Household Water Insecurity Experiences (HWISE) - Research Coordination Network (RCN)
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The dry season continues in the Caatinga of Ceará, northeast Brazil, where Cydney is currently conducting their dissertation fieldwork. The Caatinga is a tropic semi-arid shrubland that lives up to its name, a Tupi word meaning "white forest," during the…
The HWISE Collaborative Accelerator Award grants $1-2K for small teams of researchers (2-3 members) to accelerate new theoretical, methodological, analytical, outreach, and educational collaborations related to household water insecurity! The HWISE RCN expects to fund two rounds of Collaborative Accelerator Awards (2021,…
To further aid the HWISE-RCN's mission of fostering collaboration and mentorship, we are excited to announce the launching of our new HWISE-RCN membership platform. For non-members the page will serve the same directory purpose as it did prior, simply listing…
Dr. Justin Stoler is Associate Professor of Geography and Sustainable Development at the University of Miami, with secondary appointments in the Department of Public Health Sciences and Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy. He is co-PI of the HWISE-RCN,…
World Water Week is an annual conference on global water issues organized by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI). The conference features participants from a variety of backgrounds on water-related topics ranging from food security and health to agriculture, technology,…
Since August 2017, around 700,000 Rohingya people have fled ethnic cleansing in neighboring Myanmar to seek refuge in Bangladesh. The majority of these refugees are living in very fragile conditions in 34 densely populated camps in the Ukhiya and Teknaf…
Our next HWISE NOW Virtual Coffee hour will be on the 27th of June at 11 AM CST! This Virtual Coffee Hour will feature HWISE scholars on the topic of Household Water Insecurity and Climate Disruptions. The conversation will be…
On June 15th, HWISE-RCN member Dr. Asher Rosinger was featured on the cover of Scientific American for his work on the evolution of human water needs. As Laura Helmuth, the editor-in-chief of Scientific American, states, Dr. Rosinger's article explains that…
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Dr. Emily Kumpel is an Assistant Professor of Environmental and Water Resources Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (USA). Her research spans intermittent water supplies, water distribution systems, small rural water…
Our fifth HWISE NOW Virtual Coffee hour will be on the 29 of June at 10 AM CST! This Virtual Coffee Hour will feature HWISE scholars on the topic of Gender-Based Violence and Water Insecurity. To register, please fill out…
