Mr Matthew England

Job Title	Contact	Location
Research Student	M dot England at uea dot ac dot uk

Personal

Biography

I started a PhD at the UEA DEV School in the autumn of 2007. My topic is examining water resource management in the context of climate change and variability at the river basin level. I will carry out enquires within the South Asian context, specifically the Krishna River Basin in south-central India. I will be based at the International Water Management Institute during my one-year fieldwork period, commencing in November 2008.

Career

I have five years of professional work experience in the water and environmental sectors. I worked for the Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council (part of the WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland; the UK Environment Agency examining flood management issues in the Thames area; and as a water consultant for ITAD~Water Ltd, an international development consultancy based in Brighton, UK. I have also carried consultancy work for the India Development Group NGO (a sister organisation of ITDG/Practical Action), for whom I developed an organisational water supply and sanitation strategy based on internal consultation and fieldwork in rural Uttar Pradesh, northern India.

Academic Background

I have a BSc (Hons) Geology degree from the University of Wales Aberystwyth; and a Master of Research (MRes) degree in Environment and Development (with distinction for research dissertation) from the University of Lancaster, UK. For my MRes degree, I managed a three-month research project examining groundwater pollution and landuse practises at the catchment level. I was based at the Centre for Earth Science Studies in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The results of my research were published in the Kerala Science Congress Journal, January 2002.

I am funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council for the three-year duration of my PhD.

Supervisors

Declan Conway and Bruce Lankford

Publications

Dialogue – May 2005
Journal of the Schumacher Society India (Delhi, India)
Article title: Water supply, sanitation, health and livelihoods in India.

Demand Management Bulletin – May 2004
Official bulletin of the Environment Agency (UK)
Article title: Rainwater harvesting to help meet local water demands.

Listening report (United Nations publication) – World Water Day, 22 March 2004
Major international advocacy publication by the Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council
Analysis and presentation of water, sanitation and hygiene statistics for 100 countries.

Water21 – October 2003
Official magazine of the International Water Association (UK)
Article title: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for All – The WASH campaign.

WaterLines – October 2003
ITDG publication for water and sanitation fieldworkers (UK)
Article title: Sector review of Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council.

Kerala Science Congress Journal (India) – January 2002
Indian environment and development journal. p31-53, Volume 14, Jan 2002.
Article title: Groundwater contamination and land-use systems within the Chalakudy Town Watershed, Thrichur.

Conferences

Attended 2^nd World Aqua Congress on Global Climate Change and Water Resources; New Delhi, India, 26-28 November, 2008.

Attended ICID Seminar Towards a political ecology of irrigation & water use efficiency and productivity; London, UK, 6 November 2008.

Presented initial PhD ideas at the Extreme Weather Events conference; New Delhi, India, 26-28 November 2007, funded by the British Council.

Attended Tyndall Climate Change Barriers to Adaptation conference; London, UK, 7-8 February 2008.