investment in the Italian economy, de-industrialization in the UK, transnational corporations (TNCs), innovation, absorptive capacity, indices of transnationality, labor fragmentation (e.g., in FIAT), and the digital economy. She has published extensively, including books, journal articles, working papers, and book chapters; her major book Transnational Corporations and International Production (Edward Elgar) is widely cited. According to her RePEc/CitEc profile, she has an h-index of 11 with around 800 citations and over 47 research documents. She has received recognition as a leading figure in applied economics, especially in globalisation and innovation policy. In addition to her academic work, since retirement she has written literary pieces, including a memoir of her Calabrian childhood and essays. Her long and influential career bridges rigorous economic analysis and personal reflection, highlighting both her intellectual and human depth.

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Filippetti, A., Frenz, M., & Ietto-Gillies, G. (2011). Are innovation and internationalization related? An analysis of European countries. Industry and Innovation.

Filippetti, A., Frenz, M., & Ietto-Gillies, G. (2017). The impact of internationalization on innovation at countries’ level: The role of absorptive capacity. Cambridge Journal of Economic.

Frenz, M., Girardone, C., & Ietto-Gillies, G. (2005). Multinationality matters in innovation: The case of the UK financial services. Industry & Innovation.

Ietto-Gillies, G. (2009). Conceptual issues behind the assessment of the degree of internationalization. Transnational Corporations.

Chesnais, F., Ietto-Gillies, G., & Simonetti, R. (2003). European integration and global corporate strategies. Routledge.

Kpanoga Kolombia | Forestry Economics | Best Researcher Award

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Assist. Prof. Dr. Kpanoga Kolombia | Forestry Economics | Best Researcher Award

University of Alberta | Canada

Kpanoga Kolombia is a Development Economist specializing in renewable energy, environmental and natural resource economics, with over five years of academic and policy research experience across Canada, France, Germany, and West Africa. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Sherbrooke, with a focus on non-market valuation and climate economics, and advanced degrees from Aix-Marseille University and the University of Lome. His work includes extensive empirical research on willingness to pay for carbon emission reduction, forest restoration, and ecosystem services in Quebec and Togo. Currently, he is an Assistant Teaching Professor at the University of Alberta, a lecturer at ENAP, and a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Quebec in Outaouais. His research interests span development economics, climate change, forest economics, and public policy. Kolombia has published in peer-reviewed journals like the African Journal of Ecology, and has several articles under review in journals including Ecological Economics and Plos One. He has received multiple scholarships including the Mitacs, FRQ, and Affaires Mondiales Canada Fellowships. Kolombia continues to advance inclusive and evidence-based environmental policy through interdisciplinary and applied economic research.

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Kolombia, K., & Yovo, K. (2025). Willingness to pay for forest restoration in Togo: Comparison of estimates from choice experiment, contingent valuation and travel cost methods. African Journal of Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.70102

Kolombia, K. (2024). Economic evaluation of Mont-Bellevue Park in Sherbrooke using the individual travel cost method. Manuscript submitted for publication, Discover Cities.

Kolombia, K. (2024). Effect of policy consequentiality on willingness to pay for renewable energy in transport in Quebec. Manuscript submitted for publication, Journal of Cultural Economics.

Dupras, J., & Kolombia, K. (2024). Willingness to pay for the forestation of agricultural coulees: A choice experiment and contingent valuation study in Quebec. Manuscript submitted for publication, PLOS ONE.

Kolombia, K. (2024). Willingness to pay for renewable energy: A choice experiment and contingent valuation study in Quebec. Manuscript submitted for publication, Ecological Economics.

Chala Hussen | Agri-Food System | Best Researcher Award

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Mr. Chala Hussen | Agri-Food System | Best Researcher Award

Ambo University | Ethiopia

Chala Hailu Hussen is an Ethiopian academic and researcher specializing in Agricultural Economics, currently serving as Assistant Professor and Research & Community Service Coordinator at the College of Agriculture & Veterinary Science, Ambo University, Ethiopia. He holds a BSc and MSc in Agricultural Economics from Haramaya University and is pursuing a PhD in Agri-food Systems at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy, focusing on agricultural transformation. His professional journey includes teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses in microeconomics, macroeconomics, agricultural production economics, and climate change economics, along with supervising more than twenty MSc theses and serving as examiner and chairperson in defense boards. He has actively contributed to research on rural credit, market information, farm input commercialization, cluster farming, and climate adaptation strategies, publishing several scientific papers with an h-index of 2, 7 documents, and over 35 citations. In addition, he has participated in national and international training programs on climate information services, decision support systems, and rural development planning, enhancing his expertise in agricultural resilience and sustainability. Recipient of various certificates and recognitions, Chala continues to advance research and education in agricultural economics, with a strong commitment to capacity building, policy engagement, and promoting sustainable agricultural systems.

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Hailu, C., Canali, G., & Tabaglio, V. (2025). High-value farm product transformation in contract marketing: Evidence from smallholder farmers in central Ethiopia. Environment, Development and Sustainability.

Besha, T. B., Fikadu, M., & Chala, H. (2022). Marketable supply of honey: Evidence from farmers households in Ethiopia. Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development.

Alemayehu, G., Rikitu, A., & Hailu, C. (2022). Producers’ participation decision in tomato and onion marketing with level of participation in Ejersa Lafo District of West Shewa Zone, Oromia National Regional State, Ethiopia. Malaysian Business Management Journal.

Hussen, C. H., & Geleta, F. T. (2021). Factors affecting smallholder farmers’ participation in cluster crop production: Evidence from selected districts of West Shewa Zone, Oromia National Regional State, Ethiopia. Sarhad Journal of Agriculture.

Wakjira, M., Temesgen, F., Hailu, C., & Wegari, D. (2021). The economic impacts of COVID-19 on micro and small enterprises: Empirical evidences from Oromia National Regional State, Ethiopia. Sarhad Journal of Agriculture.

Hussen, C. (2018). Factors affecting credit use for rural farming at household level: Evidence from smallholder farmers of Toke-Kutaye district.

Hussen, C. (2017). Effect of access to market information services on supply of major vegetables: Evidence from farm households of Ambo and Toke-Kutaye Districts, West Shewa, Ethiopia. Information and Knowledge Management.