


Seven women defenders of four rivers of the Magdalena-Cauca macrobasin shared their dreams and struggles in a threeday meeting in Medellín, Colombia
Aiming to amplify and support local voices around river defence,…

Voices of the Piatúa – a campaign to protect a free-flowing river in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Voices of the Piatúa – a campaign to protect a free-flowing…


The Twelfth National Water Forum, Quito, Ecuador
Finally, the researchers of the Riverhood and River Commons projects…

International seminar “Ríos, Territorios y Poder: cartografía política y representaciones hidrosociales alternativas”, Riobamba, Ecuador
The Travelling Rivers workshop series was further complemented…

Travelling Rivers Initiative in Colombia and Ecuador
From April to June this year, fisher and peasant communities,…


The small broccoli revolution
Hi, I am Meike! Normally, I am studying as a MSc student of Wageningen…

Sara’s fieldwork in Sempegua, Colombia
I am Sara, a Master’s student in Biology and International…

Franciska’s fieldwork in Zambia
Hello there! This is Franciska Sprong writing here. I am a master…

Travelling Rivers Initiative – counter mapping four Colombian rivers
The Travelling Rivers initiative, part of the Riverhood and River…

Piquete de río en el Salto de Tequendama convoca a activistas y cuidadores del agua para honrar las memorias y el futuro del río Bogotá
PhD researcher Laura Giraldo-Martínez, who is investigating…

Día mundial del Agua: de la ONU a nuestra mesa
By Ana María Arbeláez Trujillo for La Silla Llena. Ana…

Día mundial de acción por los ríos: ¿Qué estamos haciendo en Colombia?
By Ana María Arbeláez Trujillo, co-authored by Juliana Forigua-Sandoval…

Revitalizar el río Bogotá: redes y alianzas para su cuidado
By Laura Giraldo-Martínez for the newspaper EL ESPECTADOR. PhD…

Contributing to water governance debates of the UN Water Conference (and beyond)
The recent UN Water Conference sparked an international momentum…

We met the Magdalena River
After preparing and reading for over a year, I finally was able…

Reviving the Bogotá River (Colombia)
The Bogotá river isn’t dead. Despite decades of being declared…

12th Iberian Water Management and Planning Congress in Murcia, Spain
From 26 to 28 January 2023, Rutgerd Boelens, Jerry van de Berge,…

Update Master Student Exchange Program River Commons
The group of master students meets at Casa Migrante in Amsterdam,…

United Nations, Riverhood, River Commons: Human Rights to Water and Socio-ecological Rivers
On January 26 and 27, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the…

Knowledge that does not undermine anyone
In this interview for NWO, the Dutch Research Council, Rutgerd…

Riverhood in the event “Citizen Science in ERC projects”
On December 7th 2022, Rutgerd Boelens, Daniele Tubino, and Bibiana…

Carlota Houart’s participation in the Deep Commons Conference 2022
On 27 October, Carlota Houart, PhD researcher at the Riverhood…

Logo for the WASS PhD Council
We are thrilled to share that Catalina Rey Hernández, PhD researcher…

First steps of Riverhood
In this interview published in the WUR magazine, Rutgerd Boelens…

PhD graduation of Lena Hommes awarded with Cum Laude
On the 6th of July we celebrated the PhD defense of Lena Hommes,…

De Berkel river Encounters: Relations about biodiversity, mapping and cyanotypes
by Catalina Rey-Hernández & Laura Giraldo-Martínez
On…

Seven women defenders of four rivers of the Magdalena-Cauca macrobasin shared their dreams and struggles in a threeday meeting in Medellín, Colombia
Aiming to amplify and support local voices around river defence,…

Voices of the Piatúa – a campaign to protect a free-flowing river in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Voices of the Piatúa – a campaign to protect a free-flowing…


The Twelfth National Water Forum, Quito, Ecuador
Finally, the researchers of the Riverhood and River Commons projects…

International seminar “Ríos, Territorios y Poder: cartografía política y representaciones hidrosociales alternativas”, Riobamba, Ecuador
The Travelling Rivers workshop series was further complemented…

Travelling Rivers Initiative in Colombia and Ecuador
From April to June this year, fisher and peasant communities,…


The small broccoli revolution
Hi, I am Meike! Normally, I am studying as a MSc student of Wageningen…

Sara’s fieldwork in Sempegua, Colombia
I am Sara, a Master’s student in Biology and International…

Franciska’s fieldwork in Zambia
Hello there! This is Franciska Sprong writing here. I am a master…

Travelling Rivers Initiative – counter mapping four Colombian rivers
The Travelling Rivers initiative, part of the Riverhood and River…

Piquete de río en el Salto de Tequendama convoca a activistas y cuidadores del agua para honrar las memorias y el futuro del río Bogotá
PhD researcher Laura Giraldo-Martínez, who is investigating…

Día mundial del Agua: de la ONU a nuestra mesa
By Ana María Arbeláez Trujillo for La Silla Llena. Ana…

Día mundial de acción por los ríos: ¿Qué estamos haciendo en Colombia?
By Ana María Arbeláez Trujillo, co-authored by Juliana Forigua-Sandoval…

Revitalizar el río Bogotá: redes y alianzas para su cuidado
By Laura Giraldo-Martínez for the newspaper EL ESPECTADOR. PhD…

Contributing to water governance debates of the UN Water Conference (and beyond)
The recent UN Water Conference sparked an international momentum…

We met the Magdalena River
After preparing and reading for over a year, I finally was able…

Reviving the Bogotá River (Colombia)
The Bogotá river isn’t dead. Despite decades of being declared…

12th Iberian Water Management and Planning Congress in Murcia, Spain
From 26 to 28 January 2023, Rutgerd Boelens, Jerry van de Berge,…

Update Master Student Exchange Program River Commons
The group of master students meets at Casa Migrante in Amsterdam,…

United Nations, Riverhood, River Commons: Human Rights to Water and Socio-ecological Rivers
On January 26 and 27, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the…

Knowledge that does not undermine anyone
In this interview for NWO, the Dutch Research Council, Rutgerd…

Riverhood in the event “Citizen Science in ERC projects”
On December 7th 2022, Rutgerd Boelens, Daniele Tubino, and Bibiana…

Carlota Houart’s participation in the Deep Commons Conference 2022
On 27 October, Carlota Houart, PhD researcher at the Riverhood…

Logo for the WASS PhD Council
We are thrilled to share that Catalina Rey Hernández, PhD researcher…

First steps of Riverhood
In this interview published in the WUR magazine, Rutgerd Boelens…

PhD graduation of Lena Hommes awarded with Cum Laude
On the 6th of July we celebrated the PhD defense of Lena Hommes,…
photo by Catalina Rey Hernández