Centre for Water and Development Members
Alberto Asquer
Member
Public policy and management, especially in the political economy of regulation and regulatory reforms, public policy implementation, public management.
- Tel: 0207 898 4460
- Email: aa144@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 442
Kate Bayliss
Member, Centre for Water and Development
The impact of privatisation and commercialisation; public and private sector systems of provision; infrastructure development; utilities; role of domestic private sector in basic service delivery, equity impact of institutional and infrastructure reform.
- Tel: 020 7898 4496
- Email: kb6@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 476
Philippe Cullet
Member, Centre for Water and Development
Law and environment, law and natural resources, intellectual property, water, human rights, international law, India. - Tel: 020 7898 4651
- Email: pcullet@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 226
- Office Hours: Wednesday 3:00 to 5:00pm
Peter P Mollinga
Director, Centre for Water and Development
South Asia, Central Asia; comparative political sociology of water resources and development; technology and agrarian change; boundary work in natural resources management; interdisciplinary social theory. - Tel: 020 7898 4631
- Email: pm35@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 517
- Office Hours: By appointment only
David Mosse
Member, Centre for Water and Development
India, especially Tamil Nadu and adivasi western India; caste and religion, dalit politics, vernacular Christianity, environmental history, common property resources, indigenous irrigation, participatory rural development, aid agencies, anthropology of development - Tel: 020 7898 4426
- Email: dm21@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 573
- Office Hours: Fridays 11am-1pm
Laurence Smith
Member, Centre for Water and Development
Natural resource management, water resources, rural development and poverty reduction.Catchment management for protection of water resources.
- Tel: +44 (0)20 3073 8328
- Email: ls34@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 204
Frauke Urban
Member, Centre for Water and Development
Climate change and development, climate change mitigation, low carbon development, energy policy, with a regional focus on Asia.
- Tel: 0203 0738329
- Email: fu1@soas.ac.uk
- Room: LIDC 203
Professorial Research Associates
Tony Allan
Member, Centre for Water and Development
Analysis of water resources in semi-arid regions and the role of global systems in ameliorating local and regional water deficits. Established the concept of Virtual Water. Was awarded the Stockholm Water Prize in 2008 in recognition of his contribution to water science.
- Email: ta1@soas.ac.uk
S Janakarajan
Professorial Research Associate
Development studies, rural development and agrarian institutions, climate change, adaptation and disaster risk reduction, water management and irrigation institutions, urban water, conflicts and conflict resolution, environment, urban and peri-urban issues, and markets.
James Nickum
Professorial Research Associate
Water and environmental governance, especially but not exclusively in China.
Currently Vice-President of the International Water Resources Association (IWRA) and has served as Editor-in-Chief of Water International since 2007.
