Universities’ partnership: the role of academic institutions in water cooperation and diplomacy
Barua A. ter Horst R. Sehring J. Bréthaut C. Salamé L. Wolf A. Pawletta B.J. Manzungu E. Nicol A.
2021Routledge
International Journal of Water Resources Development
2021#37Issue 4746 - 752 pp.
Water cooperation and diplomacy processes often rely on the tools and capacities that academic and research institutions can offer. However, groups of scientific experts in the field of water cooperation and diplomacy are often small and relatively discrete, suggesting that greater sharing of knowledge and interconnection of expertise could generate further impetus for development of this important theoretical and applied academic field. With this understanding, a network of academic institutions working on water diplomacy and cooperation called Universities’ Partnership for Water Cooperation and Diplomacy was established in 2018, and the same year it was presented at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. This opinion article discusses the role that academic and scientific institutions play in water diplomacy and cooperation, and reflects on the contribution that partners of the Universities’ Partnership can jointly make to further the cause of water cooperation and diplomacy.
academic institutions , research , teaching , Water diplomacy
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Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India
Department of Integrated Water Systems Governance, IHE Delft, Netherlands
Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland
College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, United States
Natural Resources Institute, German Kazakh University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Faculty of Soil Science and Agricultural Engineering, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, United States
International Water Management Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of Integrated Water Systems Governance
Institute for Environmental Sciences
College of Earth
Natural Resources Institute
Faculty of Soil Science and Agricultural Engineering
International Water Management Institute
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