Integrated assessment modelling

The integrated assessment modelling team brings together work from across the FutureDAMS consortium, led by the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and civil Engineering (MACE) at the University of Manchester.

The integrated assessment modelling team:

  • Jose Gonzalez
  • Julien Harou
  • Mathaios Pantelli
  • Eduardo Martinez-Cesena
  • Mikiyas Gonfa
  • Mohammed Basheer
  •  Tomasz Janus
  • Wentao Ahu
  • Jose Melchor
  • Ruben Bravo
  • Paul Slavin
  • Gloria Salmoral

Research update video

This video was produced for the FutureDAMS annual forum (November 2020) as a summary of the team’s current research progress.

Water Resources Group Host International Workshop

Within the FutureDAMs research project, the Water Resources Group of The University of Manchester and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) organized a 5-day workshop on the methods and tools produced in FutureDAMs for modelling...

Nature Communications editorial highlight 2021: FutureDAMS environmental social science paper

'Collaborative management of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam increases economic benefits and resilience' has been selected by Nature Communications Earth Team as an editorial highlight of 2021. The team selected 32 articles to celebrate contributions to original...

Keynote seminar: Integrating water-energy-food-environment planning for climate adaptation and resilience

Julien Harou Chair in Water Engineering, University of Manchester Claudia Ringler Deputy Director of Environment and Production Technology Division, IFPRI John Matthews Executive Director, AGWA Chair: James Dalton Director, IUCN Global Water Programme FutureDAMS is...

New research: Increased economic benefits and resilience with collaborative management of the Nile’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

New research linking water resources and economic analysis shows coordinated filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) would increase economic benefits and resilience.

New research: How to quantify the benefits of managing new dams cooperatively

New FutureDAMS research sets out how to quantify the benefits of managing new dams cooperatively. The framework uses the example of Pwalugu Multipurpose Dam in Ghana. The infographic (left) summarises the research highlights. Click on the image to view the...

Nile Talk Forum: Understanding the potential impact of the GERD dam on floods in Sudan

Join the Nile Talk Forum's Global webinar series to learn from FutureDAMS researcher Mohammed Basheer who will be part of the discussion on 'Understanding the potential impact of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on floods in Sudan'. 17th May 2021, 13:00 GMT / 15:00...

Designing infrastructure systems to enhance water-energy-food-environment services

To mark World Water Day 2021, Professor Julien Harou, FutureDAMS Research Director, discusses early applications of the FutureDAMS approach for assessing and planning development in complex human-natural systems with stakeholders. Development in Africa will require...

‘Storing water: a new integrated approach for resilient development’. IWMI/GWP Launch event

FutureDAMS Research Director, Julien Harou, is joining the panel for the launch event of 'Storing Water: A new integrated approach for resilient development'. The event is co-organised by Global Water Partnership (GWP) and International Water Management Institute...

EGU2021Call for abstracts: Water resources policy and management-systems solutions in an uncertain world

In 2021, EGU will be hosting vEGU21: Gather Online (#vEGU21), a fully virtual meeting that will be held in place of the General Assembly in Vienna. FutureDAMS research Director Prof. Julien Harou is co-convening an EGU session on water resource systems under...

Integrating natural and built infrastructure in water resource development: what’s stopping us?

FutureDAMS welcomed Mark Smith, Director General of International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and Matthew McCartney, IWMI's Sustainable Water Infrastructure & Ecosystems Research Group Leader, to present a webinar discussing how to support the planning and...

River basins and energy systems – what synergies are possible and how can they be discovered?

Traditionally planners considered the effects of water and energy systems on the other in simplified ways or not at all. This has often led to inefficient use of resources and a somewhat arbitrary allocation of benefits and costs across sectors and geographic regions....

Filling Africa’s largest dam risks political tension if engineering realities are ignored

A hydro dam currently under construction in Ethiopa is set to be the largest hydropower plant in Africa, but could be heading towards controversy for international agreements on water sharing. New research from FutureDAMS points out that some negotiated strategies for...

Video: New approaches for managing water under regional resource conflicts

Watch Julien Harou's FutureDAMS presentation 'New approaches for managing water under regional resource conflicts'.  The webinar was part of the ‘Water Research at Manchester - Water and Sustainable Development’ event convened by Manchester Environmental Research...

Stakeholders should get a fair share of benefits from inter-connected water-energy systems

By Julien Harou, Mathaios Panteli, Jose Gonzalez Cabrera, Gloria Salmoral and Rose Sumner. Traditionally planners considered the effects of water and energy systems on the other in simplified ways or not at all. This has often led to inefficient use of resources and a...

Resilience shift: ‘Seeing the bigger picture – the water-energy nexus’

Read the Resilience Shift blog 'Seeing the bigger picture - the water-energy nexus' by FutureDAMS researchers Mathaios Panteli, Eduardo Alejandro Martínez Ceseña and Julien Harou. The authors discuss the opportunities and challenges in jointly planning and developing...

Water management for climate change adaptation: emerging trends and new research

Water at COP25: Resilience enables climate change adaptation FutureDAMS' researchers Julien Harou, Judith Plummer Braeckmann and Sanna Markkanen presented at COP25 (Madrid, December 2019). Reflecting on their experience, they have contributed to the latest Institute...

5th Batch of Young Water Professionals (1st Batch of Myanmar Water Academy) training: Myanmar

During the second week of January 2020, Professor Aung Ze Ya of Yangon Technological University (Ministry of Education, Myanmar) delivered a three-day workshop to the 5th batch of young water professionals (YWP), which is also the 1st batch of the Myanmar Water...

Understanding how the FutureDAMS modelling and visualisation interface can support Kenya’s Water Resources Authority

3-day workshop, December 2019, Nairobi, Kenya FutureDAMS is co-developing a state-of-the-art online integrated assessment modelling toolset for assessing and optimising water-energy-food-environment system designs. Anthony Hurford travelled to Nairobi to deliver a...

FutureDAMS at COP25

Members of the FutureDAMS consortium were active at COP25 in Madrid, running two events. ‘Building Better Dams: the Past, Present and Future of Hydropower’ UK Pavilion, 4 December This event was convened by the Centre for Sustainable Finance, University of Cambridge...

Podcast: Innovative data manager for network models with Steve Knox

Welcome to the first FutureDAMS podcast. In this episode Stephen Knox discusses his latest paper which presents an innovative data manager developed by FutureDAMS researchers, which supports models for resource networks like water or energy. Steve is the software...