Dr Alistair Rieu-Clarke

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Email: a.rieuclarke@dundee.ac.uk

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Dr Alistair Rieu-Clarke is a Senior Lecturer in International Law and heads up the International Water Law Research Cluster at the Dundee IHP-HELP Centre. Alistair’s research interests centre around assessing the effectiveness of transboundary watercourse treaty regimes

Journals
Date	Title
Forthcoming	The role of treaty in building international watercourse regimes: A legal perspective on existing knowledge, Water Policy
Forthcoming	Governing the tributaries of the Mekong – The contribution of international law and institutions to enhancing equitable cooperation over the Sesan, McGeorge Journal of Global Business and Development Law (with Gooch, G.)
Forthcoming	Good governance in the context of IWRM – moving from theoretical to practical considerations, Irrigation and Drainage (with Allan, A.)
2009	Still not in force: Should States Support the 1997 UN Watercourses Convention?, 18(2) Review of European Community and International Environmental Law (2009) (with Flavia Loures)
2008	The Role and Relevance of the UN Convention on the Law of the Non-navigational Uses of International Watercourses to the EU and Its Member States, 78 British Yearbook of International Law 389.
2008	A survey of international law relating to flood management: Existing practices and future prospects, 48(3) Natural Resources Journal 649
2007	An Overview of Stakeholder Participation – What Current Practice and Future Challenges? Case study of the Danube Basin, 18(3) Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law and Policy 390
2005	The Role of International Water Law in Ensuring “Good Water Governance”: A call for renewed focus and action, 15 Water Law 89 (with Wouters, P.)
2001	The Role of International Law in Promoting Sustainable Development, 12 Water Law 281 (with Wouters, P.)
2000	Reflection on the Normative Prescription of Sustainable Development in Recent Transboundary Water Treaty Practice, 25 Water International 572 (IWRA Best Paper Award)
1998	An Analysis of Proposed EU Water Framework Directive: Community and International Perspectives, 2 CEPMLP Annual Review

Books
Date	Title
2005	International Law and Sustainable Development – Lessons from the Law of International Watercourses (IWA Publishing, London)

Reports and Policy Briefs (selected)
Date	Title
2009	Hydropolitical Vulnerability and Resilience along International Waters – Europe (UNEP, Nairobi) (with Aaron Wolf)
2009	International Architecture for Transboundary Water Resources Management – Options Report (with Pegram, G.)
2009	Final Stakeholder Analysis – stakeholder participation in the STRIVER Basins (with Allan, A., Campbell, D., Gooch, G., Staalnacke, P., Nagothu, U.S.), STRIVER Deliverable 4.2
2009	Comparative assessment of IWRM methods, STRIVER Technical Brief No. 13 (with Nesheim I., McNeill D., Barton D.N., Beguería-Portugés S., Berge D., Bouraoui F., Campbell D., Gooch G. D., Grizzetti B., Joy K. J., Machado M., Manasi S., Nhung D. K., Paranjape S., Portela M. M., Raju, K.V., Saravanan V. S., Stålnacke P. and Taron, A.)
2009	The Tagus River Basin – Spain and Portugal, STRIVER Policy Brief No. 19 (with De Almeida, A.B., Portela, M.M., Machado, M., Begueria, S., Vicente, S., Lopez-Moreno, J., Lana-Renult, N., Garcia-Ruiz, J., Campbell, D.)
2009	The 1997 UN Watercourses Convention – EU Brief, (with Loures, F., et al)
2009	Relating Stakeholder Issues to IWRM/Governance Failings in Assam and Bhutan – with Allan, A.., Report as part of Deliverable 5.2 of EU FP7-funded BRAHMATWINN Project
2009	IWRM Recommendations and strategies, STRIVER Policy Brief No. 22 (with Nesheim, I., Staalnacke, P., McNeill, D., Gooch, G.D., Nagothu, U.S., Barkved, L.J.)
2009	Stakeholder Participation in the STRIVER Project, STRIVER Policy Brief No. 21(with Campell, D., Allan, A., Gooch, G.D., Nagothu, .S., Staalnacke, P)
2008	Transboundary Water Architecture: Summary Baseline Assessment (with Pegram, G.)
2008	Role of Water Law – Assessing governance in the context of IWRM – an analysis of commitment and implementation within the Tagus and Sesan River Basins (with Allan, A.), STRIVER Deliverable 6.3
2008	The first IWRM assessment report for the four case basins: Glomma, Tagus, Sesan and Tungabhadra (with Nesheim, I., McNeill, D., Stålnacke, P., Sekhar, N. U., Grizzetti B., Allan, A. A., Barton D., Beguería- Portugés S., Berge D., Bouraoui F., Campbell D., Deelstra, J., García-Ruiz, J.M., Gooch G. D., Joy K., Lana-Renault, N., Lo Porto, A., Machado M., Manasi S., Nhung D. K., Paranjape S., Portela M. M., Saravanan V. S., Thaulow, H., Vicente-Serrano, S.), Deliverable 5.1
2008	Water Regimes in Transboundary Heavily Modified Rivers. STRIVER Policy Brief No. 2 (with Gooch, G.D.)
2008	Assessing Governance in the Context of IWRM, STRIVER Policy Brief No. 8 (with Allan, A. & Magsig, B)
2008	Strategies and Recommendations for River Basin Management in the Sesan, STRIVER Policy Brief No. 13 (with Nhung, D.K & Gooch, G.D.)
2008	Stakeholder participation in IWRM research projects: the contribution from STRIVER (with Campbell, D.), STRIVER Bulletin No. 3, November 2008
2008	Assessing governance in the context of IWRM and transboundary rivers (with Allan, A., Campbell, D.), STRIVER Bulletin No. 3, November 2008
2008	Everything you need to know about the UN Watercourses Convention (WWF, Switzerland0 (with Loures, F & Vercambre, M)
2008	Role and Relevance of the 1997 UN Watercourses Convention – Country Brief (Greece), (with Loures, F. et al.)
2008	Evaluation of the Global, Regional and Transboundary Scale Agreements – Role of International Law in Enabling and Sustaining Transboundary Water Cooperation, with(Wouters, P.K., Magsig, B-O, Ziganshina, D., & Abseno, M.)
2007	Entry into force of the 1997 UN Watercourses Convention: barriers, benefits and prospects, Water 21
2006	Legal and Institutional Aspects of Integrated Flood Management, APFM Technical Document No. 2, Flood Management Policy Series (WMO-GWP Associated Programme on Integrated Flood Management, Geneva) (with Allan, A.)
2005	Sharing Transboundary Waters – An Integrated Assessment of Equitable Entitlement: The Legal Assessment Model (IHP Technical Documents in Hydrology No. 74, Paris 2005) (with Wouters, P.K., Vinogradov, S.V., Allan, A., Jones, P.A.)

