Research

Water & Development Research Group belongs to Water and Environmental Engineering Research Group. Our group is part of Department of Built Environment, School of Engineering in Aalto University. WDRG carries out research on various themes, utilizing diversity of methods. More information about our research can be found by reading our publications.

Key Research Themes:

Water for food
Climate change and water
Integrated approaches to water management:

IWRM, water-energy-food nexus
Water Diplomacy
Transboundary rivers, especially in Asia
Role of power and politics in water management
Water innovations & water business

Key Research Methods:

Modeling in its various forms
Big data and spatial analysis from local to global scale
Governance, institutional & livelihood analyses
Impact assessment
Case studies, combining some or all above

Ongoing projects

SOS.aquaterra

SOS.aquaterra explores opportunities to meet future food demand within the safe and complex operating space of water and land resources. The project is funded by the European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant programme. Read more…

WATVUL

WATVUL explores the impact of climate change, use of natural resources, water management and anthropogenic change on local hydrological systems in South-East Asia and Mexico. The project is funded by the Academy of Finland. Read more…

Water and Development –doctoral studies project

The four-year project aims to enhance doctoral education and research in water resources management, particularly in the field of sustainable development related to water, which plays a significant role in the research conducted in WDRG. This project is fully funded by The Land and Water Technology Foundation (Maa- ja vesitekniikan tuki ry). Read more