Course # 32750 Section Number 1 Day(s) F Time(s) 1:30pm-4:20pm Term Spring 2025 Specialization Global Conflict Studies Energy & Environmental Policy Course Instructor Michael Tiboris Syllabus Syllabus 4/10/25 Water resources are increasingly contested in nearly all parts of the world. Available freshwater supplies have declined nearly 40% since 1970, and the UN predicts that, by 2025, 1.8 billion people will not have sufficient water to meet all of their daily needs.Water conflict is essentially a political problem because it reflects normative disagreements about who has the authority to define its value and appropriate uses. This course examines conflict over water and policy efforts to deal with inter-sectoral competition, international allocation, and the diplomatic and economic consequences of water resource depletion. The course begins with a discussion of water’s status as an object of policy—as property, a commodity, entitlement, and natural good. It then turns to a series of policy challenges in context including agricultural water use, allocation treaties, development disputes, and preventing humanitarian crises. No knowledge of water policy is presumed, and students will leave the course with the issue background necessary to pursue more focused research projects in water policy topics. Quarter Title Instructor Day(s) Time(s) Syllabus Spring 2025 Hydropolitics: Water Policy and Conflict Michael Tiboris Friday 1:30pm-4:20pm Syllabus Recent News More news Alumni Profile: Megan Sanders, MPP’24 Mon., April 14, 2025 Alumni Profile: Brendon Krall, MPP’23 Thu., April 10, 2025 How Trump tariff whiplash could affect Illinois families and industry Wed., April 09, 2025 Upcoming Events More events Get to Know Harris Credential Programs! A Virtual Information Session Tue., April 15, 2025 | 12:00 PM Credential Programs Roundtable with Senior Associate Dean Ranjan Daniels Tue., April 15, 2025 | 7:30 PM Harris Campus Visit Wed., April 16, 2025 | 9:30 AM Harris School of Public Policy - The Keller Center The University of Chicago 1307 E. 60th St Chicago, IL 60637 United States
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