Check out: "Unravelling socio-material complexities in river connectivity restoration: Understanding fishways as heterogeneous networks" Panos Panagiotopoulos and colleagues, www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/al...

River abstraction has soared 76% over two decades, threatening rivers, ecosystems and future supply. Water companies fall back on extracting more from already stressed rivers 4/4 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

CHECK OUT: "Exploring the diverse motivations of volunteer water management committees in rural Malawi", by Ian Cunningham and colleagues www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol18/v18issue3/790-a18-3-2

Are Mekong River flows dwindling down? CHECK OUT "Mekong River dry season changes due to hydropower dams and extractive processes", by Ian G. Baird and colleagues www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol18/v18issue3/791-a18-3-3

Check out François Molle's review of "Mega dams in world literature: Literary responses to twentieth-century dam building”, by Margaret Ziolkowski, www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/bo...

Check out Owen McIntyre's Review of “Governing groundwater: between law and practice”, by G. Cuadrado-Quesada www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/bo...

Check out Jonatan Godinez Madrigal's Review of "Crisis sociohídrica en la ribera del lago de Chapala", edited by Susana Herrera-Lima, www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/bo...

With Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam operational, debates over the future of the Nile are entering a new phase In his open-access book, @tomlavers.bsky.social reveals how dam building has shaped Ethiopia’s international standing and unpacks the promises and perils of megaprojects - bit.ly/3Vk2yeB

"Goed mondiaal waterbeheer is meer dan een technische beleidskwestie. Het is bovenal een politieke kwestie, die gaat over hoe we de beperkte hoeveelheid zoetwater op de wereld het eerlijkst verdelen." Hoe solidair willen we zijn? 📣 @mzwarteveen.bsky.social in tijdschrift de Helling.

Stories of Water Research in an Interdisciplinary World flows.hypotheses.org/17013

European initiative for more attention to water security! Sign! EBI%20voor%20een%20Europa%20dat%20slim%20en%20weerbaar%20met%20water%20omspringt eci.ec.europa.eu/048/public/

The upcoming #UN General Assembly can bring about concrete action to end the #genocide. This is possible with a 2/3rd vote. Nations need to deny #Israel's credentials in UN, declare apartheid & sanctions, accelerate humanitarian efforts & get the UN involved in safety & reconstruction #Gaza #UN

Know a youth environmental and climate activist? Here is a gift idea -- we wrote Decolonizing Environmentalism primarily for college-age youth environmental and climate activists. What's better? Bloomsbury is offering 30% off in the "Academic Back to School Sale!" www.bloomsbury.com/us/decoloniz...

Antipode volume 57, number 5 -- our September 2025 issue -- out now, including a seven-article Symposium, "A Global Era of Disposability: The Anthropocene, The Apotheosis of Waste" antipodeonline.org/2025/09/08/v...

It’s back! The Water Institute’s Fall 2025 #WaterTalks series returns with world-class speakers tackling global water challenges—from groundwater and justice to climate resilience. A campus tradition, open to all. Don’t miss it! 🔗https://tinyurl.com/4b9vrvxj

"As backlash against women’s rights intensifies in many places, it is more than ever necessary to keep alive the idea that economic analysis can be challenged and transformed so that fostering equalities (gender, class, race, ethnicity, location) becomes a central objective" - Diane Elson

❗⚠️ We are hiring a Professor at W2 level in urban and regional geography. The link below is in English, however candidates must also be able to speak German. If you have any questions about the position itself, please write to the email in the job ad. www.geographie.uni-bonn.de/de/medien-fo...

The largest citizen flotilla in history is sailing to Gaza with food and medicine. Israel has threatened to seize it - but together we can be their shield. Add your name to help watch over the flotilla and demand its safe passage! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-09...

"De lokale activisten in de frontlinie van de strijd voor waterrechtvaardigheid, de inheemse volken die eeuwenoude banden hebben met waterstroomgebieden, juist zij zijn onmisbaar om tot een zorgvuldiger beheer en een eerlijker verdeling van water te komen." 📣 @mzwarteveen.bsky.social in de Helling.

Samen kunnen we kiezen voor een nieuwe start voor Nederland. Je kunt ons verkiezingsprogramma 'Een nieuwe start voor Nederland' nu lezen. Benieuwd wat je vindt! pvda.gl/bluesky/verk...

Sociology at Nuffield College invites applications for academic visitors during the 2026-27 academic year www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/our-research...

