Researcher · Water Scarcity · Central Asia
Nafisa Mirzojamshedsoda
PhD researcher working on water scarcity, climate change, sustainable groundwater use, and hydrosocial transformations in Central Asia.
PhD researcher working on water scarcity, climate change, sustainable groundwater use, and hydrosocial transformations in Central Asia.
I am a researcher from Tajikistan based in Berlin. My academic work focuses on how water scarcity is produced, experienced, and negotiated across local, national, regional, and transboundary scales.
My research combines qualitative fieldwork, case study methodology, hydrosocial analysis, and interdisciplinary approaches to understand water, infrastructure, livelihoods, and environmental change.
Fergana Valley, downstream Tajikistan, irrigation systems, groundwater depletion, climate change, and everyday water practices.
Exploring water as a social, political, ecological, and material relation rather than only a technical resource.
Studying how scarcity is shaped by infrastructure, governance, climate variability, and unequal access.
Analyzing irrigation canals, rivers, and institutions across local, national, and regional scales in Central Asia.
Research on Konibodom and Jabbor Rasulov districts, including the Big Fergana Canal, Khoja Bakirgan Canal, Isfara River, and Syr Darya-related irrigation landscapes.
Fieldwork, interviews, workshops, systemic knowledge mapping, observations, and document analysis to examine multiple water realities and lived experiences.
For academic collaboration, conference invitations, or research exchange, please contact me by email.
Email: nafisa@mirzo.world
Location: Berlin, Germany