I received notice on Friday that my NSF grant on "Hydrosocial dynamics and environmental justice in water-energy transitions" has been targeted for termination. It's so devastating- this is a good research project with a great team. #geosky #energysky #waterscience 💧☀️🌎🧪
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NSF Award Search: Award # 2215409 - Hydrosocial dynamics and environmental justice in water-energy transitions Lock
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April 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I received notice on Friday that my NSF grant on "Hydrosocial dynamics and environmental justice in water-energy transitions" has been targeted for termination. It's so devastating- this is a good research project with a great team. #geosky #energysky #waterscience 💧☀️🌎🧪
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Really interesting new article on hydrosocial geographies! #geosky
Very happy to see this piece, led by Yu-Kai Liao, now out!
Hydrosocial geographies: Cycles, spaces and spheres of concern journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Hydrosocial geographies: Cycles, spaces and spheres of concern journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
September 26, 2023 at 11:06 PM
Really interesting new article on hydrosocial geographies! #geosky
Our latest peer-reviewed article is now published open access in The Extractive Industries and Society!
Hydrosocial imaginaries of green extractivism: Water-energy transitions and geothermal lithium development at the Salton Sea in Imperial Valley, California
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Hydrosocial imaginaries of green extractivism: Water-energy transitions and geothermal lithium development at the Salton Sea in Imperial Valley, California
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Hydrosocial imaginaries of green extractivism: Water-energy transitions and geothermal lithium development at the Salton Sea in Imperial Valley, California
Lithium is considered an “energy transition mineral” for mitigating climate change because it is a key component of batteries for electric vehicles an…
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November 20, 2024 at 1:41 AM
Our latest peer-reviewed article is now published open access in The Extractive Industries and Society!
Hydrosocial imaginaries of green extractivism: Water-energy transitions and geothermal lithium development at the Salton Sea in Imperial Valley, California
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Hydrosocial imaginaries of green extractivism: Water-energy transitions and geothermal lithium development at the Salton Sea in Imperial Valley, California
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New publication: Erosion of traditional ecological knowledge under conditions of hydrosocial rupture: Insights from the Mekong floodplains communities
Open access link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Erosion of traditional ecological knowledge under conditions of hydrosocial rupture: Insights from the Mekong floodplains communities - Ambio
What role does traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) play in resource-based livelihoods under conditions of hydrosocial rupture? Does such knowledge come into its own, or is it sidelined, even eroded...
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April 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
New publication: Erosion of traditional ecological knowledge under conditions of hydrosocial rupture: Insights from the Mekong floodplains communities
Open access link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Open access link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Very happy to see this piece, led by Yu-Kai Liao, now out!
Hydrosocial geographies: Cycles, spaces and spheres of concern journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Hydrosocial geographies: Cycles, spaces and spheres of concern journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
September 20, 2023 at 11:03 AM
Very happy to see this piece, led by Yu-Kai Liao, now out!
Hydrosocial geographies: Cycles, spaces and spheres of concern journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Hydrosocial geographies: Cycles, spaces and spheres of concern journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Hydrology Paper of the Day @jofhistgeog.bsky.social on how Spain utilized and designed water infrastructure as a colonial instrument of control: hydrosocial landscapes and state-making in the context of push and pull factors; religious communities, dams, and irrigation; and land use and agriculture.
New article!
'Irrigating the periphery: Hydrology, coloniality and counter-irrigation in the Philippines', by Rhomir S. Yanquiling, Wolfram Dressler & Will Smith.
Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2025.06.003
'Irrigating the periphery: Hydrology, coloniality and counter-irrigation in the Philippines', by Rhomir S. Yanquiling, Wolfram Dressler & Will Smith.
Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2025.06.003
August 16, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Hydrology Paper of the Day @jofhistgeog.bsky.social on how Spain utilized and designed water infrastructure as a colonial instrument of control: hydrosocial landscapes and state-making in the context of push and pull factors; religious communities, dams, and irrigation; and land use and agriculture.
Really happy to share my new article, coauthored with students, “Working (around/within/against) prior appropriation: Diverse hydrosocial practices to secure water for rivers” in Journal of Political Ecology. Been trying to put together these ideas for a long time. #geosky #geography #water
Working (around/within/against) prior appropriation: Diverse hydrosocial practices to secure water for rivers
Water scarcity in the Western US, through the lens of political ecology, can be understood as inextricably shaped by power dynamics, governance structures, and legal practices of resource allocation. ...
