Posts - Third World Centre for Water Management

Heterodox Thinking on Water Economics, Values, and Governance

October 21, 2026 by TW Centre

By R. Quentin Grafton, Edoardo Borgomeo, Long Chu, Peter Coombes, Safa Fanaian, Darla Hatton MacDonald, Pamela Katic, Sheri Longboat, Ana Manero, William Nikolakis, Jesper Svensson, Sarah Ann Wheeler, Paul Wyrwoll, Wiktor Adamowicz, Sonia Akter, Asit Biswas, Roy Brouwer, Luc Doyen, James Horne, Tom Kompas, Lien Le, Rita Martins, Sarah Milne, Nhat-Mai Nguyen, Claudia Ringler, Julia Talbot-Jones, Djiby Thiam, Cecilia Tortajada and John Williams. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Volume 51, pages 279-304.… Read More

Research & Policy Publications

Transforming the urban water workforce will support water security

September 21, 2026 by TW Centre

By Corinne Ong and Cecilia Tortajada, 2026. Article published in Nature Water.… Read More

Communications & Media

Tackling drought from parched to prepared

September 7, 2026 by TW Centre

August 25, 2026
Droughts are now seen as multi-sector crises because they not only affect agriculture and food security but also reduce energy production, disrupt transportation systems, increase wildfire risks, and cause widespread economic losses that persist long after the drought itself has ended.… Read More

Research & Policy Publications

Mining governance in the Philippines: interactions among governance mechanisms and stakeholder experiences

August 18, 2026 by TW Centre

By Cecilia Tortajada, Justine Perry T Domingo, Richard Williams, Karen A Hudson-Edwards, Antonio P Contreras, et al., 2026. Article published in Environmental Research Communications, Volume 8, Number 8.… Read More

Research & Policy Publications

Towards a circular water economy in Southeast Asian cities

August 12, 2026 by TW Centre

By Cecilia Tortajada, Kris Hartley, Asit K. Biswas and Julian Kirchherr, 2026. Article published in Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 574, Number 149053.… Read More

Research & Policy Publications

Human–environment Dynamics and Stages of Water Conflict in Shared-well Irrigation: Evidence from Rural Iran

August 11, 2026 by TW Centre

By Ahmad Abedi Sarvestani and Cecilia Tortajada, 2026. Article published in Human Ecology, Volume 54, Number 86.… Read More

Communications & Media

Innovations and Pathways for Food Security and Nutrition

August 11, 2026 by TW Centre

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 673 million people experienced hunger in 2024, while 319 million people faced acute levels of food insecurity across the 67 countries in which the organisation operates.… Read More

Research & Policy Publications

Univer-Cities — Actions Direct, Integrating Panel’s Session

August 11, 2026 by TW Centre

By Leszek Borysiewicz, Gianmaria Ajani, Gordon Johnson, Katharina Michaelowa, Cecilia Tortajada, Frank Rühli, Anthony Teo, and Nicole Bender, Chapter of the book: Univer-Cities: Combatting Existential Climate Change, edited by Anthony Teo, 2026, World Scientific Publishing, Singapore, pages 67-73.… Read More

Research & Policy Publications

Rethinking Global Water Management

August 11, 2026 by TW Centre

By Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada, Chapter of the book: Univer-Cities: Combatting Existential Climate Change, edited by Anthony Teo, 2026, World Scientific Publishing, Singapore, pages 9-35.… Read More

Communications & Media

Saudi Water Week in retrospect

August 4, 2026 by TW Centre

August 4, 2026
Water weeks are held at regular intervals in many cities, including Stockholm, Singapore, Amsterdam, Cairo and New Delhi. The first Saudi Water Week was held in Jeddah from June 28 to July 2. In this article we explore how Saudi Water Week differed from the others. … Read More