Breaking the mold: Rethinking governance for the future
Data Leaders Summit 2024
This panel explores the cutting-edge future of data governance, with a focus on AI, data contracts, and innovative tools like data quality scores.
Speaking engagements on diverse topics.
Most of my speaking in the past has taken place as part of my academic career doing research on water governance and access, but I've recently started becoming more involved in data events.
Data
Water
Public vs Private Water Provision:A Tale of Two Debates 100 Years Apart
Social Science History Association Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD, 2015
How we used world-class visual design to attract a great team, win over customers, and get more press for Planetaria.
Water Affordability in the United States: An Initial Exploration and an Agenda for Research
American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 2015
Presentation as part of the Environment and Technology Section Roundtable Session.
Fluid Governance: Reconceptualizing the Global Governance of Water
American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2014
Presentation for the Political Economy of the World-System Roundtable.
The Global Regime and the Commodification of Water: Lessons from Bolivia and South Africa for the Future of the Water Sector
Sociology of Development Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, 2013
Presentation as part of the Resources, Markets, and Movements panel.
The Global Water Regime: Global Governance Without Formal Regimes
American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY, 2013
Presentation for the Political Economy Roundtable Session.
Commodification and Violence: Conflicts over Water Access in Bolivia and South Africa
Conference on Peace, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, 2013
Presentation for the Conflict/Transformation panel.
Water Regimes: The International Dimension of Water and Its Role in the Global Economy
American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, 2011
Presentation for the Rights and Regulation Panel in the Political Sociology Roundtable Session.