Kai Wegerich, PhD
Assistant Professor for Irrigation and Development
Present research
Water management: Organizational and institutional problems of water management at the local, meso and basin level in the Aral Sea basin. Case study: Afghanistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
Land reforms: Network utilization during the privatization of collective farms. Case study: Uzbekistan.
Professional background
PhD in Geography, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, U.K. Title of thesis: “Institutional change in water management at the local and provincial levels in Uzbekistan” (1999-2002)
MSc in Development Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, U.K. (1998-99)
MA, in Social Anthropology, University College London, University of London, U.K. (1996-97)
Field experience
In: Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
Research for the Afghan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) on social water management systems (mirab systems) in Afghanistan. To assess in different provinces the local practices of water and maintenance sharing between communities along main canals. (September/October 2007)
Research for International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC) on water licensing in the Talas basin in Kazakhstan. To assess the processes involved in issuing and enforcing of irrigation water licenses. (July 2007)
Own field research in cooperation with ZEF/UNESCO on the shift from administrative to hydraulic boundary management of agricultural water resources and ‘illicit’ water in the agricultural sector in Khorezm, Uzbekistan. (July to September 2006)
Consultant for Counterpart International (CI) to start up the USAID funded Water User Association Assistance Program in Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. (2004)
Consultant for the German Development Service (DED) / German AcroAction (GAA) on institutional strengthening of the Farmer-Organizations in Khorezm, Uzbekistan. (2003-04)
Research for Centre for Development Research (ZEF) / UNESCO on organizational and institutional problems of the meso level water management organization and informal network utilization in the water and agricultural sector in Khorezm, Uzbekistan. (2002-03)
Other activities:
Member of the CERES Research School CERES (Centre for Resource Studies for Development).
University Hanover (UHANN), Hanover, Germany
Consultant for transboundary water management in Central Asia (Jayhun project, funding agency: European Commission)
Book announcement: Handing Over the Sunset
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Publications: Publicationlist February 2010