Josepha Wessels

ORCID: 0000-0003-2682-035X
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Research Areas
  • Middle East Politics and Society
  • Transboundary Water Resource Management
  • Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts
  • Water management and technologies
  • Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies
  • Water Governance and Infrastructure
  • Archaeology and Historical Studies
  • Water resources management and optimization
  • Global Peace and Security Dynamics
  • African history and culture analysis
  • Turkey's Politics and Society
  • Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact
  • Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History
  • Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
  • Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Environmental and Biological Research in Conflict Zones
  • Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture
  • Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation
  • Migration, Refugees, and Integration
  • Health and Conflict Studies
  • Social and Educational Sciences
  • Nuclear and radioactivity studies
  • Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics
  • Gender, Security, and Conflict

Malmö University
2019-2024

Centre of Advanced Studies
2011-2023

Lund University
2011-2017

University of Copenhagen
2014-2017

Centre for Research in Intensive Care
2016-2017

Middle East University
2014

Japan External Trade Organization
2008-2012

University of Amsterdam
2007-2009

Eindhoven University of Technology
1986

Socio-hydrology has expanded and been effective in exposing the hydrological community to ideas approaches from other scientific disciplines, social sciences particular. Yet it still much explore regarding how capture human agency combine different methods disciplinary views both develop knowledge. A useful starting ground is noting that complexity of human–water relations due interactions not only across spatial temporal scales but also organizational levels systems. This calls for...

10.1080/02626667.2022.2114836 article EN cc-by Hydrological Sciences Journal 2022-08-24

Christine Sylvester, Routledge, 2012, 150 pp., £24.99 (pbk), IBSN 978-041577599-1 The latest book by Professor of Political Science and Women's Studies at the University ...

10.1080/21647259.2013.783261 article EN Peacebuilding 2013-05-02

Due to their efficiency, revitalized traditional techniques for irrigation management of scarce water resources have been suggested as a way at least partially cope with the present crises in Middle East. A better includes re-using treated wastewater agriculture. Treated should also be used industrial processes, thus contributing more efficient overall management. However, most important change leading is improving efficiency agricultural irrigation. Traditional an role many East and North...

10.1080/02626667.2016.1165349 article EN Hydrological Sciences Journal 2016-03-16

The concept of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) has enjoyed immense popularity and thus been the preferred approach for river basin management. IWRM generally a strong focus on rational choice, based technocratic conceptual interpretation conventional hydrological cycle. However, uncritical acceptance runs risk blinding policy makers academics defining impact context, socio-cultural, political, historical cognitive dimensions in water cooperation. Human behaviour cooperation was...

10.1080/02626667.2015.1031759 article EN Hydrological Sciences Journal 2015-05-06

Hydro-hegemonic praxis defines much of Israel's occupation that has continued since the signing Oslo Accords in 1993. Two empirical case studies hydro-hegemony and counter-hegemony at local level are compared this paper: Israeli-occupied Golan Heights West Bank. Both show control over water resources supply provides political power others level. Yet non-violent resistance can be observed these border areas. In areas between Israel, Syria Palestine, access plays an important role ability...

10.1080/00207233.2015.1041836 article EN International Journal of Environmental Studies 2015-05-19

The popular uprising that began in Syria 2011 generated an unprecedented number of YouTube videos recording events Syria; this emphasized how the social media platform had become important alternative space for news and information, a beyond control government. In article, I address role Syrian video activism revolution, pay particular attention to why young anti-regime protesters started uploading their on YouTube. As such, do not focus technology or medium per se, but peoples’...

10.1163/18739865-01002005 article EN Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication 2017-01-01

International media access is extremely limited in Syria and many human rights organisations rely on individual citizens activists to provide them with evidence that could indicate war crimes against humanity. The role of YouTube digital video for transitional justice the central theme this research paper. Research methodology based systematic observation clips YouTube, visits Syrian grass root audio-visual centres semi-structured interviews ground Turkey Syria. Fort study, a conceptual...

10.7146/politik.v19i4.27634 article EN cc-by Deleted Journal 1970-01-01

10.3362/0262-8104.2003.050 article EN Waterlines 2003-10-01

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10.2139/ssrn.4713089 article EN SSRN Electronic Journal 2024-01-01

Currently there is no coherent or sustainable water cooperation among the five states—Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestinian territories and Syria—that share Jordan River. Why do people not cooperate on river basin management, even if it seems most rational course from perspective of economic benefits? I hypothesize that political uses citizenship, identity security at local level hamper ignore cognitive dimensions violence conflict. In this article, have chosen Israeli-occupied Golan Heights...

10.1080/19436149.2015.1046709 article EN Middle East Critique 2015-07-03
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