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June 11, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Really happy to share my new article, coauthored with students, “Working (around/within/against) prior appropriation: Diverse hydrosocial practices to secure water for rivers” in Journal of Political Ecology. Been trying to put together these ideas for a long time. #geosky #geography #water
🚨 New article with @areidross.bsky.social and @thienkim.bsky.social ! On the politics of hydrosocial imaginaries and modernist visions of water management. Nice summary by Alexander here.
Excited to share my latest piece at Frontiers in Sustainable Agriculture with @thienkim.bsky.social and @alidacantor.bsky.social. We looked at the question of modernisms and recent transformations of the US right wing related to water resources. /1
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Frontiers | “Turn the faucet”: right-wing hydrosocial imaginaries of irrigation water in the Western United States
The second administration of United States President Donald Trump has taken an authoritarian, centralized approach to governance in the United States. Water ...
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August 19, 2026 at 8:44 AM
🚨 New article with @areidross.bsky.social and @thienkim.bsky.social ! On the politics of hydrosocial imaginaries and modernist visions of water management. Nice summary by Alexander here.
🚨 Check out our new #openaccess peer-reviewed primer on #lithium and #water
“Lithium and water: Hydrosocial impacts across the life cycle of energy storage”
@noelvineyard.bsky.social @alidacantor.bsky.social @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social
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“Lithium and water: Hydrosocial impacts across the life cycle of energy storage”
@noelvineyard.bsky.social @alidacantor.bsky.social @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social
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Lithium and water: Hydrosocial impacts across the life cycle of energy storage
Impacts, benefits, and burdens on water and society throughout the life cycle of lithium.
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July 15, 2024 at 2:23 AM
🚨 Check out our new #openaccess peer-reviewed primer on #lithium and #water
“Lithium and water: Hydrosocial impacts across the life cycle of energy storage”
@noelvineyard.bsky.social @alidacantor.bsky.social @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social
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“Lithium and water: Hydrosocial impacts across the life cycle of energy storage”
@noelvineyard.bsky.social @alidacantor.bsky.social @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social
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Thrilled our paper is out in Environmental Science & Policy! We merge 'hydrosocial territories' & 'socio-natural resilience' to study the Yangtze River. TL;DR: Water resilience isn't just ecological—it's deeply political & shaped by hydro-hegemony. See attached PDF! 🌊 #AcademicSky
Bridging waters and power: Hydrosocial territories with socio-natural resilience in China's Great Yangtze River protection programme
Global water governance has increasingly focused on resilience as a means to manage cross-scale complexity and change. In this paper, rather than prop…
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March 11, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Thrilled our paper is out in Environmental Science & Policy! We merge 'hydrosocial territories' & 'socio-natural resilience' to study the Yangtze River. TL;DR: Water resilience isn't just ecological—it's deeply political & shaped by hydro-hegemony. See attached PDF! 🌊 #AcademicSky
#OA paper in Area:
'Claim-making in hydrosocial spaces: The temporality of displacement around Kenya's Masinga Dam reservoir' by @arnerieber.bsky.social & Benson Nyaga
This paper explores how historical injustices shape contemporary contestations over land & water rights.
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'Claim-making in hydrosocial spaces: The temporality of displacement around Kenya's Masinga Dam reservoir' by @arnerieber.bsky.social & Benson Nyaga
This paper explores how historical injustices shape contemporary contestations over land & water rights.
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Area | RGS Geography Journal | Wiley Online Library
The article examines the contested hydrosocial territory of the Masinga Dam reservoir in Kenya, focusing on how historical injustices, infrastructural temporalities, and spatial reconfigurations shap...
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April 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
#OA paper in Area:
'Claim-making in hydrosocial spaces: The temporality of displacement around Kenya's Masinga Dam reservoir' by @arnerieber.bsky.social & Benson Nyaga
This paper explores how historical injustices shape contemporary contestations over land & water rights.
doi.org/10.1111/area...
'Claim-making in hydrosocial spaces: The temporality of displacement around Kenya's Masinga Dam reservoir' by @arnerieber.bsky.social & Benson Nyaga
This paper explores how historical injustices shape contemporary contestations over land & water rights.
doi.org/10.1111/area...