Book Chapters
Date	Title
2010	The Science-Policy-Stakeholder Interface and Participation, in Science, Policy and Stakeholders in Water Management (Earthscan, London)(with Baggett, S., Campbell, D., Joy, K.J., Paranjape, S.)
2010	The Science-Policy-Stakeholder Interface and Transboundary Water Regimes, in Science, Policy, and Stakeholders in Water Management (Earthscan, London)(with Gooch, G.D.)
2010	The Science-Policy-Stakeholder Interface in Sustainable Water Management: Creating interactive, participatory scenarios together with stakeholders, in Science, Policy and Stakeholders in Water Management (Earthscan, London)(with Allan, A., Baggett, S., Gooch, G.D.)
2009	Hydrovulnerability of West Asia, in Hydropolitical Vulnerability and Resilience along International Waters – Asia (UNEP, Nairobi) (with Kliss, G.T., Neir, A.M, Campana, M.E., Ewing, A. & Vener, B.B.)
2007	UN Environment Programme, Global Environment Outlook – 4 (UNEP, Nairobi) (contributing author Water chapter)
2004	Sustainable Use and the EU Water Framework Directive: From Principle to Practice?, in International Law and Sustainable Development: Principles and Practice (Koninklijke Brill NV, Dordrecht)

Research/Studies
Date	Title
2008-2011	Sustainable Livelihoods and Biodiversity in Developing Countries (LiveDiverse) EC 7TH Research Framework Programme funded project to examine vulnerability from a social, economic, environmental, cultural, spiritual and governance perspective in riparian and aquatic areas in Costa Rica, India, South Africa and Vietnam. Principal Investigator for University of Dundee and Workpackage (WP) Leader for WP related to stakeholder participation and governance.
2008-2012	Assessing Climatic Change and impacts on the Quantity and Quality of Water (ACQWA) EC 7th Framework Programme funded project related to climate change impacts Mountainous regions. Responsible for providing research input related to international law and water resources management.
2008-2009	International Architecture for Transboundary Watercourses Management UK Department for International Development and WWF-UK funded project in collaboration with Pegaysus Ltd., to evaluate how international laws and institutions in support of transboundary watercourses management might be strengthened.
2006-2009	Strategy and methodology for improved IWRM – An integrated, interdisciplinary assessment in four twinning river basins (STRIVER) Twinning project to develop multidisciplinary methods for assessing and strengthening IWRM in the Gloma (Norway), Tagus (Spain & Portugal), Thungabhadra (India) and Sesan (Cambodia & Vietnam). Principal investigator for University of Dundee and WP Leader for WP related to stakeholder participation and governance.
2006-2009	Twinning European and South Asian River basins to enhance capacity and implement adaptive integrated water resources management approaches (BRAHMATWINN) Twinning project focused on the development of IWRM strategies for the upper Danube and upper Brahmaputra river basins. Responsible for governance analysis in both river basins.
2007	The Role and Relevance of the 1997 UN Watercourses Convention for West Africa Research project in collaboration with WWF International and GWP – West Africa to assess current status of international law related to international watercourses in West Africa, and to evaluate the value added of the 97 UN Watercourses Convention within the region.
2006-2007	The Role and Relevance of the 1997 UN Watercourses Convention in Europe WWF International funded project to evaluate the value added of the 97 UN Watercourses Convention to European States and the EC.

