Media Coverage of Research

Interviews

US Department of State: Water Security: Key Pathways for Climate Resilience (June 29, 2021)
PCDN: A career in applied research with economist Dr. Soumya Balasubramanya (April 23, 2021)
SXSW: Into Dust: What happens when our taps run dry? (March 17, 2021)
Forbes: This Indian Researcher Is Ensuring Aid Money Gets To Those Who Need It Most (September 9, 2020).
One Earth/Cell Press: Decade of Action on SDG 6 (March 20, 2020)
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Central Asia’s Most Precious Resource: Water (March 31, 2019)
Economist Intelligence Unit: Fixing Food 2018 (November 27, 2018)
BBC Persian: زنان و آبیاری مشارکتی در تاجیکستان (September 6, 2018)
Farming First: Why Women are Key for Water Management in Tajikistan (July 5, 2018)
Deutsche Welle (Germany): From noxious sludge to clean water (March 22, 2017)
BBC Bangla Radio (Bangladesh): Interview (March 22, 2017)

News Reports (International)

OOSKA News: How Water Security Is Critical to Climate Resilience (July 7, 2021)
Hollywood Reporter: Oscar-Winning Doc Maker Orlando von Einsiedel Unveils First Scripted Film ‘Into Dust’ (Exclusive) (February 19, 2021)
Devex: Sink or swim? An historic year of floods in Asia (December 14, 2020)
SciDev: Arsenic in Bangladesh: no silver bullet (February 2, 2019)
BBC Persian: زنان و آبیاری مشارکتی در تاجیکستان (September 6, 2018)
Inter Press Services: Efficient Water Management in Central Asia (February 9, 2018)
NPR (US): So…What do you do with the poo in a pit latrine? (March 22, 2017)
Inter Press Services: Sanitation ‘Revolution’: A New Pay-Monthly Poop Removal System (March 22, 2017)
Phys.org: Spreading the cost to transform sanitation (March 22, 2017)
Crisis Response: Low cost weather centers to help prevent flash flooding in Sri Lanka (June 3, 2016)
The Guardian (UK): How Bangladesh turns toilet waste into high-value compost (Feb 27, 2015)

Opinion-editorials (International)

Blog-posts (International)

Agrilinks: Responding to Jordan’s Drought and Water Scarcity with Behavioral Change (August 27, 2020)
IFPRI South Asia: Mitigating long-term impacts of COVID-19 by strengthening social justice in access to WASH and health services: Insights from Nepal (July 6, 2020)
Prevention Web (United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction): Change in behaviour needed for improved drought management in Jordan and the MENA region (December 4, 2019)
Relief Web (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs): Change in behaviour needed for improved drought management in Jordan and the MENA region (December 4, 2019)
Smart Water Magazine: Change in behaviour needed for improved drought management in Jordan and the MENA region (December 4, 2019)
IWMI Blog: Change in behavior needed for improved drought management in Jordan and the MENA region (December 4, 2019)
World Bank Water Blog: Secrets to successful irrigation management from Central Asia (June 20, 2018)
Agrilinks: Training Female Farmers is Essential to Sustain Participatory Irrigation in Tajikistan (May 25, 2018)
Agrilinks: New Community Organizations Need Longer Training to Perform Effectively (May 11, 2018)
Agrilinks: Improving water management in Central Asia (January 30, 2018)
Devex: In Bangladesh, arsenic is a national tragedy. Hers’s how to intervene (January 22, 2018)

News Reports (National/Regional)

La Voz: Científicos advierten que no existe una tecnología ideal para eliminar el arsénico del agua (February 19, 2019)
Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka): Flooding can be MINIMISED through technology (August 3, 2017)
Daily News (Sri Lanka): Deuce to Manure (June 27, 2017)
Ravaya (Sri Lanka): Mobile Weather Stations (June 11, 2017)
Virakesari (Sri Lanka): Mobile Weather Stations (May 7, 2017)
All Asia Web (Sri Lanka): IWMI does the heavy-lifting to weather Lanka’s flood risk (May 5, 2017)
Daily News (Sri Lanka): Better handling of bad weather (May 3, 2017)
MENAFN (MENA): Sanitation ‘Revolution’: A New Pay-Monthly Poop Removal System (March 22, 2017)
Semana (Colombia): Como aprovechar aguas residuales? (March 22, 2017)
WNIN (USA): So…What do you do with the poo in a pit latrine? (March 22, 2017)
KALW (USA): So…What do you do with the poo in a pit latrine? (March 22, 2017)
Delaware Public Media (USA): So…What do you do with the poo in a pit latrine? (March 22, 2017)
The Wire (India): Sanitation Revolution: A New Pay-Monthly Poop Removal System (March 22, 2017)
Qreoo: Spreading the cost to transform sanitation (March 22, 2017)

Opinion-editorials (Regional/National)