May 16, 2011 - The Center on Law and
Environment (PDMA) and the International Development Research
Centre (IDRC) are co-hosting a Research Awards for Young Scholars,
which will take place at the
XIV World
Water Congress, from 25-29 September, 2011 in Porto de
Galinhas, Brazil.
The World Water Congress is an event that is held every three
years under the auspices of the International Water Resources
Association (IWRA) in different cities around the world. The
central theme of the XIV Congress is "Adaptive Water Management:
Looking to the Future".
As we enter an era of drastically heightened pressure on water
resources combined with greater exposure to extremes (drought and
floods), managers and decision makers (from users to agencies, to
global water initiatives) must reconfigure conventional approaches
that have assumed bounded variability in hydrologic, water demand,
and institutional terms.
This new conception of water management seeks to better
integrate scientific, engineering, social, and institutional
perspectives. It requires new understanding of multiple factors
that influence how water is used and managed and of what we must do
to innovate.
Considering this context, the objective of the World Water
Congress is to provide a meeting place to share experiences,
promote discussion, and to present new knowledge, research results
and new developments in the field of water sciences around the
world.
Given the link between the theme of the conference and IDRC
core portfolio of work, its Climate Change and Water program
considers the IWRA conference as a strategic opportunity to
highlight the research results from relevant projects in the field
that would contribute to and learn from the Congress
discussions.
The main objective of the competition is to foster
multidisciplinary and innovative research on water issues.
PDMA and IDRC invite young researches to submit papers
exploring the challenges of innovation in the field of impacts of
climate change, in particular on the water sector, including water
resources and water services and systems.
Among the range of crosscutting issues related to climate
change and water, the Research Awards for Young Scholars will focus
on the proposed topics for the IWRA Conference:
i. Adaptive water management;
ii. Water resources and global change;
iii. Governance and water law; and
iv. Knowledge systems.
Each of these subjects will alter the way water is managed;
together, they will require fundamentally new priorities for
technology and infrastructure, management and policy, allocation
and pricing, laws and institutions, and above all, a new future
outlook for water resources professionals.
Interested scholars must submit their papers before June 20,
2011. . The best 4 papers selected by a committee of specialists in
the field will be granted a R$ 3,280.00 award (aprox. USD 2,00,00).
Authors (one per paper) will be invited and fully funded to
participate and to present at the IWRA Congress. The awardees will
be announced on 1 August 2011.
For further information about the Research award for young
scholars 2011,
click here.