Negash is a PhD fellow at UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University since 2020. He holds MSc degree in applied economics from Addis Ababa University and advanced MA in economics of globalization and European integration (EMJMD) co-organized by University of Antwerp (Belgium), University of Lille (France) and University of economics Prague (Czechia). Before joining UNU-MERIT, he worked as a Lecturer and researcher in the Department of Economics at Dilla University, where he taught Microeconomics, Econometrics, Managerial economics, and mathematical economics.