Yumiko Yasuda

Dr. Yasuda specializes in environmental and water governance. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Hague Institute for Global Justice and the International Centre for Water Cooperation (under the auspices of UNESCO), jointly established by the Stockholm International Water Institute and Uppsala Universitiy. Yasuda gained her PhD at the Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science at the University of Dundee. Prior to her research career, Yasuda was based in Southeast Asia and worked for WWF, UNDP and Mlup Baitong, with a wide range of experiences in natural resource management initiatives. She was previously an environmental specialist for Ericsson.

Dr. Yasuda’s research interest lies in water and environmental governance. She is particularly interested in the role of civil society in governance of natural resources, and the role of formal and informal rules and norms. Geographically, Yasuda’s work to date focused on Southeast Asia. Her current research involves analysis of legal political economy analysis of transboundary river, including the Jordan River and the Burahmaputra River, expanding her area of expertise.