OnlineFirst - "The sorghum liquor development hydrosocial cycle on the Kinmen Islands" by @meihuanchen.bsky.social:
#hydrosocial #politicalecology #watergovernance #nexus #islands
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#hydrosocial #politicalecology #watergovernance #nexus #islands
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May 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM
OnlineFirst - "The sorghum liquor development hydrosocial cycle on the Kinmen Islands" by @meihuanchen.bsky.social:
#hydrosocial #politicalecology #watergovernance #nexus #islands
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#hydrosocial #politicalecology #watergovernance #nexus #islands
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Claim-making in hydrosocial spaces. We have a new article in Area discussing the temporality of displacement!
Using the heuristic of 'time knots', we discuss in the article how 'legal forum shopping' is being used by government institutions to make claims on dam reservoirs and adjacent lands. 1/2
Using the heuristic of 'time knots', we discuss in the article how 'legal forum shopping' is being used by government institutions to make claims on dam reservoirs and adjacent lands. 1/2
January 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Claim-making in hydrosocial spaces. We have a new article in Area discussing the temporality of displacement!
Using the heuristic of 'time knots', we discuss in the article how 'legal forum shopping' is being used by government institutions to make claims on dam reservoirs and adjacent lands. 1/2
Using the heuristic of 'time knots', we discuss in the article how 'legal forum shopping' is being used by government institutions to make claims on dam reservoirs and adjacent lands. 1/2
𝒉𝒚𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒚𝒄𝒍𝒆 🌊
The hydro-social cycle describes how water affects and is affected by social, political and economic aspects.
"𝑊𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑦𝑑𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑦𝑐𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑜-𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑏𝑦 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒." (𝐿𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜𝑛 & 𝐵𝑢𝑑𝑑𝑠, 2013)
The hydro-social cycle describes how water affects and is affected by social, political and economic aspects.
"𝑊𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑦𝑑𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑦𝑐𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑜-𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑏𝑦 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒." (𝐿𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜𝑛 & 𝐵𝑢𝑑𝑑𝑠, 2013)
January 28, 2025 at 9:07 AM
𝒉𝒚𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒚𝒄𝒍𝒆 🌊
The hydro-social cycle describes how water affects and is affected by social, political and economic aspects.
"𝑊𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑦𝑑𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑦𝑐𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑜-𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑏𝑦 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒." (𝐿𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜𝑛 & 𝐵𝑢𝑑𝑑𝑠, 2013)
The hydro-social cycle describes how water affects and is affected by social, political and economic aspects.
"𝑊𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑦𝑑𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑦𝑐𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑜-𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑏𝑦 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒." (𝐿𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜𝑛 & 𝐵𝑢𝑑𝑑𝑠, 2013)
How gentle power enables community-based conservation: hydrosocial practices and institutional support in Tokyo’s satoyama
Mikiko Sugiura 2026
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Mikiko Sugiura 2026
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August 22, 2026 at 2:57 PM
How gentle power enables community-based conservation: hydrosocial practices and institutional support in Tokyo’s satoyama
Mikiko Sugiura 2026
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Mikiko Sugiura 2026
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🌊New in Geo🌊
'Entangled frontiers: Uncovering the hydrosocial territories of Shenzhen' by Xiaoxuan Lu
This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section: 'Blue Infrastructures: Mapping the visual while unpacking the unseen'.
doi.org/10.1002/geo2...
'Entangled frontiers: Uncovering the hydrosocial territories of Shenzhen' by Xiaoxuan Lu
This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section: 'Blue Infrastructures: Mapping the visual while unpacking the unseen'.
doi.org/10.1002/geo2...
January 6, 2026 at 9:28 AM
🌊New in Geo🌊
'Entangled frontiers: Uncovering the hydrosocial territories of Shenzhen' by Xiaoxuan Lu
This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section: 'Blue Infrastructures: Mapping the visual while unpacking the unseen'.
doi.org/10.1002/geo2...
'Entangled frontiers: Uncovering the hydrosocial territories of Shenzhen' by Xiaoxuan Lu
This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section: 'Blue Infrastructures: Mapping the visual while unpacking the unseen'.
doi.org/10.1002/geo2...
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"Shrimp economies and hydrosocial lives in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta", by Yu-Kai Liao
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"Shrimp economies and hydrosocial lives in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta", by Yu-Kai Liao
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May 22, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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"Shrimp economies and hydrosocial lives in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta", by Yu-Kai Liao
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"Shrimp economies and hydrosocial lives in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta", by Yu-Kai Liao
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