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PSIRU coordinated the Concretely Utopian Public Services<\/em> stream, with contributions from Emanuele Lobina, Conor Gray and Julia Bacchieri Indiani.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t
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December 2025
Water Justice and Public\u2013Public Partnerships Meeting<\/strong>
Lagos, Nigeria<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n
Emanuele Lobina presented international evidence on water privatisation, remunicipalisation and public\u2013public partnerships to policymakers, trade unions and civil society.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n
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8 December 2025
London and Paris Calling: From Conspicuous Accumulation to Deep Sustainable Development in the Water Sector<\/strong>
Greenwich, London<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n
Emanuele Lobina and Conor Gray presented their research on water financialisation and ownership models.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n
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27\u201330 October 2025
6th Global Water Operators’ Partnerships Congress<\/strong>
Bonn, Germany<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n
Emanuele Lobina participated in discussions on strengthening public water utilities through partnerships and worker participation.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n
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27 October 2025
Water Financialisation in Brazil: Who Gains?<\/strong>
Online<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n
PSIRU hosted a research seminar featuring Emanuele Lobina, Barbara Furtado Barra, L\u00e9o Heller and contributions from David Hall and other experts.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n
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21 October 2025
Towards a History of Global Water Development? Against Cognitive Dissonance<\/strong>
Greenwich, London<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n
Emanuele Lobina and Conor Gray presented findings at a PEGFA research seminar.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n
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29 June\u20136 July 2025
Inaugural PSIRU Summer School<\/strong>
Greenwich, London<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n
PSIRU and its international partners delivered practical research training for trade unionists and campaigners from around the world.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n
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18\u201320 June 2025
27th Annual AHE Conference<\/strong>
King’s College London<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n
Conor Gray and Emanuele Lobina presented research on critical realist modelling of water reform in England and Wales.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n
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10 June 2025
People’s Commission on the Water Sector \u2013 Event Four: Securing Public Value<\/strong>
Henley-on-Thames<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n
David Hall contributed expert evidence on water company finances, public investment and public ownership.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n
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April 2025
UCL Development Planning Unit Guest Lecture<\/strong>
London<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n
Emanuele Lobina shared international lessons on water justice and transformative remunicipalisation with visitors from a Brazilian water utility.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n
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27 March 2025
People’s Commission on the Water Sector \u2013 Event One: International Water Systems<\/strong>
Online<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n
Emanuele Lobina delivered the opening summary, while Vera Weghmann spoke about water remunicipalisation in Berlin.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n
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26 March 2025
Water Resilience: Putting People and Planet First<\/strong>
Brussels<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n
Vera Weghmann delivered the keynote address at an event jointly organised by AK EUROPA and EPSU.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n
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24 March 2025
Public Policies and Water Justice in the Face of Water Financialisation<\/strong>
Spanish Parliament, Madrid<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n
Emanuele Lobina presented a critique of the Global Commission on the Economics of Water, drawing on research co-authored with Conor Gray.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n
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21 March 2025
Private Water in Trouble: Where Next for the British Water Industry?<\/strong>
Online<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n
David Hall spoke alongside Kate Bayliss in a JustWaterFutures seminar examining Thames Water, privatisation and alternative approaches.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n
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20 February 2025
Burning Waste, Fuelling Inequality<\/strong>
University of Glasgow<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n
Vera Weghmann was invited to present her research on the political economy of privatised waste-to-energy schemes, resistance and public alternatives.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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