The Water Governance Blog at IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
In June we organised a workshop in Cairo to kick off the second round of co-production fellowships, pairing journalists and researchers from Nile countries to work together at water science communication projects. This innovative...
A recently published article illustrates how photography can help clarifying our perspective on water and infrastructures while acknowledging others. In an article published in the latest issue of the journal “Africa e Mediterraneo” I...
In occasion of World Wetlands Day, Zoe Rosenblum (PhD Candidate, Oregon State University, in collaboration with IHE Delft) and Susanne Schmeier (IHE-Delft) present the findings of their recent article on the Transboundary Wetlands Database,...
This blog post by Susanne Brandstetter & Hélène Masliah-Gilkarov inaugurates a new series exploring how arts is being used to promote conversations and mutual understanding along international rivers. These experiences were presented at the 4th...
In this new post of the series “(En)Gendering water diplomacy” Isaac Barnes analyses the connection between land tenure, illegal mining, water quality and lack of women voice. He calls for more investments in education...
The project “Science communication for water diplomacy in the Brahmaputra” launched a photostory exhibition on the mighty river. Arundhati Deka and Isha Thakur offer a glimpse of the plurality of attachments, concerns and hopes reflected...
The participation of women in negotiation processes can lead to more sustainable transboundary water agreements. The fourth post of the series “(En)Gendering water diplomacy” explores how to tap this potential in Central America. Central...
In the third post of the series “(En)Gendering water diplomacy”, Jahan Taganova and Jaclyn Best present their study on women representation in water organisations in the Deschutes River basin (Oregon, USA). They call for...
In a new article on the Journal of Science Communication, Emanuele Fantini and Emilie Buist reflect on what they learnt by making the podcast The Sources of the Nile, and sketch a “podcast pathway”...
On February 22 we celebrated Nile Day by sharing on Instagram the first photos by a group of photojournalists re-picturing the river for the #EverydayNile project. We will continue in the next weeks to...
Susanne Schmeier and Anoulak Kittikhoun present their new edited volume on international river basin organisations. The book is the result of conversations and collaborations between researchers and decision-makers that look at different river basins...
On September 29 and 30, IHE Delft hosted the workshop “(En)Gendering Transboundary Water Governance: Feminist Perspectives on Water Conflict and Cooperation.” A variety of presentations and discussions unpacked the gendered dynamics of water diplomacy...
On the 5th of December, the Water, Peace & Security (WPS) Partnership launches its Global Early Warning Tool. Susanne Schmeier, Emilie Broek, Rolien Sasse, Charles Iceland, Rozemarijn ter Horst, and Karen Meijer discuss how...
The Power of Representation & the Representation of Power in Water Conflict and Cooperation’ was the theme of the 10th hydro-hegemony conference (The Hague 4-5 October 2019). In this collective post the conference organizers...
This year the Nile Basin Initiative celebrates its 20th anniversary. We wish happy birthday to the river and its people with a special episode of the podcast The sources of the Nile, announcing also...
