Researcher/practitioner working on rural water services with @OxfordGeography @OxSocSci @HWISE_RCN @FundiFix and @SmartHandpumps. The usual caveats apply.
Oxford, UK
Joined April 2013
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Great to see our work on maintaining rural water systems with @FundiFix being featured by UKRI. Professional repair services x better information = more reliable water systems.
Handpumps are a crucial source of water for rural communities in many countries, but one in four aren't working at any given time.
Here's how academics from @UniofOxford and @uonbi have helped build a system to identify and fix faulty pumps sooner
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Grateful to be on @NewsHour w/ @WmBrangham discussing Colorado River shortage. pbs.org/newshour/show/wester…
The latest on the Colorado River crisis, including pithy input from @rhett_larson of @ASU. Also check out the longer piece and podcast from the @latimes
latimes.com/environment/stor…
California is now sharply at odds with six other states over how to take less water from the #ColoradoRiver. The political tug-of-war over how to reduce water use is heating up. latimes.com/environment/stor… Photo by @bvdbrug
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Groundwater plays a key role towards #climateresilience - but it needs to be understood, protected & managed.
Read insights from REACH's exciting GW research in Kenya & Ethiopia in this piece by @florencetanui @BehailBirhan, Prof Dan Olago & @Sefwater.
reachwater.uk/groundwater-fo…
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"Thames Water: Oxford City Council calls for end to water privatisation."
Which city / town will be next I wonder?
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-ox…
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📣 Come work with us in Oxford!
🌈 RLRH is hiring a Project Coordinator! The role is part-time w an office at @refugeestudies in @UniofOxford. You'd join a team that's building an inclusive env't for refugee scholars.
🗓️ Deadline: Mon 13th Feb
✍️ Apply: qeh.ox.ac.uk/content/project…
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There is an urgent need to conserve the Shimba National Reserve, home to the famous Marere, Votia & Mwaluganje springs. In their hey days, they provided 11,000m3 of water each day for residents of Kwale and Mombasa Counties.
Thread.
Water issues featured in this week’s episode on @BBCRadio4: Disputes over allocation in Arizona involving rural vs. urban trade-offs in an area of growing population and high water stress #watersecurity #wickedproblem? bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001hd…
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Users of the handpump at Mwamambi Hildu Haji pumped 8,792 litres of water with it in the last week. [This is an automated Tweet; for more details go to smart-handpumps.org/tweeting….]
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Postdoc Opportunity in Geography at Texas A&M University with Dr. Wendy Jepson -- Quantitative Social Scientist to work with @HWISE_RCN scholars on data collection.
Deadline: Feb. 27, 2023
If interested, please apply here: bit.ly/TAMUpostdoc
Help keep this excellent organisation keep ticking along 👇
🚨 Closing tomorrow! 📢
Join our fantastic team as a Research Policy Manager ❤️
Find out more below 👇
jobs.bhf.org.uk/vacancies/13…
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🚨 Closing tomorrow! 📢
Join our fantastic team as a Research Policy Manager ❤️
Find out more below 👇
jobs.bhf.org.uk/vacancies/13…
🚨 Job opportunity alert 🚨
We're looking for a policy expert with knowledge of the research funding landscape to join our wonderful team as a Policy Manager for 12 months!
Apply before 25 January 👇
jobs.bhf.org.uk/vacancies/13…
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So much commentary in The Economist and Financial Times is in essence a desperate yearning for a stable and sensible Tory Party that is never coming back
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We are advertising a PhD position with @Aguaconsult to start Oct 23 at @LeedsUniEng @WEDCUK or @cranfieldwater on managing rural #water supplies Deadline 22 Jan, but might be extended. Our open PhDs are still available if you have your own research idea.
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Looking forward to this seminar next week, discussing our research @oxfordgeography with @FundiFix and @SmartHandpumps, and learning from the @Water_UofExeter group about mitigating supply intermittency and ensuring reliable water services.
Dr Patrick Thomson (@UniofOxford) will talk about the @SmartHandpumps on next #CWSseminars and discuss common challenges encountered in rural water management.
Come to join us @UniOfExeterESE @UniofExeter Streatham campus at 1330-1430 on next Monday!
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wow, this is a really great - thoughtful and authoritative - piece on mackenzie scott’s philanthropy.
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We (@simmoulds and I) are excited to offer a UNIQ+ paid summer research internship in @oxfordgeography (on Deep learning for streamflow forecasting) for UK students from disadvantaged backgrounds who are curious about doing a PhD
ox.ac.uk/admissions/graduate… @OxfordEnvRes
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*Funded* PhD in WASH econ!
- Fees covered for LIC and LMIC nationals + UK
- Stipend ~£20k/year
- Deadline Sun 19th Feb
Project: Evaluating how dev't banks produce/use benefit-cost evidence in WASH decisions
lshtm.ac.uk/study/fees-fundi…
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Users of the handpump at Mwamambi Hildu Haji pumped 2,637 litres of water with it in the last week. [This is an automated Tweet; for more details go to smart-handpumps.org/tweeting….]