Periodic Reporting for period 1 - DAM-NET (Dam-nations? A study on dams, nation-building and transboundary water relations through case-studies from Ethiopia and Tajikistan)
Período documentado: 2015-09-01 hasta 2017-08-31
The main objective of the project was to construct a theoretical and analytical framework to understand how the construction of mega dams can influence both the nation-building process and transboundary water relations, and outlining how these three elements are correlated. The project also had two subsets of objectives that complemented and expanded its scope: i) to provide transfer of knowledge and the training of the researcher at several levels and through a diverse range of activities; and ii) to disseminate research results to the research community and to the public rapidly and in easily reachable outlets.
The first of the two subsets of additional objectives (i: to provide transfer of knowledge and the training of the researcher at several levels and through a diverse range of activities) has been achieved through a wide range of activities. The researcher has greatly benefited from regular monthly meetings and frequent email exchanges with his mentor, who provided guidance and advice on how to develop the project’s objectives and ideas. The researcher has also been an active member of the SERG (Society and Environment Research Group) group within Geography in Manchester, where he shared his ideas and publication plans, received advice from his colleagues and also provided guidance to colleagues trough the organisation of a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Ambassador event on EU funding and on how to write a successful project proposal. Transfer of knowledge has also taken place through the participation to workshops and research seminars held at the University of Manchester, as well as through attendance and participation to numerous international gatherings. As evidence of the high quality professional training received by the researcher and the consequent consolidation of his academic profile, the researcher has taken on a permanent academic position at the University of Reading as Lecturer in Human Geography on September 1st, 2017.
The second of the two additional objectives (ii: to disseminate research results to the research community and to the public rapidly and in easily reachable outlets) has also been achieved, through publications in the following outlets: Geoforum, New Security Beat: the blog of the Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program, Political Geography, Strife Journal, The blog of the International Water Association, and Water Alternatives.