About the Network

About us

WATERLAT-GOBACIT is an inter- and transdisciplinary network for teaching, research and practical action on the politics and management of water. It addresses issues such as social conflicts around inequalities and injustices caused by water megaprojects, extractivism, the commodification of essential services, or the impact of water-related disasters. Read more

Meetings

Thematic Areas

Declaration of the WATERLAT-GOBACIT Network on World Water Day 2020 “Water, Territory and Substantive Democracy: building political projects in defence of life” 22 March 2020

We arrive to World Water Day 2020 in a context where the levels of severity and complexity of the challenges facing life in the planet seem to have escalated to a point that puts to the test even the capacity of the most powerful countries to find viable and efficacious solutions. …

Members

The Network’s team includes individual and institutional members and a large number of graduate and post-graduate students. In addition to academics and students, the team includes public sector workers, members of Non Governmental Organizations, social movements, indigenous and peasant communities, workers unions, and other relevant sectors. See the team. We present separately our “members” and “students” to emphasise the importance of our student body. Annually the Network gives a Student Prize consisting in the publication of the best doctoral and master dissertations. Visit the Prize page