Never Ask for a Lighter Rain but a Stronger Umbrella
S. Pande (TU Delft - Water Resources)
Melissa Haeffner (Portland State University)
Günter Blöschl (Technische Universität Wien)
M.F. Alam (International Water Management Institute, TU Delft - Water Resources)
Cyndi Castro (University of Houston)
Giuliano Di Baldassarre (Uppsala University)
Fanny Frick-Trzebitzky (ISOE—Institute for Social-Ecological Research)
Rick Hogeboom (University of Twente, Water Footprint Network)
Heidi Kreibich (GFZ Helmholtz-Zentrum für Geoforschung)
Jenia Mukherjee (Indian Institute of Technology (IIT))
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Abstract
In a recent editorial in the journal Nature Sustainability, the editors raised the concern that journal submissions on water studies appear too similar. The gist of the editorial: “too many publications and not enough ideas.” In this response, we contest this notion, and point to the numerous new ideas that result from taking a broader view of the water science field. Drawing inspiration from a recently hosted conference geared at transcending traditional disciplinary silos and forging new paradigms for water research, we are, in fact, enthusiastic and optimistic about the ways scientists are investigating political, economic, historical, and cultural intersections toward more just and sustainable human-water relations and ways of knowing.
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