Water Diplomacy Workshop: Strengthening Science and Enhancing International Partnerships in a Globalized World, Medford, Massachusetts, June, 2011

1132053本项目支持三名外国专家参加一次会议：水外交研讨会，加强科学和加强全球化世界中的国际伙伴关系，定于2011年6月13日至17日在马萨诸塞州梅德福举行。研讨会由塔夫茨大学土木与环境工程系Shafiqul Islam博士组织，麻省理工学院和哈佛大学的教师参加。 为期三天的讲习班的目的是召集自然科学（例如土木和环境工程以及地质科学）中的水问题专家以及社会和经济科学（例如经济学、社会学、人类学、政治学）中的水问题专家，以确定可向决策者提供的问题和解决办法。一个主要目标是促进和鼓励物理科学和社会科学研究人员之间的合作，以确定美国和其他国家水资源和使用问题的解决方案。外国参与者将来自埃及、苏丹和巴基斯坦，这些国家与水有关的边界争端很大。智力优势：该研讨会有两个主要目标：（a）整合科学、政策和政治方面的知识，以制定和提出有关水网络管理的问题;（B）产生可操作的知识，帮助利益攸关方和决策者协商水管理问题的解决方案。希望与会者将通过国内和国际伙伴关系参与解决现实世界的问题，将理论与实践相结合。 更广泛的影响：该研讨会旨在帮助塔夫茨大学启动的水外交倡议，旨在培养新的跨学科水专业人员，他们不仅是具有强大学科基础的学者，而且是具有跨学科专业知识和谈判技能的问题解决者。拟议的研讨会（WDW）将向日益壮大的水专业人员非正式网络的成员展示如何将他们学到的知识介绍给社区的团体和组织。传播这些可操作的知识并帮助尽可能多的人对解决世界问题至关重要？水的问题。所涉国家和国际参与者的多样性将确保具有不同背景和观点的人参与其中。这种知识共享对于解决全球化世界中的跨界水问题至关重要。研讨会的形式将使美国科学家有机会建立在典型的国际研讨会形式中无法实现的合作伙伴关系。

1132053 This project supports participation of three foreign experts in a meeting: Water Diplomacy Workshop, Strengthening Science and Enhancing International Partnership in a Globalized World scheduled to be held in Medford, MA June 13-17, 2011. The workshop is organized by Dr. Shafiqul Islam, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Tufts University, with participation by faculty from MIT and Harvard University. The objective of the three-day workshop is to bring experts in water issues in the physical sciences (e.g. civil and environmental engineering and geological scienes), with experts in water issues in social and economic sciences (e.g. economics, sociology, anthropology, political science) to identify issues and solutions that can be provided to decision-makers. A major objective is to facilitate and encourage collaborations between researchers in physical sciences and in social sciences in identifying solutions to problems of water resources and use in the US and other countries. The foreign participants will be from Egypt, Sudan and Pakistan, countries with significant water- related border disputes. Intellectual Merit: The workshop has two main goals: (a) to integrate knowledge about science, policy, and politics to formulate and frame questions about water network management; and (b) to generate actionable knowledge that will help stakeholders and decision-makers negotiate solutions to water management problems. It is hoped that participants will engage in real-world problem-solving, through domestic and international partnerships, as a way of merging theory and practice. Broader impacts: The workshop is to help a Water Diplomacy initiative started at Tufts University, aimed at preparing a new cadre of interdisciplinary water professionals who are not only scholars with strong disciplinary grounding but also problem-solvers with interdisciplinary expertise and negotiation skills. The proposed workshop (WDW) will show members of the growing informal network of water professionals how to present what they learn to groups and organizations back in their communities. Spreading this actionable knowledge and helping as many people as possible is essential to addressing the world?s water problems. The diversity of the national and international participants involved will ensure that people with different backgrounds and viewpoints will be engaged. Such sharing of knowledge is critical to solving boundary crossing water problems in a globalized world. The format of the workshop will allow US scientists an opportunity to build collaborative partnerships that are not attainable within the typical international workshop format.