Dec 16, 2019 | East Africa and Eastern Nile, Politics and governance, Uncategorised
By Barnaby Dye A boom in constructing electricity infrastructure is underway in Africa – whether in generation plants or power lines. However, there aren’t many studies explaining why this building wave is taking place. My new paper presents a detailed case study of...
Nov 15, 2019 | East Africa and Eastern Nile, News, Politics and governance
‘The missing middle: addressing tensions in interdisciplinary ‘solutions-focused’ water research projects’ The latest FutureDAMS seminar was delivered by Dr Anna Mdee, Associate Professor in International Development in the School of Politics...
Sep 16, 2019 | East Africa and Eastern Nile, Politics and governance, Research
Development is undergoing an infrastructure turn, no more so than in resurgent dam building. But how are new projects planned and constructed? Are we seeing the underestimation of economic, environmental and social costs? Have past critiques changed infrastructure...
May 14, 2019 | East Africa and Eastern Nile, Uncategorised, Water resources
By Anthony Hurford On 8 May I travelled to Embu in Kenya to conduct training for Water Resources Authority (WRA) staff on the benefits of water resources system simulation modelling within a browser-based interface. Partners from Jomo Kenyatta University of...
Apr 30, 2019 | East Africa and Eastern Nile, News
On 1 March, Anthony Hurford conducted a FutureDAMS modelling and software co-development session at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agricultural Technology (JKUAT) at the invitation of Prof. Bancy Mati and Dr. James Messo. Participants in the session were JKUAT faculty,...
Apr 3, 2019 | East Africa and Eastern Nile, Research
Dr. Emanuele Fantini, Senior Lecturer at the IHE Delph Institute for Water Education, recently outlined the initial findings of his research project on media narratives and trans-boundary cooperation in the Nile basin, as part of the FutureDAMS lecture series....