Author: Martijn
18 February 2025
Vacancy: Senior Hydrologist
0.8-1.0 FTE | Location: Wageningen, The Netherlands | Start date: TBD | Application deadline: 3 March 2025 About the Role FutureWater is seeking an experienced Senior Hydrologist to support our expanding international project portfolio, particularly in Asia and Africa. In this role, you will work at the interface of consultancy and research, contributing both technically...
30 August 2024
Empowering Tajikistan’s Water Specialists: Advanced Hydrological Modeling Tools Training in the Netherlands for Enhanced Water Management
As the UN kicks off the “International Year of Glaciers Preservation 2025” and the “Decade of Action for Cryospheric Sciences,” Tajikistan is taking center stage with tech-driven solutions and regional and global cooperation leading the way in water adaptation. In line with these global initiatives and ongoing project (Integrated Rural Development Project/TRIGGER), specialists from Tajikistan’s...
13 June 2024
Capacity Enhanced On Glacio-Hydrological Modeling for the Indian Himalayan Region
FutureWater and TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute) with support from Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) organised a Final Dissemination Workshop under the project for “Developing a Glacio-Hydrological Model and IWRM Plan for Bhagirathi Basin, Uttarakhand” at Dehradun today. For the aspects of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in Uttarakhand, the SCA-Himalayas project...
2 June 2024
Advancing Water Management in Central Asia: Highlights from the WE-ACT General Assembly
The WE-ACT General Assembly, held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from April 23rd to 24th, 2024 focused on advancing water management in Central Asia through keynote speeches, collaborative sessions, and innovative demonstrations. Notable moments include the introduction of serious games for interactive learning and decision making, and a visit from BWO SyrDarya and SIC ICWC, emphasizing the...
8 May 2024
PhD Proposal on Climate-Water Nexus in the Syr Darya Basin Unveiled at EGU in Vienna
Two weeks ago, Brecht D’Haeyer, a part-time PhD candidate at Utrecht University and full-time colleague at FutureWater, joined the annual EGU conference in Vienna, where he presented his PhD proposal to fellow researchers. Brecht commenced his PhD journey in March 2024 as an external candidate at Utrecht University, under the guidance of FutureWater and Wageningen...
6 May 2024
FutureWater Pioneering Nature-Based Solutions in the Asia-Netherlands Water Learning Week 2024
The Asian Development Bank, the Netherlands Water Partnership, and the Dutch Government hosted an intensive week-long programme that brought together 48 delegates from 12 project teams across 11 Asian participating countries and water experts from the Netherlands. The Asian and Dutch parties expanded their knowledge and shared experiences regarding Nature-based Solutions for cities, coasts, and...
5 April 2024
Students Dive into Precision Agriculture during Flying Sensor Lectures at IHE Delft
This week, FutureWater, in collaboration with its partner HiView, conducted a two-day workshop at IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, which works in association with UNESCO. The workshop was part of the master’s degree program, with seven students receiving education on the theory of flying sensors (commonly known as drones), their various applications, and their...
18 October 2023
SPHY Webinar 2023 – A Resounding Success!
Last Tuesday was a fruitful day for the SPHY community as FutureWater (FW) with support from Utrecht University (UU) and Centre for Applied Soil Science and Biology of the Segura (CEBAS) and Wageningen University (WUR) hosted the SPHY Webinar 2023. We were thrilled with the large turnout, both from those who joined us in Wageningen...
25 August 2022
Vacancy: Senior Agricultural Water Expert
Job description 32/40 hours per week, location Wageningen, The Netherlands, starting date TBD FutureWater is looking for an experienced agricultural water expert for our expanding international activities, particularly in Asia and Africa, who has affinity with technical tasks but also appetite for leading and coordinating some of the projects. At FutureWater you work in a...
24 January 2022
Training Course on Flying Sensors for Agricultural Systems Kicked-off in Kenya
Today FutureWater and HiView kicked-off stage 2 of the Nuffic TMT training course on ‘Crop models and remote sensing for water management in agricultural systems’ at Egerton University in Nakuru, Kenya. After a series of online training courses in stage 1 last year, this in-country follow-up training focusses on flying sensors (drones) for agricultural systems....
