IWSN named as finalist for Green Gown Awards

By: Wayne Powell on 6th Jul 2017

The International Water Security Network (IWSN) has been shortlisted for a 2017 Green Gown Award. The IWSN is one of three finalists in the Research and Development: Institution category of the awards which “recognise the exceptional sustainability initiatives being... Read more »

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Job opportunity with IWSN

on 22nd Jun 2017

The University of the West of England is looking to appoint a Research Fellow in Cities, Water and Resilience. The Research Fellow will assist Professor Chad Staddon with tasks associated with ongoing projects, including the International Water Security Network... Read more »

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Francieli Thums wins 2017 IWSN-UWE Student Prize

By: Wayne Powell on 13th Jun 2017

Francieli Thums has been awarded the 2017 IWSN-UWE Student Prize for her assessment of two different methods of testing the structural and visual integrity of large diameter sewers. Francieli, a BEng Civil and Environmental Engineering student at the University... Read more »

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Reporting dry watercourses in the Upper Thames catchment

on 12th Jun 2017

The Environment Agency (EA) are asking for the public’s help in finding out what is happening across the Upper Thames catchment during the current period of dry weather. If you’ve seen a stream bed that’s dry, or is starting... Read more »

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Job opportunities at OECD and Cranfield University

on 18th May 2017

The OECD Water Governance Programme is looking for an experienced programme co-ordinator to lead its activities. The co-ordinator will be expected to carry out and supervise economic and policy analysis, to draft and ensure the quality control of the... Read more »

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Winner of IWSN/IgersBristol photo competition announced

By: Wayne Powell on 22nd Mar 2017

An image of swans in Bristol harbour by Matthew Price has won the IWSN/IgersBristol photo competition. To mark World Water Day, we teamed up with IgersBristol to run the contest, encouraging people to take water-themed photos around Bristol, and... Read more »

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Pope Francis addresses thousands on the importance of water on World Water Day 2017

By: Chad Staddon on 22nd Mar 2017

Pope Francis used the occasion of World Water Day (22 March 2017) to develop themes first raised in the May 2015 encyclical Laudato Si’ and his address to a Vatican conference on the “human right to water” in February... Read more »

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IWSN at the Vatican for World Water Day

By: Wayne Powell on 20th Mar 2017

On World Water Day (22 March 2017), the International Water Security Network (IWSN) will join experts from across the world in discussions focussing on Sustainable Development Goal 6 on water and sanitation. Following a Papal Audience with Pope Francis,... Read more »

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How your neighbourhood may impact your health and wellbeing

By: Adriana Zuniga-Teran on 15th Mar 2017

How physically active are you may depend, in part, on the design of your neighbourhood. University of Arizona researcher Adriana Zuniga-Teran is a member of the IWSN Americas team at the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy. In... Read more »

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IWSN co-sponsors major conference on science and diplomacy

By: Robert G. Varady on 6th Mar 2017

After a year-and-a-half of planning, the University of Arizona hosted a conference on science and diplomacy on 22-24 February 2017. The Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, as a partner in the LRF-supported International Water Security Network, was... Read more »

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