Knowledge Faces Practice: Societal Challenges and Barriers to Overcome to Enhance Water Reuse Adaptation in a Circular Economy

The 2021 Bratislava Conference on Earth System Governance (7–9 September 2021) brings together the largest social science research network in the area of governance and global environmental change.

On 7 September at 14:30 – 16:00 (CEST), the UNU Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES) and the UNU Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) will co-convene an innovative session “Knowledge Faces Practice: Societal Challenges and Barriers to Overcome to Enhance Water Reuse Adaptation in a Circular Economy”. 

The event will explore pathways to strengthen public-private partnerships in promoting the circular economy. In the session, the interlinkages between industry, water utilities, and the agro-industry will be identified, and innovative strategies on how to incorporate them into smart water management principles will be investigated as a road to the transition of society into a more circular economy for optimal water use.

The session will also be a step to address the ‘Anthropocene gap’ by pointing to the inability of current governance structures to contend with emerging trends in water reuse.

The discussion will bring a dynamic perspective to comparative problems and patterns of wastewater management and highlight the importance of the co-construction of a system with well-designed PPP frameworks.

Dr Serena Caucci will deliver a keynote speech on the “Policy and Institutional Aspects of Water Reuse Management”.

Speakers

• Dr Serena Caucci, Associate Programme Officer, UNU-FLORES
• Dr Kensuke Fukushi, Academic Programme Officer, UNU-IAS
• Dr Saroj Kumar Chapagain, UNU-IAS
• Dr Jonathan Morris, Research Associate, Leibniz-Institute for Ecological Regional Development
• Dr Katarzyna Pawęska, Associate Professor, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Science
• Dr T. Bartosz Kalinowski, Associate Professor, Faculty of Management, University of Lodz

To register, visit the Bratislava Conference on Earth System Governance website.