Research

Six themes that organise our work.

Each theme is led by a senior researcher and brings together long-running projects, publications and open datasets.

01
HydrologyClimateModelling

Hydro-climate systems

Understanding how rainfall, rivers, groundwater and atmosphere interact under a changing climate.

02
PolicyIWRMEquity

Water security & governance

Access, allocation and institutions that determine who gets water, when and on what terms.

03
FloodsDroughtCoast

Climate adaptation

Co-designing locally-grounded responses to flooding, drought and shifting seasonality.

04
DeltasSedimentSalinity

River-delta dynamics

Sediment, salinity and land-use change in the world’s most populous delta systems.

05
RainfallForecasting

Monsoon variability

Spatiotemporal patterns, predictability and impacts of South Asian monsoon regimes.

06
RiversDiplomacy

Transboundary water

Diplomacy, data-sharing and cooperative management of shared river basins.