“On Tuesday, the government announced a “nationally significant” water shortage in England, which means the whole country is at risk of running out if the dry weather continues” www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Hoe kunnen we met de stijgende zeespiegel, het verlies van biodiversiteit en het veranderende klimaat het land zo herinrichten dat het niet onaangenamer wordt, maar juist aangenamer? Het begint bij dappere individuen en kleine initiatieven.

Studeer jij rechten en/of filosofie? Dan is deze #vacature @uvalawschool.bsky.social misschien iets voor jou! Studenten van alle universiteiten zijn welkom om te solliciteren. 📅 Deadline: 20 augustus

De Spaanse winnaar van de Europese Literatuurprijs, Agustín Fernández Mallo, werkte jarenlang in een ziekenhuis – tot hij de literatuur ontdekte. Hij baseert zijn werk op de poëzie van de verbeelding. ‘Ik geloof dat iets hiervan in mijn romans zit.’

Would you like to join us? Respond to the consultation today ➡️ www.internetconsultatie.nl/terrorismeve... Read our full response ➡️ www.somo.nl/dutch-bill-c...

We have serious objections to both the content and the possible repercussions of this proposed legislation. We are joining the thousands of human rights organisations, activists, lawyers and concerned citizens who have voiced their concerns and calls for the withdrawal of the bill.

Protesting a genocide isn't terrorism! ❌ The Dutch government has submitted a draft bill that would make “glorifying terrorism and publicly expressing support for terrorist organisations” a criminal offence. The proposed law actually poses a threat to people committed to peace and justice.

Amsterdammers! ⏬

“You threaten to stop our water. If you attempt such a move, Pakistan will teach you a lesson you will never forget.” - Not only Pakistan's Army Chief Asim Munir, even his Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif threatens Modi. #IndusWaterTreaty

I have a new article out today. It's about an environmental turn in Palestinian arts and activism, and how environmental framings of Palestine and the Palestinian struggle enable different forms of identification and solidarity: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

“In a report released this year, the Watson School of International and Public Affairs’ costs of war project said more journalists had been killed in Gaza than in both world wars, the Vietnam war, the wars in Yugoslavia and the US war in Afghanistan combined.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Buitengewoon ernstig dit. Onderzoeker @vlinderstichting.bsky.social @soortennl.nl met de dood bedreigd vanwege onderzoek naar #pesticiden. Het rapport is offline gehaald. www.gelderlander.nl/wageningen/o...

"Ook al zijn de oorzaken van waterproblemen in hoge mate grensoverschrijdend, deze problemen manifesteren zich altijd op specifieke plaatsen. Droogtes, overstromingen, vervuiling en oneerlijke verdeling van water zijn lokale problemen die om lokale oplossingen vragen." ✍️ @mzwarteveen.bsky.social

www.linkedin.com/posts/robert... @waalternatives.bsky.social

[Did the math wrong on that; more than 52,000]

"One of the reasons the epidemic of violence against women is so unacknowledged is because cases like these are talked about individually, and often treated as though they are shocking aberrations rather than part of a pervasive pattern that operates at all levels of society."

'UKRI published this month its investment and outputs data from 2015 to 2025, with one education research expert saying it shows “evidence that the current system is over-stretched or broken”.' (David James) 1/3

...Chapter 12, in which I interview Eva von Redecker on how expanded notions of (re)production can dissolve still dominant dichotomies in the planning debate, especially between the sphere of production and reproduction. Followed by...15/21

"We moeten leren om de bedreiging van de toekomst te zien als de grootste aanval ooit op onze vrijheid" (Filosoof Eva von Redecker)

We won't let them get away with it this time.

Israëlische universiteiten: Stop de hongersnood in Gaza

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Ons zoetwater dreigt onherstelbaar verstoord te worden door klimaatverandering en de groeiende druk op beperkte waterbronnen. De oplossing kunnen we niet aan internationale experts overlaten, schrijft hoogleraar @mzwarteveen.bsky.social in de Helling. De kennis van lokale actoren is onmisbaar.

Just out: Working class water justice: Salvadoran sindicalistas and the fight for a ‘just and dignified life’, by Claudia Díaz-Combs water-alternatives.org/index.php/al...

Read J.T Van Stan's review of “The River as Haiku”, by Keith Beven, www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/boh/item/387-Haiku

Situating Hydrological Modeling: A Proposal for Engaging With the Power of Models - Alba - 2025 - WIREs Water - Wiley Online Library wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

The Nile Parade: Old Spirits, New Rituals flows.hypotheses.org/15729

Access over 600 Open-Access articles at Water Alternatives through its interactive map shorturl.at/2fK9n and contribute to the journal (IF: 3.6)

What a life enriching opportunity to work with the Multispecies Mutualisms project team. Please consider applying or sharing the word!