«Water is essential for life. Therefore, initiatives upholding the right to water, like the Blue Communities, are important for advancing social and environmental justice.»
Gemma Gasseau is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Scuola Normale Superiore (Firenze, Italy). With an interdisciplinary background, she researches (global) economic structures, in their contradictions and condition for transformation. Her research interests include water governance, eco-social policies and environmental politics. Her publications include Globalizations and Review of International Political economy.
Selected Publications
Bridging the international political economy of water: social reproduction, governance and non-state actors. In: Review of International Political Economy, published 24 Jan 2025 (see here)
Book Review: Water struggles as resistance to neoliberal capitalism: a time of reproductive unrest, by Blue Community Ambassador Madelaine Moore. Published online: 30 Jan 2024 in: Social Movement Studies (see here)
Negotiating the public: re-municipalization, water politics and social reproduction. In: Globalizations, Volume 21, 2024 – Issue 7 (see here)