Wicked problems – Australian Water Partnership

How to extract water from thin air

Posted by Glenn Hull on 22 January 2018

By Beata Sochacka, IWCAN In an interview, Zenia Tata, from XPRIZE discussed the importance of funding innovation and the Water Abundance XPRIZE launched to support the development of technologies that…

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Jonathan Maino interview — Wicked problems in Port Moresby, PNG: non-revenue water, illegal settlements, and institutional governance challenges

Posted by Glenn Hull on 10 January 2018

An interview with Jonathan Maino manager of non-revenue water at Eda Ranu, the water utility in Port Moresby, PNG. He discusses the non-revenue water challenges …

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Mark Pascoe interview: leadership, partnerships, and collaboration for integrated water management

Posted by Glenn Hull on 29 November 2017

An interview with Mark Pascoe, CEO of the International WaterCentre, which provides capacity building services to integrated water managers and their organisations to help develop future water leaders….

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Improved water management does not happen from a single initiative

Posted by Glenn Hull on 30 June 2017

A quote from Professor Quentin Grafton’s interview about the water-food-energy nexus and addressing wicked problems.

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Risks and options assessment for decision-making

Posted by Glenn Hull on 29 June 2017

In an interview, Professor Quentin Grafton discussed the risks and option for decision-making (ROAD) process, as a successful approach for helping communities to deal with complex challenges. This…

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We all have to do something

Posted by Glenn Hull on 28 June 2017

A quote from Professor Quentin Grafton’s interview about the water-food-energy nexus and addressing wicked problems.

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Strategic foresighting to address complex challenges

Posted by Glenn Hull on 28 June 2017

In his recent interview, Quentin Grafton spoke about how strategic foresight has been used to address challenges around food security. Strategic foresighting seems like a useful way to maximise…

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Wicked problems: how to solve the unsolvable

Posted by Glenn Hull on 26 June 2017

In an interview, Quentin Grafton suggested that much of his work as an economist has to do with addressing wicked problems. Learning about what he sees as the…

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Change requires a crisis

Posted by Glenn Hull on 23 June 2017

A quote from Professor Quentin Grafton’s interview about the water-food-energy nexus and addressing wicked problems.

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Any successful endeavour has to be integrated

Posted by Glenn Hull on 21 June 2017

A quote from Professor Quentin Grafton’s interview about the water-food-energy nexus and addressing wicked problems.

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