Water Law, Policy and Science Research Interests

Overview

The three research areas of the IHP-HELP Centre are Water Law, Policy, and Science.

Our research areas map those of our teaching, which our research is instrumental in supporting. Our research areas are mutually supporting: our science provides a sound empirical framework for legal research work of the Centre; International Water Law sets the context for permissible National Water Law - practical research tools developed by the Centre, in particular the Legal Assessment Model, allow practitioners to put this theory into practice; and research into the Legal Regulation of Water Services combines consideration of national parameters (i.e. government regulation) and multi-national water service providers.

The combination of law and science is in fact often achieved here through our focus on Policy issues, an approach that offers our researchers the chance to consider both societal constraints (through, for example, law and economics) and those of the human and natural world.

For more information about Research in Water Law, Science and Policy at Dundee, please follow the links below to visit individual sub-group research webpages:

• Water Law Research
• Water Policy Research
• Water Science Research

Entry Requirements

You should have an honours degree at 2.1 or above, or a Masters degree in a relevant discipline.

English Language Requirement: IELTS of 6.5 overall, with no less than 6.0 in the written component and no less than 5.5 in any other component, if your first language is not English. Please check our Language Requirements page for details of equivalent grades from other test providers, and information about the University of Dundee English Language courses.

Fees & Funding

We do not currently have any funded places for PhD students in Water Law, Policy and Science.

Please visit our Fees & Funding webpages for general postgraduate research funding information.

How to Apply

To apply for a research degree in Water Law, Science or Policy, use the online system UKPASS, via the link below. You may wish to visit our How to Apply webpage first for more information what you should submit as part of your application.

Apply here:

• PhD in Water Law, Science or Policy
• Non-graduating research in the Graduate School of Natural Resources Law, Policy and Management (6 months or more)
• Non-graduating research in the Graduate School of Natural Resources Law, Policy and Management (less than 6 months)

Contact

Professor Patricia Wouters

Telephone: +44 (0)1382 384451

Email: water@dundee.ac.uk