Water Innovation and Global Governance (WIGG) Lab
Description:
The Water, Innovation, and Global Governance (WIGG) Lab, housed at CFGS, was established in 2013 under the direction of Dr. Michele-Lee Moore (UVic Geography) and Oliver M. Brandes (POLIS Project). The WIGG Lab team is made up of Honours undergraduate, Masters, and PhD students, as well as Postdoctoral Fellows.
The goal of this collaborative initiative is to advance interdisciplinary research in the areas of water, social and social-ecological innovations, and governance -and apply that research in local (often rural) and international contexts as part of transdisciplinary processes. Each of the projects undertaken by the WIGG lab aims to understand the focus on the transformative agency and capacities involved, the importance of plural knowledge(s) and plural futures, and the lived experiences of navigating towards transformations for sustainability and justice.
The research relies heavily, although not exclusively, on complex system research, resilience science, sustainability transformations, and plural knowledges and methodological approaches as part of understanding and supporting change-making that is sustainable, peaceful and just. Given the inter- and transdisciplinary nature of the lab, WIGG also engages in sharing and building research capacity with partners and the UVic community by working with the Departments of Geography, Biology, Law, Public Administration, Political Science, and the School of Environmental Studies.
Partners and Collaborators:
The WIGGLab has partnered with many organizations both within and outside of CFGS over the years. Current project collaborators include:
The Esoterra labs at UVic.
The Transformational Sustainability Science Group at the University of Freiburg.
WASHCanada, an NSERC Create effort for Water and Sanitation for Low-resource Contexts.
The SAFER project housed at the Stockholm Resilience Centre.
UVic's Groundwater and Sustainability Science Research Group.
The Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability at UBC.
For more information about WIGG Lab and its current research, contact:
The general WIGGLab account - wigglab@gmail.com
You can also visit the project website at:
Funding:
We are grateful for funding from Canada's Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council.