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Trevor Birkenholtz is a political ecologist and development geographer with regional interests in South Asia and the United States. His empirical research focuses on water supply development, water infrastructure, and the politics of wetlands. He employs qualitative mixed methods approaches and computational techniques, including big data analytics, to explore the intricate links between technological and environmental change. His scholarly work is primarily framed within political economy and science and technology studies (STS) frameworks, examining how these factors influence the politics of water supply development and the livelihoods of natural resource-dependent communities. Trevor collaborates with engineers, physical scientists, and economists to analyze the processes involved in market-based natural resource governance reforms. He is actively recruiting graduate students interested in these topics for the Fall 2025 program.
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