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Arjen Hoekstra (1967-2019) was Professor in Water Management at the University of Twente, and Visiting Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. He held an MSc degree in Civil Engineering and a PhD degree in Policy Analysis, both from Delft University of Technology. Hoekstra has led a variety of interdisciplinary research projects and advised governments, civil society organizations, companies and multilateral institutions like UNESCO and the World Bank. Hoekstra received various awards, including an ERC Advanced Grant, Europe's most prestigious research grant.
Hoekstra pioneered in quantifying the water volumes virtually embedded in trade, thus showing the relevance of a global perspective on water use and scarcity. As creator of the water footprint concept, Hoekstra introduced supply-chain thinking in water management. With the development of Water Footprint Assessment he laid the foundation of a new interdisciplinary research field, addressing the relations between water management, consumption and trade. Hoekstra was founder of the Water Footprint Network (2008), co-initiator of the Water Footprint Research Alliance (2015) and founding member of the Planetary Accounting Network (2018).
Hoekstra's scientific publications cover a wide range of topics related to water, food, energy and trade and include a large number of highly cited articles and book chapters. His books were translated into several languages and include The Water Footprint of Modern Consumer Society (Routledge, 2013, 2019), The Water Footprint Assessment Manual (Earthscan, 2011) and Globalization of Water (Wiley-Blackwell, 2008). Hoekstra was Editor-in-Chief of Water, an interdisciplinary open-access journal covering all aspects of water, including water science, technology, management and governance.
Hoekstra has been teaching in a variety of subjects, including: sustainable development, water management, river basin management, hydrology, water quality, water footprint assessment, natural resources valuation, environmental systems analysis, and policy analysis. He developed various educational tools, including the River Basin Game and the Globalization of Water Role Play.
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Capping Human Water Footprints in the World's River Basins
Hogeboom, RJ., de Bruin, D., Schyns, J. F., Krol, MS. & Hoekstra, A. Y., 1 Feb 2020, In : Earth's Future. 8, 2, e2019EF001363.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Reducing food waste and changing cropping patterns to reduce water consumption and pollution in cereal production in Iran
Karandish, F., Hoekstra, A. Y. & Hogeboom, R. J., 30 Mar 2020, In : Journal of hydrology. 586, p. 124881Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
The grey water footprint of human and veterinary pharmaceuticals
Wöhler, L., Niebaum, G., Krol, M. & Hoekstra, A. Y., 1 May 2020, In : Water research X. 7, 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
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Treenuts and groundnuts in the EAT-Lancet reference diet: Concerns regarding sustainable water use
Vanham, D., Mekonnen, M. M. & Hoekstra, A. Y., Mar 2020, In : Global Food Security. 24, 100357.Research output: Contribution to journal › Short survey › Academic › peer-review
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Water-saving agriculture can deliver deep water cuts for China
Huang, G., Hoekstra, A. Y., Krol, M. S., Jägermeyr, J., Galindo, A., Yu, C. & Wang, R., 1 Mar 2020, In : Resources, conservation and recycling. 154, 104578.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
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Datasets
Dataset for Changing global cropping patterns to minimize blue water scarcity in the world’s hotspots
Chouchane, H. (Creator), Krol, M. S. (Creator), Hoekstra, A. Y. (Creator), 4TU.Centre for Research Data, 24 Apr 2019
DOI: 10.4121/uuid:f2f5cba2-655d-473a-b547-fde94a386dfc
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- 1 Oral presentation
Water accounting: virtual water transfers and water footprints
Maite Martinez-Aldaya (Speaker), Arjen Ysbert Hoekstra (Speaker)29 Oct 2008 → 31 Oct 2008
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Eén hamburger staat gelijk aan zeven weken douchen
Arjen Y. Hoekstra & H. Prast
24/04/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other