dr.ir. JD (Jaime) Hoogesteger van Dijk, MSc

My main research interests revolve around the themes of water commons, water collectives, water care, multispecies justice, conviviality and co-governance arrangements. I approach these from an interdisciplinary perspective. I am greatly inspired by -and have been contributiong to- notions of political ecology and related concerns for socio-environmental justice. I have vast experience in interdisciplinary research on water policies, governmentalites, irrigation, community based natural resource management, grassroots movements and livelihoods. Currently my research projects are focused on grassroots based river and water ecosystems restoration, defence, care and conservation in Ecuador, Mexico, Spain and the Netherlands.

Currently I am coordinating the NWO funded project "Upscaling private and collective water storage in the Netherlands", River Conviviality: Advancing socio-environmentally just river restoration through nature-based solutions and the BIOdiversity and ecosystem protection driven by Environmental JUSTice (BIO-JUST) am part of the riverhood/river commons project. 

I warmly welcome students interested on working in these areas of research. Just send me an e-mail (jaime.hoogesteger@wur.nl).

Below a video on my research on agro-export, groundwater governance and rural livelihoods in the state of Guanajuato, Central Mexico.