OSU contracted on a $2.4 million DOD grant to study societal resilience to water and climate shocks

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The Global Water Security Center (GWSC) at The University of Alabama (UA), with partners in Tufts University (TU) and Oregon State University (OSU), has recently received a $2.4 million dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Defense’s Minerva Research Initiative.  

At Oregon State University, Aaron Wolf, Ph.D. will lead OSU’s contribution to water conflict analysis and cooperation based on the Transboundary Water Diplomacy Database (TFDD). Susanne Schmeier, Ph.D., affiliate faculty at OSU and associate professor of water law and diplomacy at IHE Delft – Institute of Water Education in the Netherlands, will contribute her academic and diplomacy experiences in water conflict and cooperation, with a particular focus on the legal and institutional mechanisms for water conflict and cooperation at both the international and subnational scales. Read more from the Global Water Secuity Center here.