“Water is a burning issue for people.” An ethnographic analysis of regulated water policy in Frankfurt am Main and its significance for regional usage conflicts

“Water is a burning issue for people.” An ethnographic analysis of regulated water policy in Frankfurt am Main and its significance for regional usage conflicts This work centers on the drinking water supply in Frankfurt am Main and the associated conflicts of use. Special significance is given to the regions of Vogelsberg and Hessisches Ried,

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Groundwater models through stakeholders’eyes: Evaluating benefits, challenges, andlessons for SGMA implementation

Our team member Linda Söller has contributed to a recent study investigating how groundwater models are used in developing Groundwater Sustainability Plans (GSPs) under California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). The research highlights both the benefits and challenges of incorporating these models into stakeholder-driven planning processes.

Call for Papers: Political Ecologies of Southeastern Europe

Our colleague Dženeta, Ognjen Kojanić, Katarina Kušić welcome abstracts for their Special Issue “Political Ecologies of Southeastern Europe: Legacies, Transformations, and Futures”, to be published in Southeastern Europe (Brill/Schöningh).

Not a day without water – An ethnographic study of the ‘politics and poetics’ of a drinking water infrastructure in southern Saxony-Anhalt

In this thesis, three moments of (drinking) water infrastructuring connected to the Elbaue-Ostharz long-distance water network are described.

“We only have a guess as to what is happening here” Negotiating groundwater futures

This thesis examines the negotiation of groundwater futures in the Mansfeld-Südharz district in Germany, initiated by the junior research group regulate. As part of the research, qualitative, guideline based interviews were conducted with stakeholders in groundwater management in Mansfeld-Südharz and with researchers from regulate.

Solutions for sustainable water supply in booming holiday regions

The research group has investigated how increasing water demand can be met with the help of sustainable water management strategy.

“Making & Doing Transformations” Dženeta at the EASST4S conference in Amsterdam in July

Dženeta will join the conference “Making and Doing Transformations” in Amsterdam from July 16th to July 19th, organized by the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) and the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST). She will present major findings of her PhD and ‘regulate’ project in two talks.

1st PhD-paper published by David Kuhn: Infrastructural lock-ins in long-distance water systems of Germany

More transfers of water over long-distances are prepared across Germany to ensure drinking water supply security in times of droughts and peak drinking water demands on hot summer days. Originally, such transfers were meant as an exception for e.g. metropolitan areas with high industrial and public water demand and unfavourable local water resources. Today, already 20% of Germans are supplied with water imported from other administrative areas or hydrological basins.

Dženeta interviewed by igrac: “Plitvice, natural treasure becomes victim of its own success”

Our regulate researcher Dženeta Hodžić was interviewed by igrac in light of world toilet day 2023. Read the full article entitled “Plitvice, natural treasure becomes victim of its own success”.

Regulate researchers at the German Congress for Geography (DKG) 2023

The “German Congress for Geography (DKG)” took place in Frankfurt am Main, September 19-23. Almost the entire regulate-team participated with various contributions. A particular highlight was the lightning session “Groundwater Geographies” chaired by the regulate-team.