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

1132053该项目支持三位外国专家参加定于2011年6月13-17日在马萨诸塞州梅德福德举行的一次会议：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。研讨会由塔夫茨大学土木与环境工程系沙菲克·伊斯拉姆博士组织，麻省理工学院和哈佛大学的教职员工参加。为期三天的讲习班的目的是让自然科学中的水问题专家(如土木工程和环境工程学和地质科学)和社会科学和经济科学中的水问题专家(如经济学、社会学、人类学、政治学)共同确定可提供给决策者的问题和解决办法。一个主要目标是促进和鼓励自然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。外国与会者将来自埃及、苏丹和巴基斯坦，这些国家与水有关的边界争端严重。知识价值：讲习班有两个主要目标：(A)整合有关科学、政策和政治的知识，以制定和框定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就水管理问题的解决方案进行谈判。希望与会者通过国内和国际伙伴关系参与解决现实世界的问题，以此作为理论与实践相结合的一种方式。更广泛的影响：该讲习班是为了帮助塔夫茨大学启动的水外交倡议，目的是培养一支新的跨学科水资源专业人员队伍，他们不仅是具有深厚学科基础的学者，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)将向日益增长的非正式水专业人员网络的成员展示他们所学到的知识如何向他们所在社区的团体和组织展示。传播这一可行的知识并帮助尽可能多的人是解决世界水问题的关键-S。参与的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进来。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合作伙伴关系，这在典型的国际研讨会形式下是无法实现的。

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.