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HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES JOURNAL-JOURNAL DES SCIENCES HYDROLOGIQUES
Volume 66, Issue 11, Pages 1611-1624Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2021.1945609
Keywords
socio-hydrology; representation justice; feminist political ecology; inequality regimes; gender; intersectionality; hydrosocial studies
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- Institute of Sustainable Solutions at Portland State University
- National Science Foundation's Sustainability Research Network Grant [1444755]
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Research shows that females in the water sector are more likely to experience gender discrimination, with macro- and microaggressions affecting their career advancement and leadership opportunities. Socio-hydrology can benefit from a representation justice lens by considering factors such as power dynamics, politics, lived experiences, and intersectionality.
We propose representation justice as a theoretical lens for socio-hydrology and water governance studies. An exploratory survey of 496 water sector employees in the United States revealed that self-identifying females felt more strongly discriminated against due to their gender and other social factors, compared to self-identifying males. Responses unveiled how macro- and microaggressions impede career pathways to leadership positions and, therefore, representation. We identify ways in which socio-hydrology can benefit from a representation justice lens by considering the following: (1) how power and politics shape the composition of the water sector and decision-making processes; (2) how available quantitative data do not account for lived experiences of individuals in the water sector; and (3) how intersectionality cannot easily be accounted for in current socio-hydrological models. We offer a representation justice research and water management agenda that goes beyond quota filling to include meaningful engagement with diverse groups, lenses, and knowledge.
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