WU- rESEARCH THEMATIC AREAS
Research thematic and priority setting is a vital activity in research undertaking since it greatly assists in identifying and implementing research programs that address critical problems of both science and society, and that are attractive to those who fund and support research. In order to focus and give direction to the range of research activities undertaken within the University community, Office of Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer identified 44 key research thematic areas through analysis of problems with key stakeholders of the University and supported by the national development agenda of the country that seek to address the needs of our society.
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Discipline |
Priority Research Themes |
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Agriculture and Natural Resources |
Theme 1: Crop Production , Protection , Productivity and food security Theme 2:Animal Production, health, Productivity and food security Theme 3: Food Sciences and Nutrition Theme 4: Agricultural Economics and value additions Theme 5: Natural Resources Use and Management |
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Business, Economics and Management |
Theme 1: Commerce Theme 2: Finance, Banking and management Theme 3: Economics Theme 4: Cooperative development Theme 5: Procurement, logistics and supplies chain management Theme 6: Hotel and Tourism management Theme 7: Administrative services and Technology system Theme 8: Public Administration and Development management |
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Educational and Behavioral Research |
Theme 1.Quality Education Theme 2. Psychosocial Issues and Mental Health |
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Engineering and Information Technology Research |
Theme 1: Construction and Infrastructure Theme 2: Hydraulic Structure and Water Resources Theme 3: Urban Planning and Geospatial Technology Theme 4: Communication and Information Technology Theme 5: Nanotechnology Theme 6: Electro-Mechanical and Industrial Materials Theme 7: Sustainable Energies and Applied Thermal Engineering Theme 8: Sugar Technology |
Environment and Climate Change |
Theme 1: Environmental Issues Theme 2: Climate Change and Global Warming |
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Human Health and Nutrition |
Theme 1: Tropical and Infectious Diseases Theme 2: Reproductive Health, Maternal and Child Health Theme 3: Nutrition and Nutrition Related Issues Theme 4: Control of Non Communicable Diseases Theme 5: Environmental and Occupational Health Theme 6: Accessibility, Equitability, and Quality of Health Care |
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Humanity, Gender and Governance Researches |
Theme 1: Socio-cultural development and trends Theme 2: Economic, social and political empowerment Theme 3:Gender and economic development Theme 4: Governance and law related research |
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Language, Art and Culture Research |
Theme 1: Language Development Theme 2: Oromo Art and Culture Development Theme 3: Language Teacher Professional Development Theme 4: Communication, Media and Development |
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Natural and Computational Sciences Research |
Theme 1: Natural SciencesTheme 2: Computational sciences |
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Water, Mineral and Energy Resources Research |
Theme 1: Energy Theme 2: Water Resources Theme 3: Mineral Exploration |