Teaching

Courses taught

International Law of Water Resources Postgraduate (ILWR) module delivered annually to LLM students (currently 30 contact hours/ 5-10 students per year).

Course design and preparation

Responsible for the design and preparation of ILWR Module, including updating VLE.
Contribute to the design of Water Law, Water Leaders Programme, a package of teaching programmes offered by the IHP-HELP Centre.
Involved in review of postgraduate taught Masters programme, and the introduction of a new LLM specialisation in Water Governance, activities included drafting programme papers, liaising with relevant University departments and ensuring QA procedures were complied with.

Supervision

PhD and LLM Masters students specializing in international water law issues.

Examining duties

Written exams and research papers for students taking ILWR Module.
Dissertations for LLM students specializing in International Law of Water Resources.
Convene, chair and acts as examiner for LLM and PhD upgrade panels.

Internal examiner and convener for LLM and PhDs.

Additional Activities

Conference Papers/Presentations (some papers presented by co-authors) (2008-2009)

“Entry into Force of the 1997 UN Watercourses Convention: Barriers, Benefits and Prospects”, International Water Resources Association, XIIIth World Water Congress, Montpellier (France), 1-4 September 2008.
“Adaptation to Climate Change in Transboundary Watersheds: What Role for the UN Watercourses Convention? (with Loures, F. Swain, A., Charrier, B & Behrmann, C.) International Water Association World Water Congress, Vienna, (Austria), 7-12 September 2008.
“A participatory approach to defining response strategies to reduce risk from flooding in changing climate”, with Giannini, V., Giupponi, C., Allan, A., Clark, M., and Hutton, C., Poster presentation presented at Climate Change – Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions, Copenhagen (Denmark), 10-12 March 2009.
“Steal for it, Shoot for it, Sign for it: The stark choices ahead for the world’s shared waters, with Loures, F. presented at 5th World Water Forum, Istanbul (Turkey), 16-22 March, 2009.
“Exploring the Linkages Between Hydropower, Transboundary Waters and International Law: A Case Study of the Sesan River Basin”, paper presented at Critical Intersections for Energy & Water Law: Exploring New Challenges & Opportunities, Calgary (Canada), 20-21 May 2009.
“Integrated water resources management: STRIVER efforts in four basins to assess the current status and future possibilities”, with Staalnacke, P., et al., paper presented at Sustainable Development – A challenge for European Research, Brussels (Belgium), 26-28 May, 2009.
“Assessing Governance in the Context of IWRM – Experiences from the STRIVER Basins” with Allan, A., paper presented at Integrated Water Resources Management in Theory and Practice, Brussels (Belgium), 28-29 May, 2009.
“Measuring Governance in the Context of Integrated Water Resources Management – Experiences from the Brahmaputra, Danube, Sesan and Tagus,” with Allan, A., presented at UNESCO-IHP HELP Seminar, Evora, (Portugal), 24-26 June, 2009.
“The International Architecture for Transboundary Water Management – Current Status and Future Options”, with Pegram, G. & Schreiner, B., 2009 World Water Week in Stockholm, 16-22 August 2009.

Other activities

UN Economic Commission for Europe, Guide to Implementing the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes, peer-review of draft guide and input into a section on equitable and reasonable utilization.
Editor, Opening the Integrated Water Resources Management Box: experiences from 4 river basin in Europe and SE Asia (with Gooch, G. & Staalnacke, P.) IWA Publishing, (accepted for publication).
Invited tutor, Managing Transboundary Resources Workshop, International Boundaries Research Unit, University of Durham, 23-25 July 2009.
Workshop Convenor, 3rd Tagus Workshop, Madrid, Spain, 23-24 April 2009
Workshop Convenor, 3rd Sesan Workshop, Vientiane, Laos, 1-3 December

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