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Overview

Francois Molle is affiliated with the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement in France. Their research primarily focuses on water resources management, governance, and the interface between groundwater and watershed systems. The scientist has contributed extensively across multiple fields, including Social Sciences, Environmental Science, and Engineering.

Their work frequently spans several subfields such as Political Science and International Relations, Ocean Engineering, Water Science and Technology, Environmental Engineering, and Sociology and Political Science.

Key topics in their research portfolio include:

  • Water resources management and optimization
  • Water Governance and Infrastructure
  • Groundwater and Watershed Analysis
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
  • Water management and technologies

Francois Molle has published multiple papers in reputable journals, with recent publications including:

  • Groundwater licensing and its challenges, 2020, Hydrogeology Journal
  • Groundwater metering: revisiting a ubiquitous 'best practice', 2021, Hydrogeology Journal
  • A bridge over troubled waters, 2021, Nature Sustainability
  • Review: Toward sustainable management of groundwater in the deserts of Egypt, 2023, Hydrogeology Journal
  • Learning from the past to build the future governance of groundwater use in agriculture, 2021, Water International

The scientist has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, including Marcel Kuper, Mehrez Zribi, Luca Brocca, Yves Tramblay, and Alvar Closas.

Francois Molle's publications often appear in venues such as Hydrogeology Journal, Kyoto University Research Information Repository, Nature Sustainability, Water International, and Water Policy.

In addition to journal articles, they have contributed to book publications, including a title published by Elsevier BV: Water Resources in the Mediterranean Region (2020).

Best Publications

  • The paradox of irrigation efficiency.

    R. Q. Grafton;R. Q. Grafton;J. Williams;C. J. Perry;F. Molle

  • Nirvana concepts, narratives and policy models : insights from the water sector

    François Molle

  • Hydraulic Bureaucracies and the Hydraulic Mission: Flows of Water, Flows of Power

    François Molle;Peter P. Mollinga;Philippus Wester

  • River-basin planning and management: the social life of a concept

    François Molle

  • Water, Politics and Development: Framing a Political Sociology of Water Resources Management

    P.P. Mollinga;A. Bhat;F. Cleaver;R. Meinzen-Dick

  • Water poverty indicators: conceptual problems and policy issues

    François Molle;Peter Mollinga

  • River basin closure: Processes, implications and responses

    François Molle;Philippus Wester;Philip Hirsch

  • Contested waterscapes in the Mekong Region: hydropower, livelihoods and governance

    François Molle;Tira Foran;Mira Kakonen

  • Trends in water and agricultural development

    David Molden;K. Frenken;R. Barker;Charlotte de Fraiture

  • Irrigation Water Pricing: The Gap Between Theory and Practice

    Francois Molle;J. Berkoff

  • Scales and power in river basin management: the Chao Phraya River in Thailand1

    Francois Molle

  • Cities versus agriculture: revisiting intersectoral water transfers, potential gains and conflicts

    François Molle;J. Berkoff

  • Irrigation in the Lower Mekong Basin countries: The beginning of a new era?

    Chu Thai Hoanh;Thierry Facon;Try Thuon;Ram C. Bastakoti

  • River basin development and management

    F. Molle;P. Wester;P. Hirsch;J.R. Jensen

  • Evolution of irrigation in South and Southeast Asia

    Randolph Barker;François Molle

  • Planning and managing water resources at the river-basin level: emergence and evolution of a concept

    Francois Molle

  • Development trajectories of river basins: a conceptual framework.

    François Molle

  • Agua para todos: the new regionalist hydraulic paradigm in Spain.

    E. Lopez-Gunn;F. Molle;P. Mollinga;P. Wester

  • Why Enough Is Never Enough: The Societal Determinants of River Basin Closure

    François Molle

  • River basin trajectories : societies, environments and development

    Francois Molle;P. Wester

  • Manual Do Pequeno Acude

    Francois Molle;Eric Cadier

Frequent Co-Authors

Philippus Wester
Philippus Wester International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
Hugh Turral
Hugh Turral International Water Management Institute
Mark Giordano
Mark Giordano Georgetown University
Louis Lebel
Louis Lebel Chiang Mai University
Tushaar Shah
Tushaar Shah International Water Management Institute
David Molden
David Molden World Bank
Meththika Vithanage
Meththika Vithanage University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Line Gordon
Line Gordon Stockholm Resilience Centre
Richard G. Allen
Richard G. Allen University of Idaho
Claudia Ringler
Claudia Ringler International Food Policy Research Institute

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