Politics and Governance of Water and Sanitation
Engaged action research
We are a thriving research group working on the politics and governance of water and sanitation through interdisciplinary and international partnerships.

Our work
Water flows through every global development challenge. We focus on the power, resources and politics that shapes how water is distributed and governed through human societies. Our work is necessarily interdisciplinary and we work closely with the School of Civil Engineering and School of Earth and Environment
We have an active water politics, policy and governance research group including academic staff, PhD researchers and affiliated researchers and practitioners.
Our core teamTowards better knowledge sharing- webinar 14th July 2020
In partnership with the Global Water Partnership Tanzania, Ministry of Water – Tanzania and UNESCO East Africa, we held a...
Water Security Hub meeting Addis Ababa Feb 2020
We were in Addis Ababa in February 2020 for the GCRF Water Security and Sustainable Development Hub Assembly. https://www.watersecurityhub.org/about
Addressing the tangled politics of pollution
PhD student, Shivani Singhal, has published a blog at The Climate Press entitled ‘Delhi and the River of Love’ exploring...
CGD involved in Newcastle University-led £20 million UKRI GCRF Water Security and Sustainable Development Hub
CGD is part of the new GCRF ‘Water Hub’ project. Eighty per cent of the world’s population live in areas...