Collective Action in Local Common-pool Resources: Water Crises from a Global Economic Historical Perspective

Part 1: 8.30 - 9.05

Björn Brey (University of Oxford, Norwegian School of Economics) Jacob Weisdorf (Sapienza University of Rome, CAGE, and CEPR) “Water Rights and Technological Inertia: Evidence from the Electrification of Switzerland”

Kurt Semm (Barnard College, Columbia University) “A Tragedy of a Water Commons: A Case Study of the Colorado River”

Short Q&A

Part 2: 9.05-9.40

Maïka De Keyzer, Lisa Vanoppré (KU Leuven) ” Cooperation as the Key to Success in Maintaining Water Resources in the Fayum in Ptolemaic Egypt”

Nicola Tynan (Dickinson College) “Finding the Water: “Groundwater Sources for Piped Supply in England and Wales”

Short Q&A

Part 3: 9.40 – 10.30

Henry Willebald, Paula Santos (Universidad de la República) “Agriculture Virtual Water Trade in Uruguay (1961–2022)”

Kimberly Montañez and Andres Palacio (Lund University), Montserrat Lopez Jerez (University of St Andrews): "Water and the Coffee Frontier: Rethinking Agrarian Expansion in Colombia, 1970–1997"

Giancarlo Macchi Janica (University of Siena), Leidys Murillo (University of Sucre and Lund University): “Anthropocene Signatures in Caribbean Colombia’s Dry Forests: A Landsat-Based Socio-Ecological History of Climate Vulnerability (1972–2025)”

Short Q&A