Knowledge & Capacity Development
Analyses how to strengthen knowledge and capacity in the digital age.
Analyses how to strengthen knowledge and capacity in the digital age.
Capacity: the ability [of people, communities, organisations, societies] to act and learn to address their (water-related) challenges.
Knowledge & capacity development the process of strengthening knowledge & capacity.
Citizen Science
- CS as new form of data & knowledge co-creation with the public and/or dedicated communities.
- CS for Science, Society & Policy
- The social dimensions of Citizen Science (incentives & barriers, stakeholder engagement, impact assessment)
- Monitoring and achieving the SDGs, especially SDG
Digital transformations
- Shaping the changes triggered by pervasive digital innovations
- New forms of stakeholder participation in environmental governance & for sustainable water management.
Social Innovation
- Tackling societal challenges by involving society
- Water innovation systems approach
- Fostering innovation via incubation
Methods for co-design
- Co-design of social innovations for impact
- Co-design of projects in multi-stakeholder, water-related contexts addressing complex societal needs
Staff members
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Guy Alaerts
Professor of Capacity Building
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Ane Bilbao Erezkano
Researcher on Knowledge and Innovation management
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Mohammad Gharesifard
Postdoc Researcher on Citizen Science
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Ellen Pfeiffer
Researcher in Citizen Science
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Luke Somerwill
Junior Researcher on Social Innovation
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Uta Wehn
Associate Professor of Water Innovation Studies
PhD fellows
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Abeer Almomani
PhD fellow
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Mohammad Gharesifard
PhD fellow
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Alexander Omondi Imbo
PhD fellow