HS Campfire - Socio-hydrology : Evolving Foundations and Future Horizons

Throughout the 2010s, socio-hydrology emerged as one of the most vibrant areas of research within hydrology. Following a landmark 2012 paper (Sivapalan, Savenije and Blöschl 2012), the study of human-water systems burgeoned. In particular, it saw a proliferation during the “Panta Rhei - Everything Flows” Scientific Decade of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS), which was focused on the ever-changing interactions between societies and hydrological processes. Today, socio-hydrology continues to offer a rich field of research for early career scientists.

This campfire looks both into the past and the future of the study of human-water systems. Our speakers will present their work and reflect on how socio-hydrology has evolved from an emerging field of study to a well-established discipline - and what challenges remain to be tackled by future generations of hydrologists.

This campfire will be from 16:00 - 18:00 CET.

Come prepared with questions and lots of curiosity! We are looking forward to seeing many of you there!

Speakers:

Murugesu Sivapalan, University of Illinois - Murugesu Sivapalan is Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois. Deeply involved with the IAHS and winner of the EGU’s Alfred Wegener and John Dalton Medals, Sivapalan was the lead author of the 2012 paper that launched socio-hydrology as a discipline (Sivapalan, M., Savenije, H. H., & Blöschl, G. (2012). Socio-hydrology: A new science of people and water. Hydrol. Process, 26(8), 1270-1276.).

Giuliano Di Baldassarre, Uppsala University - Giuliano Di Baldassarre is Professor of Hydrology and Environmental Analysis at Uppsala University. He was one of the leaders of the IAHS’s scientific Panta Rhei Decade. He has been heavily involved in the development of socio-hydrology, publishing, among others, a landmark study on conceptualising human-flood interactions (Di Baldassarre et al. (2013). Socio-hydrology: conceptualising human-flood interactions. HESS, 17(8), 3295-3303.).

Marlies Barendrecht, King’s College London - Marlies Barendrecht is a lecturer at King’s College London. A high-profile early-career scientist, her research focuses heavily on human-water systems, leveraging quantitative and qualitative analysis of empirical data and modelling approaches. Her post-doctoral work at VU Amsterdam centred on the impact of human-water interactions on drought-to-flood events. (Barendrecht, M. H. et al. (2024). Exploring drought‐to‐flood interactions and dynamics: A global case review. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, e1726.)

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