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Dr. Karen Bakker is Professor, Canada Research Chair, and Director of the Program on Water Governance at the University of British Columbia.
Named one of Canada’s Top 40 under 40 in 2011, Dr. Bakker is a Rhodes Scholar with a PhD from Oxford University.
Fluent in French and Spanish, and the author of over 100 academic publications (including sole-authored books with Oxford and Cornell University Press), Dr Bakker regularly advises international and non-governmental organizations on water policy. Her journal articles have appeared in top 10 ISI-ranked peer-reviewed journals in six fields: Development Studies, Economics, Environmental Studies, Geography, Political Science, and Urban Studies. Her work has been translated into French, German and Spanish, and has appeared in the New York Times, the British Sunday Times, and the London Independent.
Recent Publications
Beyond Privatization: Governance Failure and the World's Urban Water Crisis (US Edition)
Beyond Privatization: Governance Failure and the World's Urban Water Crisis (Asian Edition)
