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New publication now available: Human Right to Water: Contemporary Challenges and Contours of a Global Debate

By Lucy Rodina on October 29, 2011

Mirosa, O. and Harris, L. M. (2011). Human Right to Water: Contemporary Challenges and Contours of a Global Debate. Antipode. Abstract: In recent years, significant debate has taken place around the concept of the “human right to water”. In this paper, we seek to respond to recent critiques and clarify the terms of the debate by […]

EDGES welcomes new students!

By Lucy Rodina on October 17, 2011

Welcome to Lucy Rodina, Megan Peloso, and Phil Torio! Lucy is a Masters student, working on water governance in Cape Town, South Africa. With a specific focus on informal settlements, Lucy will be investigating the mechanisms of public engagement related to water governance and how the human right to water is invoked in daily and […]

L. Harris and EDGES team awarded grant from CIGI – Africa Initiative

By Lucy Rodina on October 17, 2011

Earlier this month the EDGES team was awarded a CIGI – Africa Initiative grant. L. Harris’s proposal, titled “Contextual and policy dimensions of Extending Water Access: Cape Town and Accra”, was among a handful projects, selected out of 362 submissions. The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) is an independent, non-partisan think tank on international […]