Water governance
We study how different societies organise the extraction, provision, financing, use and disposal of water for different uses and users, as well as the protection of water sources.
We want to understand how different actors such as government organisations, NGOs, community organisations and companies co-shape water governance through collaboration, negotiation and social mobilisation at different levels.
Work within this theme focusses on analysing how disputes between stakeholders may arise from diverging interests that relate to differences in institutional, economic, geographic, ideological and social positions, showing that water governance is ultimately about culture, imaginaries, narratives and values, but with real environmental and differentiating social effects.
Topics
Our topics include:
- Drought diagnosis
- Environmental justice issues
- River co-management
- Biophysical, ecological and use aspects
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dr.ir. JMC (Jeroen) Vos
Associate Professor
Research themes
Agricultural water management
Agricultural Water Management encompasses the research field of water resources use efficiency and productivity of agricultural systems from plot, scheme, system to landscape level.
Water governance
We study how different societies organise the extraction, provision, financing, use and disposal of water for different uses and users, as well as the protection of water sources.
Contested knowledges
Contested Knowledges focuses on how knowledge interrelates with power and politics to shape water governance, control and use.