Academic Departments
Our six academic departments represent IHE Delft’s main themes, which reflect today’s global water challenges: safe drinking water & sanitation, water-related hazards & climate change, ecosystems quality, water, food & energy security, water management & governance, information & knowledge systems. Through our work we recognise the value of an interdisciplinary approach and our primary position to contribute substantially to future global water capacity - particulary within the framework of the United Nations' 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
Our academic departments are composed of one or more chair groups, each of which is formed around a particular discipline or specialisation.
Our six academic departments are:
Water Supply, Sanitation and Environmental Engineering
Led by Maria Kennedy, this department encompasses the chair groups on:
- Water Supply Engineering
- Pollution Prevention and Resource Recovery
- Sanitary Engineering
Led by Michelle Kooy, this department is comprised of the chair group on:
- Water Governance.
Led by Pieter van der Zaag, this department includes the chair groups on:
- Water and Agriculture
- Water Management
Water Resources and Ecosystems
Led by Graham Jewitt, this department includes the chair groups on:
- Aquatic Ecosystems
- Hydrology and Water Resources
- River Basin Development
Coastal & Urban Risk & Resilience
Led by Rosh Ranasinghe this department includes the chair groups on:
- Coastal Systems & Engineering and Port Development
- Flood Resilience
Hydroinformatics and Socio-Technical Innovation
Led by Dimitri Solomatine, this department includes the chair groups on:
- Hydroinformatics
- Knowledge and Capacity Development