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 Rohen Shah, PhD’25, Receives Horowitz Foundation Award for Education Research Tue., June 24, 2025 A Race Worth Running: John Peller’s Path from Advocate to CEO Fri., June 20, 2025 Student Profile, Nathan Held, MPP Class of 2027 Wed., June 18, 2025 Upcoming Events More events Get to Know Harris! A Virtual Information Session Wed., June 25, 2025 | 12:00 PM Harris Public Policy Coffee Chat in Seoul Sun., June 29, 2025 | 10:00 AM Starbucks Euljiro 4(sa)-ga Station 170 Eulji-ro Jung-gu Seoul 04548 South Korea Harris Summer Campus Visit Mon., June 30, 2025 | 10:00 AM Harris School of Public Policy 1307 E 60th St Chicago, IL 60637 United States
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