{"id":1171,"date":"2026-03-26T16:41:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T16:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/psiru\/?p=1171"},"modified":"2026-03-26T16:52:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T16:52:31","slug":"psiru-marks-one-year-of-significant-public-engagement-in-water-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/psiru\/2026\/03\/26\/psiru-marks-one-year-of-significant-public-engagement-in-water-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"PSIRU marks one year of significant public engagement in water reform"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Over the past year, researchers from the Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU) have played a significant role in national and international debates on sustainable water reform. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gre.ac.uk\/articles\/res\/taking-stock-reflecting-on-one-year-of-public-engagement-on-water-reform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A full article <\/a>reflecting on one year of public engagement in water reform has been published by the University of Greenwich.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Led by Dr Emanuele Lobina, Associate Professor in Water Service Reform, PSIRU\u2019s work on the water sector informs policymakers, trade unions, civil society organisations and public service providers across the globe. Below is a summary of PSIRU\u2019s year of public engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"><strong>December 2024:<\/strong> Dr Lobina and Professor David Hall presented Clean Water: A Case for Public Ownership at UK Parliament, supporting Clive Lewis\u2019s water reform bill.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"><strong>June\u2013July 2025:<\/strong> PSIRU\u2019s work cited in the EFRA Select Committee report and referenced by George Monbiot in The Guardian.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"><strong>March 2025:<\/strong> Dr Lobina presented a Global Commission on the Economics of Water draft report at the Spanish Parliament and spoke alongside UN Special Rapporteur Pedro Arrojo Agudo.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"><strong>March 2025:<\/strong> Dr Vera Weghmann delivered a keynote in Brussels on the EU Water Resilience Strategy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"><strong>March 2025:<\/strong> Dr Lobina and Dr Weghmann contributed to the People\u2019s Commission on the Water Sector\u2019s first event; Professor Hall later invited to its fourth event (June 2025).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"><strong>April 2025: <\/strong>Dr Lobina gave a guest lecture at UCL on water justice and remunicipalisation for Brazilian water utility participants.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"><strong>July 2025<\/strong>: The Cunliffe Review cited PSIRU research on water regulation in England and Wales.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"><strong>October 2025:<\/strong> Dr Lobina spoke at UN-Habitat\u2019s Global Water Operators\u2019 Partnerships Alliance Congress in Bonn.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"><strong>December 2025:<\/strong> Dr Lobina presented alternative water provision approaches at a high-level meeting in Lagos, Nigeria.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the full article, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gre.ac.uk\/articles\/res\/taking-stock-reflecting-on-one-year-of-public-engagement-on-water-reform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Taking stock: Reflecting on one year of public engagement on water reform.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><sub>Photo credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/publicservices.international\/resources\/news\/decent-work-is-essential-to-ensure-the-human-right-to-clean-water-and-sanitation?id=16245&amp;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Public Services International (PSI)<\/a><\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo credit: PSI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":1176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/psiru\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/Emanuele-Lobina-PSI-GWOPA_IMG_4916_2.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"hd7434p","author_link":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/psiru\/author\/hd7434p\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/psiru\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/Emanuele-Lobina-PSI-GWOPA_IMG_4916_2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/psiru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/psiru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/psiru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/psiru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/psiru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1171"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/psiru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1184,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/psiru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1171\/revisions\/1184"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/psiru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/psiru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/psiru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/psiru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}