Water Unites

Alfred Diebold is the Technical Director of the Executive Committee of the International Fund for saving the Aral Sea in Almaty/Kazakhstan. He is holding a doctorate degree in economics from Stuttgart University/Germany. His interests are in the area of sustainable management of water resources, the integration of economic, environmental and political considerations in transboundary basins. He was also trained as a photographer and film maker at the Tisch School of the Arts in New York/USA. Since the start of his professional career he worked with the United Nations, NGOs and private companies in Asia, Africa and Europe. He produced films, wrote books and articles. A classic travel guide on expeditions and travelling in the Arctic region (in German) is also available at Trescher Verlag: https://www.trescher-verlag.de/reisefuehrer/kreuzfahrten-und-flusskreuzfahrten/kreuzfahrten-nordmeer-und-arktis.html Jenniver Sehring works as a freelance consultant and researcher and is an associate at the Ecologic Institute, Berlin. She has been working and researching for ten years on environment, water, energy and climate change in Central Asia. From 2009 to 2011, she was Political Adviser for Water Affairs to the Special Representative for Central Asia of the European Union (EU). Previously, she worked at several German universities and was editorial assistant of the scientific journal "Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft / Comparative Governance and Politics". Jenniver Sehring received her PhD in Political Science from the FernUniversität in Hagen with a dissertation on the politics of water institutional reforms in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Alfred Diebold is the Technical Director of the Executive Committee of the International Fund for saving the Aral Sea in Almaty/Kazakhstan. He is holding a doctorate degree in economics from Stuttgart University/Germany. His interests are in the area of sustainable management of water resources, the integration of economic, environmental and political considerations in transboundary basins. He was also trained as a photographer and film maker at the Tisch School of the Arts in New York/USA. Since the start of his professional career he worked with the United Nations, NGOs and private companies in Asia, Africa and Europe. He produced films, wrote books and articles. Another book about travelling in the Arctic on board of expedition ships was published in our publishing house in 2011. Alfred Diebold ist der Technische Direktor des Exekutivkomitees der Internationalen Stiftung zur Rettung des Aralsees in Almaty / Kasachstan. Er hält einen Doktortitel in Wirtschaftswissenschaften von der Universität Stuttgart / Deutschland. Seine Interessen liegen im Bereich der nachhaltigen Bewirtschaftung der Wasserressourcen, der Integration ökonomischer, ökologischer und politischer Erwägungen im grenzüberschreitenden Wasserressourcenmanagement. Er hat auch eine Ausbildung als Fotograf und Filmemacher an der Tisch School of the Arts in New York / USA durchlaufen. Seit Beginn seiner beruflichen Laufbahn arbeitete er bei den Vereinten Nationen, Nichtregierungsorganisationen und privaten Unternehmen in Asien, Afrika und Europa. Er produzierte Filme, schrieb Bücher und Artikel. Ein weiteres Buch über das Reisen in der Arktis an Bord von Expeditionsschiffen wurde im gleichen Verlag im Jahr 2011 veröffentlicht. Jenniver Sehring works as a freelance consultant and researcher and is an associate at the Ecologic Institute, Berlin. She has been working and researching for ten years on environment, water, energy and climate change in Central Asia. From 2009 to 2011, she was Political Adviser for Water Affairs to the Special Representative for Central Asia of the European Union (EU). Previously, she worked at several German universities and was editorial assistant of the scientific journal "Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft / Comparative Governance and Politics". Jenniver Sehring received her PhD in Political Science from the FernUniversität in Hagen with a dissertation on the politics of water institutional reforms in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Jenniver Sehring arbeitet als freier Berater und Forscher und ist Associate des Ecologic Institute in Berlin. Sie arbeitet und forscht seit zehn Jahren auf den Gebieten Umwelt, Wasser, Energie und Klimawandel in Zentralasien. Von 2009 bis 2011 war sie politische Beraterin für Wasserangelegenheiten beim Sonderbeauftragten für Zentralasien der Europäischen Union (EU). Zuvor arbeitete sie an mehreren deutschen Universitäten und war Redaktionsassistentin der Fachzeitschrift "Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft / Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft". Jenniver Sehring promovierte in Politikwissenschaft an der Fernuniversität in Hagen mit einer Dissertation über die Politik des Wassers und der institutionellen Reformen in Kirgisistan und Tadschikistan.