About
Dr Arda Bilgen is a Research Officer at the LSE Middle East Centre, where he co-leads the Kuwait Programme project ‘Water Security in Kuwait: Exploring a Water Citizenship Approach to Sustainable Water Futures.’ Prior to that, he worked on the PeaceRep project ‘Surface Water Changes in the Euphrates-Tigris Basin since 1984 and their Governance Implications for Iraq.’
Dr Bilgen holds a PhD in Development Studies from the University of Bonn, an MA in International Affairs/International Security Studies from the George Washington University, and a BA in International Relations from Bilkent University. Before joining LSE, he held positions as a Teaching Fellow at the University of Warwick and as an Adjunct Professor at Clark University.
His work mainly focuses on global water governance, transboundary water politics, national water infrastructure policies, and local experiences of water insecurity. His research interests include: the intersections between water, environment, security, and development; the workings of power in water governance across multiple scales; and the ways in which the water–power nexus both shapes and is shaped by political, economic, environmental, social, and technological dynamics and discourses.
His work has been published in several leading journals, including the British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, Canadian Journal of Development Studies, Forum for Development Studies, Geoforum, International Journal of Water Resources Development, New Perspective on Turkey, and Qualitative Research.
Expertise
Middle East, Turkey, Water Politics
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