Personal profile
Personal profile
Since childhood, I’ve been closely connected to farming and water management. The passion for both topics eventually brought me to the University of Twente, where I am researching complex cross-disciplinary interactions between global water resources, agrifood systems, climate change, and society. Recent projects include analysing the historical water footprints of humanity with the World Bank Group and contributing to a multi-model assessment of future crop yields under climate change with AgMIP/ISIMIP. Besides research, I also serve as an outreach coordinator at the Water Footprint Network, give awareness-raising talks & interviews, and co-organise the annual Water-Energy-Food Nexus Symposium for early-career scientists.
Education/Academic qualification
Master, Instituto Superior Técnico
Award Date: 31 Aug 2019
Master, Technische Universitat Dresden
Award Date: 31 Aug 2019
Master, Groundwater and Global Change, UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education
Award Date: 31 Aug 2019
Keywords
- GE Environmental Sciences
- water footprint
- water scarcity
- climate change
- water resources management
- water energy food nexus
- S Agriculture (General)
- resilience
- food systems
Climate Expert Keywords
- Agriculture, Food and Soils
- Drought and Heat
- Water Consumption and Treatment
- Environmental Sciences
- Earth Sciences
- Global
- Present
- Past
- Future
- National
- Twente and Oost NL
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 2 Zero Hunger -
SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production -
SDG 13 Climate Action
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Evolution of global water footprints of crop production in 1990–2019
Mialyk, O., Booij, M. J., Schyns, J. F. & Berger, M., Nov 2024, In: Environmental research letters. 19, 11, 18 p., 114015.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Water footprints and crop water use of 175 individual crops for 1990–2019 simulated with a global crop model
Mialyk, O., Schyns, J. F., Booij, M. J., Su, H., Hogeboom, R. J. & Berger, M., 14 Feb 2024, In: Scientific Data. 11, 206.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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A new era of global crop water footprint estimates
Mialyk, O., 6 Oct 2025, In: Nature Food. 6, 10, p. 916-917 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/Letter to the editor › Academic › peer-review
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Complementary strengths of water footprint and life cycle assessments in analyzing global freshwater appropriation and its local impacts – Recommendations from an Interdisciplinary discussion series
Berger, M., Gerbens-Leenes, W., Karandish, F., Aldaya, M. M., Boulay, A. M., Hogeboom, R. J., Link, A., Manzardo, A., Mialyk, O., Motoshita, M., Nuñez, M., Pfister, S., Rosenbaum, R. K., Scherer, L., Su, H. & Wöhler, L., May 2025, In: Ecological indicators. 174, 113458.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › Academic › peer-review
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Does international trade help us deal with water scarcity problems?
Su, H., Mialyk, O., J. Hogeboom, R. & Berger, M., 18 Mar 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › Academic
Open Access
Datasets
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Data underlying the publication: Water footprints and crop water use of 175 individual crops for 1990–2019 simulated with a global crop model
Mialyk, O. (Creator), Schyns, J. F. (Creator), Booij, M. J. (Creator), Su, H. (Creator), Hogeboom, R. J. (Creator) & Berger, M. (Creator), 4TU.Centre for Research Data, 16 Aug 2023
DOI: 10.4121/7b45bcc6-686b-404d-a910-13c87156716a, https://data.4tu.nl/datasets/7b45bcc6-686b-404d-a910-13c87156716a and 6 more links, https://doi.org/10.4121/7b45bcc6-686b-404d-a910-13c87156716a.v1, https://data.4tu.nl/datasets/7b45bcc6-686b-404d-a910-13c87156716a/1, https://doi.org/10.4121/7b45bcc6-686b-404d-a910-13c87156716a.v2, https://data.4tu.nl/datasets/7b45bcc6-686b-404d-a910-13c87156716a/2, https://data.4tu.nl/datasets/7b45bcc6-686b-404d-a910-13c87156716a/3, https://doi.org/10.4121/7b45bcc6-686b-404d-a910-13c87156716a.v3 (show fewer)
Dataset
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Global gridded crop model ACEA
Mialyk, O. (Creator), Su, H. (Creator), Hogeboom, R. J. (Contributor), Schyns, J. F. (Contributor) & Booij, M. J. (Contributor), Zenodo, 14 Jan 2024
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10510933, https://zenodo.org/records/10510934 and one more link, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10510934 (show fewer)
Dataset
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Data underlying the publication: Small-scale and large-scale agriculture across water-scarce and water-abundant regions
Su, H. (Creator), Foster, T. (Creator), Hogeboom, R. J. (Creator), Luna-Gonzalez, D. V. (Creator), Willaarts, B. (Creator), Mialyk, O. (Creator), Wang, Y. (Creator) & Krol , M. (Creator), 4TU.Centre for Research Data, 8 Jan 2024
DOI: 10.4121/de21d6c2-95f7-42e5-a3cf-f5b66b559924, https://data.4tu.nl/datasets/de21d6c2-95f7-42e5-a3cf-f5b66b559924 and 9 more links, https://doi.org/10.4121/de21d6c2-95f7-42e5-a3cf-f5b66b559924.v1, https://data.4tu.nl/datasets/de21d6c2-95f7-42e5-a3cf-f5b66b559924/2, https://doi.org/10.4121/de21d6c2-95f7-42e5-a3cf-f5b66b559924.v2, https://data.4tu.nl/datasets/de21d6c2-95f7-42e5-a3cf-f5b66b559924/3, https://doi.org/10.4121/de21d6c2-95f7-42e5-a3cf-f5b66b559924.v3, https://data.4tu.nl/datasets/de21d6c2-95f7-42e5-a3cf-f5b66b559924/4, https://doi.org/10.4121/de21d6c2-95f7-42e5-a3cf-f5b66b559924.v4, https://data.4tu.nl/datasets/de21d6c2-95f7-42e5-a3cf-f5b66b559924/5, https://doi.org/10.4121/de21d6c2-95f7-42e5-a3cf-f5b66b559924.v5 (show fewer)
Dataset
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Data underlying the publication: Water Use in Spanish Agriculture (2001–2019): Trends and Impacts of Irrigation Intensification
Arbonès, G. (Creator), Mialyk, O. (Creator), Garrido, A. (Creator) & De Stefano, L. (Creator), Zenodo, 17 Sept 2025
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17144336, https://zenodo.org/records/17144336 and 2 more links, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17144337, https://zenodo.org/records/17144337 (show fewer)
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Activities
- 2 Oral presentation
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A new global gridded crop model to estimate water footprints of crops
Mialyk, O. (Speaker)
6 Sept 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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The value of information for the management of deficit irrigation systems
Schuetze, N. (Speaker) & Mialyk, O. (Speaker)
4 May 2020 → 8 May 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Press/Media
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Resilience Reflections #33: Resilience of our food systems
1/11/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Water consumption of crops rises to nearly 7 trillion cubic metres of water worldwide
28/10/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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I want to be at the forefront of science
2/01/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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Climate Change impact on global crop production can be expected within the next decade
2/11/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research