Autor: Francois Molle

François Molle is a senior researcher with 33 years of experience in the field of water institutions. He has worked extensively in countries such as Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Syria, Iran, Sri Lanka, Brazil, Mali, Thailand and Vietnam, on irrigation system and river basin management, water resources planning and management, groundwater governance, and institutional/policy analysis. A researcher at the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, France, he has been seconded during ten years to the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) in Sri Lanka and later Egypt. François Molle is also involved in teaching (in various universities), capacity building and Ph D supervision. He is currently based in Montpellier, France. His authored 250 publications, including 100 book chapters or articles in peer-reviewed journals, and edited several volumes such as “Irrigation water pricing: the gap between theory and practice”, “River basins: trajectories, societies, environments”, “Contested waterscapes in the Mekong region: Hydropower, livelihoods and governance”. He serves as an editorial board member in several scientific journals and is co-editor of the Water Alternatives journal. Carles Sanchis-Ibor is a geographer working as researcher at the Centro Valenciano de Estudios del Riego of the Universitat Politècnica de València since 2000, and lecturer at the Faculty of Geography and History of the Universitat de València since 2001. His work has been focused on irrigation institutions, water policy and environmental management. He is author of 102 publications including 64 book chapters and articles in peer-viewed journals, and 4 books. He is also editor of 2 books, has tutorized 2 Ph D Thesis. He has participated in 11 research projects and 36 consultancy contracts with public administrations and private entities. He is member of the board of trustees of the Assut Foundation for the protection and defense of traditional irrigation and wetlands of the Mediterranean. Llorenç Avellá-Reus is agricultural engineer and full professor of Agricultural and Environmental Economics at the Universitat Politècnica de València and member of the Centro Valenciano de Estudios del Riego. His work has been focused on immigration and labour market in agriculture, land use change and water economics and water policy. He has participated in 49 research projects and has been a consultant to several public and private entities. He is the author of  about 40 articles and 15 books and he has tutorized 9 Ph D theses