Welcome to the WatIF blog! As graduate students researching water related topics, we each have our own stories, interests and passions when it comes to water, be it an interesting not-for profit you volunteer for, your passion for water related art forms, or a really cool article you read that gave you an AHA! moment. And often we get excited to share these ideas and experiences with people of similar interests, or to learn new things outside of our “fields” of research. As water researchers, sometimes we get pigeon holed into seeing water as the subject of endless academic papers, countless hours in the lab, and endless stress, and so we tend to forget or become disconnected from why we chose to be in this field, and why we chose to study water.
WatIF hopes to reconnect you with water in different ways and re-ignite that passion inside you. To do so we have decided to start a blog where early water leaders can share their stories/passions to inspire themselves and their peers. Grad students talk about their research endlessly, so we would like to provide a platform where you can a) articulate your research in different ways that conventional academic outlets may not allow, and b) write about other water related things that are not apart of your research but you are passion about (for example, I study long-term climate impacts to freshwater lakes, but my passion and interest lay in virtual water and sustainable water use, as well as transboundary water challenges). The best part about WatIF is that we are multi/interdisciplinary and so we will share such a wide range of posts for your reading pleasure. And the icing on the cake?! WatIF 2016 will be an international conference and so our blog posts will be written from students across the world.
In this blog, we hope to develop a network in which early water leaders and researchers can share their passions and aspirations with a water community. As always, our blog will follow WatIF’s three main pillars: community, education and empowerment. Our blog will establish an interactive community composed of interested individuals from all over the globe and from a variety of disciplines. Authors will be given a voice and thus have the opportunity to educate others about their passions, research and water related issues. Finally, we hope that this blog will provide an opportunity to empower authors to share their opinions, stories and research.
WatIF will be posting for the blog every second week. We are extremely excited about the introduction of the blog to the WatIF website as it will be an extremely interesting method of aiding interdisciplinary communication and collaboration within the WatIF community.
Writers for the WatIF blog will be provided an opportunity to reach a largely diverse, international audience. Authoring a piece for the blog allows young water researchers and professionals to expand their networks personally and professionally. If you are passionate about water and want to share with the WatIF community, please contact the WatIF Digital Media Coordinator, Hannah Rundle by email ([email protected]) for more information about the posting process.
Your WatIF Conference Chair,
Donya Danesh
PhD Canddate, Department of Biology
Queen's University | Ontario | Canada
[email protected]
Donya Danesh
PhD Canddate, Department of Biology
Queen's University | Ontario | Canada
[email protected]
Your WatIF 2016 Conference Student Organizing Committee
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