Ir. Annelieke Duker
Junior Lecturer / Researcher in Irrigation and Drainage
Biography
Annelieke Duker works as a lecturer/researcher in Irrigation and Drainage at the Land and Water Development chair group within the Water Science and Engineering department.
She obtained her Masters in International Land and Water Management with a specialisation in Irrigation and Water Engineering at Wageningen University in 2007. In the course of her education she gained experience in research in Bolivia, Ghana and South Africa. Subjects included water rights, waste water irrigation and river basin management.
She has experience in working at three different Dutch ministries: Infrastructure and Environment, Foreign Affairs, and Economic Affairs. As a policy maker at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment her work included developing climate-proof fresh water management strategies within the Delta Programme. Before joining UNESCO-IHE she worked with VSO in Kenya on strengthening water supply management and enhancing food security at community level.
She is currently involved in a NWO funded project on analysing impacts from climate finance mechanism on conflict and cooperation at international, national and local (Ethiopia and Indonesia) level.