HWISE News

The Texas Standard produced a series of stories on the role of water in our interconnected world. Through that series, Dr. Wendy Jepson served as an expert on "Why Women Navigate Access To Water." This episode focuses on the role…

The Royal Geographical Society published, "HWISE: developing household-scale metrics to tackle water insecurity." It features "research by geographers into household water insecurity is improving understanding and helping mitigate water insecurity, and developing flexible research tools for global use." The HWISE…

Dr. Amanda Fencl is an interdisciplinary environmental geographer and current Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Geography at Texas A&M University.  She is working on the TAMU President’s Excellence Fund X-Grant project, Pathways to Sustainable Urban Water Security, as a member of…

The Feed the Future Innovation lab for small scale Irrigation, seeks private sector partners to contribute to accelerate the scaling of smallholder irrigated production in Ghana and Ethiopia. Partners will implement innovative, market system activities to strengthen irrigation technology supply, finance services, and…

Dacotah-Victoria Splichalova is a Public Scholar Initiative student and doctoral student with Dr. Leila Harris in the Resources, Environment and Sustainability program at the University of British Columbia. She has recently been featured for her work on water insecurity, "Narratives…

We are excited to announce that, "The Household Water InSecurity Experiences (HWISE) Scale: development and validation of a household water insecurity measure for low-income and middle-income countries" paper is now published in the BMJ Global Health Journal. The scale is suited…

The Long-term Assistance and Services for Research: Partners for University-Led Solutions Engine (LASER PULSE) is pleased to announce its first Request for Applications (RFA). LASER PULSE is a five-year program implemented by a consortium, led by Purdue University, which includes the…

Dr. Leila Harris, Professor at the Institute for Resources Environment and Sustainability (IRES) and the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice (GRSJ) at the University of British Columbia and HWISE-RCN steering committee member, discusses the socio-political consequences of…

Dr. Asher Rosinger is this month's HWISE Scholar Highlight. Asher Rosinger is a human biologist and the Ann Atherton Hertzler Early Career Professor in Global Health at Pennsylvania State University with appointments in the Department of Biobehavioral Health and the Department of Anthropology. Upon completion of his doctorate,…

Dr. Stroma Cole is this month's HWISE Scholar Highlight. Dr. Stroma Cole is a senior lecturer in the department of geography and environmental management at the University of the West of England. Stroma combines her academic career with action research and consultancy, she…