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Staff Profile

Dr Mohsen Nagheeby

Research Associate in Water Security and Policy

Background

Dr Mohsen Nagheeby is PDRA in Water Security and Policy and co-leader of Water Governance Workstream at Water Security and Sustainable Development Hub. Within this multinational project, Mohsen is collaborating with several researchers and practitioners in Colombia, Ethiopia, India and Malaysia to offer in-depth insights into the issues surrounding water governance. 

Mohsen has over a decade of experience as a senior practitioner in the field of transboundary waters, leading several related multi-disciplinary research projects. He has an interdisciplinary academic and professional background. Mohsen has been involved in several consultancy projects, policy-making and negotiations processes related to transboundary water diplomacy in collaboration with national, regional and international organisations. 

Moving back to academia, Mohsen joined Prof. Alistair Rieu-Clarke at Northumbria School of Law in 2017 and completed his PhD research on "Anarchy and the Law of International Watercourses: Unpacking the role of equitable and reasonable utilisation principle in the pursuit of water conflict transformation".

Research

Mohsen's work experience and research interests have been mainly on the intersection of international law and politics surrounding transboundary waters. His interests focus on critical analysis of the role of (geo)political dynamics and legal norms in promoting hydropolitical relations towards equitable and sustainable manner. His geographic focus is on the Middle East and Central Asia, in particular, Iran and Afghanistan.

Publications