Household Water Insecurity Experiences (HWISE) - Research Coordination Network (RCN)
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We would like to officially congratulate HWISE members Dr. Alexandra Brewis and Dr. Amber Wutich, whose book Lazy, Crazy, and Disgusting: Stigma and the Undoing of Global Health was awarded the Society for Anthropological Sciences 2020 Carol R. Ember Book Prize earlier this…
This month Dr. Sera Young was interviewed on water fetching injuries on BBC's Health Check. Her discussion of the topic can be found at around the 22:30 minute mark, here. If you would like to read more on this work being…
Read More HWISE-RCN Member Dr Sera Young Featured on BBC Health Check
At the end of the Spring 2020 semester, HWISE-RCN announced the development of the Early Career Collaborative, ECC, to foster mentorship and meet the needs of the research community's more junior scholars. Since the initial meeting with Dr. Alexandra Brewis,…
Read More Development of the HWISE-RCN Early Career Collaborative (ECC)
Sarah Smiley is a Professor of Geography at Kent State University’s Salem Campus. She uses multiple qualitative methods, and fieldwork is central to all of her research. Her research interests include water access in Sub-Saharan African cities, and she has…
Our first webinar “Experiências da Insegurança Hídrica Domiciliar no Brasil” was held on August 27, 2020 for Brazilian researchers. The webinar was attended by 38 professionals and researchers from different institutions, including Federal University of ABC, University of São Paulo,…
Read More Webinar – Experiências da Insegurança Hídrica Domiciliar no Brasil
Sameer Shah is a Ph.D. candidate at the Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability at the University of British Columbia. Trained broadly as a political-ecologist with a strong interest in coupled qualitative and quantitative methodology and analysis, his research intersects…
Read More HWISE-RCN September Scholar of the Month: Sameer Shah
Paula Tomaz, who earned a Ph.D. in Geography (2019) from the Federal University of Ceara (Fortaleza, Brazil), wrote her dissertation on household water insecurity in a small town in the semiarid region of Northeast Brazil during drought. Her work, which included…
Read More HWISE-RCN August Scholar of the Month: Dr. Paula Tomaz
In early June, the HWISE-RCN Executive and Steering Committee issued a joint statement on racism and water insecurity. Alongside this statement, the RCN launched a permanent feature on the website dedicated to racism, water insecurity, and environmental injustice. These pages include publications, organizations,…
Read More Statement from HWISE Executive Committee and Steering Committee on Racism and Next Steps
We are excited to feature the amazing work of another one of HWISE-RCN’s members, Dr. Amber Wutich, for our third “Mentorship Highlight.” With this new feature, we hope to shine a light on the innovative models our members are utilizing to foster…
Read More HWISE-RCN July Mentorship Highlight: Dr. Amber Wutich
Yanna Lambrinidou is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Science, Technology, and Society (STS) at Virginia Tech and cofounder of the Campaign for Lead Free Water. Focusing on the problem of lead in US drinking water, she works at the intersection of…
Read More HWISE-RCN July Scholar of the Month: Dr. Yanna Lambrinidou