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Karen DELFAU

Adjunct Researcher

Karen DELFAU

 

 

karen.delfau irasec.com

www.linkedin.com/in/karendelfau 

 

Research areas

  • Territorial issues and development : maritime and land areas, natural resources, sustainable cities, land policies
  • Dynamiques sociales : droit, éducation, place et statut des femmes, migrations, santé
  • Societies, environment, climate change : nature/culture, disaster management, resource degradation, public policy and planning
  • Social dynamics : law, education, place and status of women, migration, health
  • Knowledge co-creation and gender-inclusive Mekong water governance
  • Feminist Political Ecologies, gender equality and social inclusion in water management and governance
  • Indigenous cosmologies for governing water ; co-creation and knowledge inclusion
  • The commons and commoning of waters

 

Experience

A PhD candidate and lecturer with Sciences Po, University of Toulouse, Karen’s work bridges research and practice to address water governance complexities, focusing on questions of knowledge co-production/co-creation and inclusion. She brings 20 years’ applied knowledge addressing the intersection of water governance, water science, gender equality and social inclusion, and climate change resilience in Western Europe, Australia, Southeast Asia, and the US/Mexico border. Karen holds University degrees and professional postgraduate certification in Geology, Public International Law, Integrated Water Management, and Nonprofit Leadership and Management. Her transdisciplinary background provides the basis for analysis and assessment of systemic complexities, and the ability to undertake multi-criteria analysis to address trade-offs in human-environment challenges.

 

Selected bibliography

  • Delfau, K and Yeophantong, P (2020) State of Knowledge : Women and Rivers in the Mekong Region. Oakland, USA : International Rivers.
  • Delfau, K (2018) Knowledge Management and Integrated Water Resource Management : Types of Knowledge and Key Considerations ; New Water Policy and Practice Journal.
  • Delfau, K & Cottingham R (2012) Addressing Complexities in Integrated Water Management Using Systems Thinking : South East Queensland Diffuse Pollution Case Study ; Australasian Journal of Natural Resources Law and Policy.
  • Hoverman S, Delfau, K & Tan PL (2012) Developing alternative management models for Indigenous water plans and strategies in Australia’s north ; TRaCK NAFWA Social and Cultural Values Project.
  • Delfau, K ; Duff, N & Durette, M (2010) A Review of Indigenous involvement in water ; prepared for the First Peoples’ Water Engagement Council. Government of Australia, National Water Commission.
  • Delfau, K ; Cottingham, R & Garde P (2010) Managing diffuse water pollution in South East Queensland : an analysis of the role of the Healthy Waterways Partnership. International Water Centre.
  • Watanabe, K. Gersberg, R., & Franz, K. (2009) Levels of the Organophosphorous Pesticide Diazinon in the Chollas Creek Watershed, San Diego CA since its Phase-Out in 2004. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. 107(1), 33-40.
  • Franz, K. (2003) Redefining Progress at the Third World Water Forum in Kyoto. International Law Forum Du Droit International ; The Journal of the International Law Association, 5, 221-224.