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9199
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8242
National Ranking
2941

Overview

Aaron T. Wolf is affiliated with Oregon State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences, with significant contributions in subfields such as sociology and political science, water science and technology, political science and international relations, management, monitoring, policy and law, and geophysics.

Wolf's scholarly output includes work on topics related to transboundary water resource management, hydropower, displacement and environmental impact, water-energy-food nexus studies, international maritime law issues, water governance and infrastructure, global energy security and policy, and Arctic and Russian policy studies.

The scientist has published several papers in key venues, including:

  • Exploring discursive hydropolitics: a conceptual framework and research agenda, 2021, International Journal of Water Resources Development
  • Reflections on transboundary water conflict and cooperation trends, 2024, Water International
  • Will Islamic Water Management Principles Be Included If the Helmand River Treaty Is Revisited?, 2021, Water
  • Intrinsic and Spiritual Dimensions of Water at the Local Scale, and the Disconnect with International Institutions, 2021, Sustainability
  • Comparison and Contrast of Islamic Water Management Principles with International Water Law Principles: A Case Study of Helmand River Basin, 2021, Preprints.org

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Environment and Security
  • Goldschmidt2022 abstracts
  • Water International
  • International Journal of Water Resources Development
  • Water

Wolf has collaborated often with several coauthors, including Melissa McCracken, Alexandra Turgul, E. Lynn Porta, Susanne Schmeier, and Zoe H. Rosenblum. These collaborations have contributed to the breadth and depth of their research output across different subfields and topics.

Best Publications

  • International waters: identifying basins at risk

    Aaron T. Wolf;Shira B. Yoffe;Mark Giordano

  • Conflict and cooperation along international waterways

    Aaron T. Wolf

  • International River Basins of the World

    Aaron T. Wolf;Jeffrey A. Natharius;Jeffrey J. Danielson;Brian S. Ward

  • Conflict and cooperation over international freshwater resources: Indicators of basins at risk

    Shira Yoffe;Aaron T. Wolf;Mark Giordano

  • Shared Waters: Conflict and Cooperation

    Aaron T. Wolf

  • Criteria for equitable allocations: the heart of international water conflict

    Aaron T. Wolf

  • Managing Water Conflict and Cooperation

    Aaron T. Wolf;Annika Kramer;Alexander Carius;Geoffrey D. Dabelko

  • Climate change and the institutional resilience of international river basins

    Lucia De Stefano;James Duncan;Shlomi Dinar;Kerstin Stahl

  • International water conflict and cooperation: challenges and opportunities

    Jacob D. Petersen-Perlman;Jennifer C. Veilleux;Aaron T. Wolf

  • Managing and transforming water conflicts

    Jerome Delli Priscoli;Aaron T. Wolf

  • Geography of international water conflict and cooperation: Data sets and applications

    Shira Yoffe;Greg Fiske;Mark Giordano;Meredith Giordano

  • Assessment of transboundary river basins for potential hydro-political tensions

    L. De Stefano;Jacob D. Petersen-Perlman;Eric A. Sproles;Jim Eynard

  • Modeling the costs and benefits of dam construction from a multidisciplinary perspective.

    Philip H. Brown;Desiree Tullos;Bryan Tilt;Darrin Magee

  • Transboundary freshwater dispute resolution: theory, practice, and annotated references.

    Heather L. Beach;Jesse Hamner;Joseph J. Hewitt;Edy Kaufman

  • The geography of water conflict and cooperation: internal pressures and international manifestations

    Meredith Giordano;Mark Giordano;Aaron Wolf

  • Tracking cooperation and conflict in international basins: historic and recent trends

    Lucia De Stefano;Paris Edwards;Lynette de Silva;Aaron T. Wolf

  • International Resource Conflict and Mitigation

    Mark F. Giordano;Meredith A. Giordano;Aaron T. Wolf

  • The Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database Project

    Aaron T. Wolf

  • A review of the evolution and state of transboundary freshwater treaties

    Mark Giordano;Mark Giordano;Alena Drieschova;James A. Duncan;Yoshiko Sayama

  • Hydropolitics Along the Jordan River: Scarce Water and Its Impact on the Arab-Israeli Conflict

    Aaron T. Wolf

  • International Water Conflict Resolution: Lessons from Comparative Analysis

    Aaron T. Wolf

  • Updating the Register of International River Basins of the world

    Melissa McCracken;Aaron T. Wolf

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Giordano
Mark Giordano Georgetown University
Ariel Dinar
Ariel Dinar University of California, Riverside
Kerstin Stahl
Kerstin Stahl University of Freiburg
Kelli L. Larson
Kelli L. Larson Arizona State University
Asit K. Biswas
Asit K. Biswas University of Glasgow
Itay Fischhendler
Itay Fischhendler Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Peter H. Gleick
Peter H. Gleick Pacific Institute
Yang Hong
Yang Hong University of Oklahoma
Johan Rockström
Johan Rockström Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

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