Centre for Water and Development

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The Centre for Water and Development provides a forum for interdisciplinary and comparative research relating to water governance and resource management across the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) as well as externally. The Group engages in:

• Research: collaborative, interdisciplinary research on water resources and development within SOAS and with UK, European and global partners.
• Education: strengthen and expand water resources related education at SOAS, including distance learning.
• Partnerships and capacity building: undertake joint projects with academic and NGO partners in Africa, Asia and Europe, and develop proposals in response to expressed needs of practitioners/water professionals.
• Public debate: enhance informed, critical debate on water resources and development.

Its work includes research on the financialisation of water in England and Wales, the European Research Council project WATCON on sectoral water conflicts in South Asia, and the alternative People's Commission on Water.

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School of Oriental and African Studies
London