Barbara van Koppen

Barbara van Koppen (Ph.D.) is Principal Researcher Poverty, Gender, and Water in the International Water Management Institute, currently based in the IWMI Southern Africa office in Pretoria. She leads multi-country research in Africa and Asia on legal pluralism, water law, and community-driven water service delivery from a gender and human rights perspective. She is lead-author and -editor of five books and (co-) author of over 120 international peer-reviewed publications. She engages in national and international policy dialogue, among other as coordinator of the global Multiple Use water Services (MUS) Group. She served in the Steering Committee of the Global Water Partnership.