The Water Dissensus – A Water Alternatives Forum

"How could anything non-controversial be of intellectual interest to grown-ups?" (Edward Abbey) This Forum is intended to provide space for critical debates and discussions about water issues. Existing dissensus, or antagonistic values and points of view, can be turned into a learning opportunity for the benefit of all and give way to reasoned debates that have the potential both to further understanding of complex water issues and to generate new ideas.
Barbara van Koppen

Barbara van Koppen is Scientist Emerita with the International Water Management Institute, based in the IWMI Southern Africa office in Pretoria. Her research focuses on community-driven multiple-use water services (MUS) and on human rights and the decolonization of water law in the Global South. She is lead-author and -editor of five books and (co-) author of over 150 international peer-reviewed publications. Currently, she is Theme Leader on MUS in the Rural Water Supply Network and member of FAO’s expert group on water tenure. She served as member of the Board of the Water Research Commission South Africa, and the Steering Committee of the Global Water Partnership. Before joining IWMI, she was lecturer women and irrigation at Wageningen University and Research Centre, the Netherlands, where she also obtained her Ph.D.   

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