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About the author of this web site

Stefan Deconinck holds a Ma. of Early-modern History and a Ma. of International Relations (Ghent University, Belgium).
Currently he is a research fellow at the Center for Security and Defence Studies in Brussels, Belgium. Previously he worked at Ghent University and the KUB University of Brussels.
He is authoring a PhD. on 'water, ideology and security perceptions in Israel'.

For a more complete overview, look at the LinkedIn profile.

Contact

Stefan Deconinck
email: stefan.deconinck(at)gmail.com

Research topics and areas of interest

Environmental security; issues related to 'security' and 'water' in the Middle East, especially in the Jordan River basin
Israeli politics
Palestinian ngo's and civil society
Asian-European economic relations in the 17th and 18th century

Field research in Israel and Palestine (1995, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005); India (2004); Kenya (2010)

Selected publications

Deconinck S., 'Klimaatverandering en veiligheid: Europees en Belgisch beleid'. Brussel: KHID, 2010 (Focus Paper 16). [Climate change and security: European and Belgian policies]
Deconinck S., 'Water en conflict: een kwestie van veiligheid of kwetsbaarheid'. In: Willems P., Maes F., Water in de wereld, Vereniging voor de Verenigde Naties, 2010.
Deconinck S., 'Security as a threat to development: the geopolitics of water scarcity in the Nile River Basin'. Brussels: RHID, 2009 (Focus Paper 13).
Deconinck S., 'Water, ideology and international security in the Middle East', in: Madarat Gharbiya, Fall 2006.
Deconinck S., 'Water policies and security in Israel', in: Swiss Military Review, March 2004.
Deconinck S., 'Water als conflictpotentieel in het Midden-Oosten', in: VN-Forum, 3, 2003, pp. 14-20.
Deconinck S., 'Israeli water policy in a regional context of conflict: prospects for sustainable development for Israelis and Palestinians?', in: Castelein S. (ed.), From Conflict to Co-operation in International Water Resources Management: Challenges and Opportunities, UNESCO, 2003.
Deconinck S., Öl ins Feuer - Wasser im israelisch-palästinensischen Konflikt, Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Internationale Politik (Mai 2001)
Van Assche J., Deconinck S., Sustainable development at local government level, in: Prinsloo R., Democracy in training. Issues relevant to South Africa as a new democracy, Leuven Acco, 1998, pp. 115-149.
Deconinck S., Water en het Israëlisch-Palestijnse vredesproces, in: Internationale Spectator, 51, 1, 1997, pp. 17-22 (journal of the Dutch Institute for International Affairs 'Clingendael').
Various materials on this web site 'Waternet', about water and conflict in the Middle East (http://www.waternet.be/).
B@tavia, the virtual factorij of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). A web site about the early history of the Dutch East India Company, based on the graduation thesis Ik ga om een goede buit te halen. Zuidnederlanders in dienst van de Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie (1602-1660) (research on people from the Southern Lower Countries working for the VOC).

Presentations and lectures

at internationale conferenties (a.o. NATO-PA, UNESCO, UNCCD, EURAMES, METU);
teaching at universities (Ghent Univeristy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Universiteit Utrecht, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen);
training for teachers associations (Vereniging van Leerkrachten Aardrijkskunde), workshops, senior military (Belgian Defence College, Royal High Institute for Defence);
popularizing lectures.

"Climate change and security", training for the Belgian Defence Academy, 2010.
"Water scarcity, security and conflict", Utrecht University, 2010.
"Water and conflict in the Middle East", Groningen University, 2009.
"Water conflicts". Training for secundary school teachters on discussing conflicts in a classroom. Antwerpen, 2009.
"Israël-Palestina in de klas". Educational tools for teachers on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, 2006, 2008.