HWISE News

Dr. Cassandra Workman is this month's HWISE Scholar Highlight. Dr. Cassandra L. Workman is a Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and a core member of the Global Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WaSH) Cluster at North Carolina State…

Thank you everyone for attending the launch of the Household Water Insecurity (HWISE) Scale and a special thanks to our host, Arizona State University – International Development Office in Washington, DC.In 2018, a high-level panel at the United Nations declared that this is a…

The HWISE-RCN announces a video abstract for the recent publication, "Household water sharing: A review of water gifts, exchanges, and transfers across cultures." The RCN would like to thank Dr. Amber Wutich for leading this publication, to Dr. Sera Young…

Dr. Chad Staddon is this month's HWISE Scholar Highlight. Dr. Chad Staddon is a Professor of Resource Economics and Policy in the Department of Geography and Environmental Management at the University of the West of England, Bristol. Dr. Staddon is also the founder-director of the International…

The HWISE-RCN announces the latest publication, "Development and validation protocol for an instrument to measure household water insecurity across cultures and ecologies: the Household Water InSecurity Experiences (HWISE) Scale," by members Dr. Sera Young, Shalean Collins, Dr. Godfred Boateng, Dr.…

  Dr. Michelle Kooy is an Associate Professor of the Politics of Urban Water at IHE-Delft Institute for Water Education. She is also the Coordinator for the IHE Graduate School in Water & Development and lecturer in the MSc Programme…

Dr. Amber Pearson is an Assistant Professor in Department of Geography, Environment & Spatial Sciences and the Environmental Science and Policy Program at Michigan State University. She is an adjunct fellow at the University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand and…

Dr. Farhana Sultana is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs of Syracuse University, where she is also the Research Director for Environmental Collaboration and Conflicts at the Program for…

Author:  Josh Miller, HWISE Data Coordinator, Northwestern University Currently, four billion people face severe water scarcity for at least one month each year. As such, the World Economic Forum has ranked water crises as being among the highest global risks to society…

"Inseguridad del Agua en La Laguna: Una Nueva Visión de Contexto" Researchers from Texas A&M University and El Colegio de la Frontera Norte will present HWISE research from Urban Mexico and Urban Brazil at the Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila. Dr.…