Professor Dr. Saskia Nowicki

Biography

Saskia Nowicki is a Senior Research Associate at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, where she is involved in the REACH water security programme and serves as co-chair of the Oxford Water Network. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on social-ecological systems, applying insights from earth systems, aquatic ecology, water science, and policy management. She holds a BSc and an MSc in related fields, and her doctoral research highlights leverage points for systemic change to mitigate health risks from unsafe drinking water supplies. Continue her endeavors in developing actionable water quality risk management policies that enhance health equity and ecosystem integrity, particularly under the stress of climate change. Her current projects underscore the importance of collaborative research that bridges natural and social sciences, aiming to address long-standing water quality challenges and their implications for biodiversity and public health.

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