Democratizing Water Governance, Promoting Climate Justice
As an internationally-recognized and award-winning interdisciplinary scholar, speaker, and author, I am broadly interested in water governance, climate justice, political ecology, critical development studies, transnational feminist theories, critical urban studies, social justice, human rights, citizenship, decolonizing, and South Asia.
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Dr. Farhana Sultana
An internationally-recognized interdisciplinary scholar, speaker, author
I am a Professor in the Department of Geography and the Environment at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. I am also the Research Director for Environmental Collaboration and Conflicts in the Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration (PARCC) at the Maxwell School.
At Syracuse University, I am a faculty affiliate/associate across several programs and departments, such as Women's and Gender Studies Department, International Relations Program, Center for Environmental Policy and Administration (CEPA), South Asia Center, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs, Tolley Humanities Faculty, Democratizing Knowledge Collective, and Asian/Asian-American Studies.
Keep ReadingHow do we Solve the Global Water Crisis?
Water is the most critical resource of our time. None of us can live without it. Yet nearly a billion people today live without access to adequate amounts of safe drinking water, a basic human right.
Thousands of infants die daily from water scarcity or waterborne diseases. The vagaries of water-related environmental transformations due to climate change will only further marginalize communities around the globe and intensify global water problems.
Dr. Sultana's research focuses on ensuring universal access to safe water and understanding how water access affects people's development and well-being. Her work spans urban planning, international development, economic policy, political conflict, ecological sustainability, and cultural practices.
The research reaches communities in the developing world where the crisis is acute, as well as communities in the US such as Detroit and Baltimore facing water access challenges, and southern California dealing with drought consequences.