Research

My research applies advanced econometric methods and causal machine learning to address critical questions in development economics, environmental sustainability, and digital transformation.

For methodological expertise (software, causal ML, econometrics, text mining, survey design, impact evaluation), see About.

Publications

Journal Articles

Hundie, S.K., Abdisa, L.T., Legas, H.A., Shumetie, A., & Alemayehu, F.K. (2025). Globalization and environmental sustainability in Ethiopia: Assessing the impact of economic factors and resource management. Journal of Cleaner Production, 519, 145886.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.145886

Hundie, S.K., & Csapi, V. (2026). Nonlinear effects of economic growth on environmental sustainability in Hungary: The roles of globalization and energy imports. Energy, Ecology and Environment.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40974-026-00409-8

Hundie, S.K., & Strode, J. (2026). Context-sensitive leadership: A theory-driven integrative review and implementation framework for the AI Era. Strategic Business Research, 100127.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbr.2026.100127

Mehare, A., Abdisa, L., Hawitibo, A., & Hundie, S.K. (2026). The food price changes and gender gap in child nutritional status in Ethiopia. Child Indicators Research, 19, 729–763.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-025-10313-y

Adera, A., Lenjiso, B. M., Fufa, G., & Hundie, S.K. (2025). Economic prosperity and ethnic identification: evidence from Ethiopia. African Identities, 1–27.
https://doi.org/10.1080/14725843.2025.2601247

Mehare, A., Abdisa, L.T., & Hundie, S.K. (2025). Food price changes, household food and nutrition security in Ethiopia: Evidence from household level analysis through a gender lens. Food Science & Nutrition, 13(7), e70685.
https://doi.org/10.1002/fsn3.70685

Hundie, S.K., & Tulu, D.T. (2023). Determinants of financial inclusion gender gap in Ethiopia: Evidence from decomposition analysis. Cogent Business & Management, 10(2).
https://doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2023.2238124

Hundie, S.K., & Biratu, B. (2022). Response of Ethiopian coffee price to the world coffee price: Evidence from dynamic ARDL simulations and nonlinear ARDL cointegration. Cogent Economics & Finance, 10(1).
https://doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2022.2114168

Hundie, S.K. (2021). Income inequality, economic growth and carbon dioxide emissions nexus: empirical evidence from Ethiopia. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 28, 43579–43598.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-13341-7

Hundie, S.K., & Daksa, M.D. (2019). Does energy-environmental Kuznets curve hold for Ethiopia? The relationship between energy intensity and economic growth. Journal of Economic Structures, 8, 21.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40008-019-0154-2

Hundie, S.K. (2018). Modelling energy consumption, carbon dioxide emissions and economic growth nexus in Ethiopia: Evidence from cointegration and causality analysis. The Turkish Journal of Agriculture – Food Science and Technology (TURJAF), 6(6), 699–709.
https://doi.org/10.24925/turjaf.v6i6.699-709.1720

Daksa, M., Yismaw, M., Lemessa, S., & Hundie, S.K. (2018). Enterprise innovation in developing countries: an evidence from Ethiopia. Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 7, 6.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13731-018-0085-4

Working Papers

Hundie, S.K. (2025). Identity economics insights into ESG decision making. Available at SSRN.
SSRN: 5654611 | DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5654611

Hundie, S.K., & Csapi, V. (2025). Spatial spillovers and determinants of sovereign ESG performance: Evidence from a spatial Durbin model. Available at SSRN.
SSRN: 5479848 | DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5479848

Csapi, V., & Hundie, S.K. (2025). Institutional trust moderates social identity and vaccine uptake: Lessons from Ethiopia for ESG frameworks. Available at SSRN.
SSRN: 5370331 | DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5370331

Hundie, S.K., Abdisa, L.T., Legas, H.A., & Shumetie, A. (2022). The nexus among globalization, natural resource rent, and energy consumption for environmental sustainability in Ethiopia. Ethiopian Economic Association (EEA).

Hundie, S.K. (2025). Causal machine learning approaches for policy evaluation. Under review.

Reports & Policy Papers

Mehare, A., Hundie, S.K., & Abdisa, L.T. (2025). Food prices shocks and household nutrition in Ethiopia: A gender lens for policy response. African Economic Research Consortium (AERC).

Seyoum, A., Hundie, S.K., Delajara, M., & Anker, R. (2024). Living income report (with living wage annex) for rural Sidama, Ethiopia. Anker Research Institute.

Seyoum, A., Hundie, S.K., Delajara, M., Anker, R., & Anker, M. (2023). Living income report (with living wage annex) rural Oromia, Ethiopia. Anker Research Institute.

Methodological Projects

Bibliometric Analysis and Topic Modeling for Systematic Literature Review

Focus: Applying machine learning and text mining techniques to systematically map research landscapes.

Methods: Bibliometrix (R package), MALLET (Latent Dirichlet Allocation), BERTopic (BERT-based topic modeling)

Status: In progress

Highlights:

Multi-method topic modeling comparison (MALLET LDA + BERTopic)
Science mapping and research front identification using Bibliometrix
Co-authorship, citation, and keyword co-occurrence networks
Reproducible workflow for systematic literature reviews

Current Research Projects

Causal analysis of digital connectivity on financial inclusion — estimating the impact of digital infrastructure on access to financial services
ESG investment and greenwashing discourse in literature — topic modeling of academic and industry texts using LLM-BERTopic
Systematic literature review (SLR) on ESG investment as real options — synthesizing evidence on the valuation of ESG under uncertainty
SLR on ESG, green innovation, and firms’ resilience to economic shocks — reviewing how environmental and innovation strategies affect corporate robustness during crises

For collaboration, please contact me.