Dr. Alice Cohen
Research Interests: Alice is interested in the relationships between water and boundaries of all kinds – hydrologic, social, and political.
Current position: Alice is currently a SSHRC postdoctoral fellow in the geography department at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. Alice remains connected to the PoWG in her capacity as co-editor of Water Without Borders – an edited volume carried out through the Program’s transboundary water governance initiative.
Biography: Alice completed a Ph.D. at the Program on Water Governance in December 2011. Her research focused on rescaled water governance initiatives in Canada. Prior to her doctoral work, Alice completed an M.A. at UBC (2007), and a B.A. (hon) at McGill University (2003). Alice is a former Gordon Foundation water policy fellow, and during her time at UBC was a scholar in the Liu Scholar Program.
When she is not working on water issues, you can find Alice on canoeing or hiking trips, running half marathons, or taking pictures.
Contact: alice.cohen@alumni.ubc.ca
Publications:
Cohen, A. and L. Harris (forthcoming) “Performing watersheds: performativity and the production of scale” in Performativity, Space, and Politics, eds. R. Rose-Redwood and M. Glass. Under review at Routledge.
Cohen, A. (2011) From water to watershed: an analysis of rescaled water governance in Canada. Thesis completed in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of British Columbia.
Cohen, A. and S. Davidson. (2011). The watershed approach: Challenges, antecedents, and the transition from technical tool to governance unit. Water Alternatives 4(1): 521-534.
Cohen, A. (2010). Review of Michel, David; Pandya, Amitt (eds). Troubled Waters: Climate Change, Hydropolitics, and Transboundary Resources. H-Water, H-Net Reviews. February.
Cohen, A. and Bakker, K. (2010). Groundwater Governance: explaining regulatory non-compliance. International Journal of Water 5(3): 246-266.
Cohen, A. (2009). The Sixth Great Lake: Groundwater in the Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Basin, a report done through the Walter and Duncan Gordon Water Policy Fellowship program.
Hill, C., K. Furlong, K. Bakker, and A. Cohen. (2008). Harmonization versus Subsidiarity: A Review of Water Governance and Legislation in the Canadian Provinces and Territories. Canadian Water Resources Journal 33(4): 315-332
Hill, C., K. Furlong, K. Bakker, and A. Cohen. (2007) A Survey of Water Governance Legislation and Policies in the Provinces and Territories. In Eau Canada: The Future of Canada’s Water, ed. Karen Bakker. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press.
