Annelies Broekman

Biography

"She is an Agricultural Engineer (2002, University of Bologna, Italy), PhD in Agricultural Economics (2007, University of Bologna, Italy) and MSc in Integrated Water Management (2008, University of Zaragoza, Spain).Since 2008, she is a consultant on water management policy analysis and participatory governance practices in Spanish and European context, allowing building up a strong knowledge basis on legislative, economic, environmental and social aspects of water management. President of the Catalonian Network for a New Water Culture and an active member of the European Water Movement, she has senior field expertise collaborating with citizen initiatives and NGO advocacy at local, national and international level, with a particular interest in the Mediterranean region.Since 2013 she is member of the research team on Water and Global Change at the Research Centre on Ecology and Applied Forestry (CREAF) in the Autonomous University of Barcelona, engaged in the BeWater project (FP7 Science in Society) as responsible for the Tordera case study river basin."  

Research Interest

Water management. Governance - Conflicts - Economy - Policy - Water-food and energy policies and practices. Adaptation to global change