This workshop is part of a joint Norwegian-Indian activity project on water-related security challenges on the Indian subcontinent (INDSEC). INDSEC seeks to inspire high-quality academic research on various aspects of water security by bringing together experts with complementary skills and area competence on perhaps the world’s most challenging region in this context: South Asia. A follow-up workshop is scheduled for Delhi in October. INDSEC is sponsored by the Research Council of Norway’s INDNOR program.

The workshop will take place in Operasjonssentralen in the Red Cross building adjacent to ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ. This map shows you


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Monday 13 June

Arrival in Oslo; accommodation at Radisson Blu Plaza ()

Tuesday 14 June

Venue: Operasjonssentralen, Red Cross building adjacent to ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ

09:00 Welcome

Presentation of relevant research projects at ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ:

· Halvard Buhaug: NORKLIMA project
· Ã…shild KolÃ¥s: IDSA-ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ collaboration
· Kristian Hoelscher: BIPSS-ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ collaboration

Introductory talk by Ambassador I. P. Khosla on “Hydrodiplomacy in South Asiaâ€

10:00 Session I

Chair: Halvard Buhaug

Tridivesh Maini:
“From conflict to cooperation: Indo-Pak water issuesâ€

Uttam Sinha:
“Water hegemony, examining China's hydro-behaviourâ€

Nils Petter Gleditsch:
“International borders, rivers and conflict revisitedâ€

12:00 Lunch

13:00 Session II

Chair: Uttam Sinha

Sreeradha Datta:
“Indo-Bangladesh water sharing: dispelling fears and building trustâ€

Tobias Siegfried:
“Over-extraction in the shallow and the deep: The sustainability and reliability of India's groundwater irrigationâ€

16:00 End

18:30 Dinner

Dinner Restaurant ()

Wednesday 15 June

Venue: Operasjonssentralen, Red Cross building adjacent to ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ

09:00 Session III

Chair: Kapil Narula

Rohan D’Souza:
“From conflict to securitization: The making of another hydraulic paradigm in Indiaâ€

Gerdis Wischnath & Halvard Buhaug:
“Climate wars redux? On climate variability and armed conflict in Asia"

Rune Slettebak:
“Does natural disasters trigger communal violence in India? A natural experimentâ€

11:40 **** Wrap-up
Wrap-up; discussion of future activities. This ends the formal workshop program.

12:00 **** Lunch

14:00 - 15:30 Afternoon dedicated to Asia seminar at ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ with presentation by Maini and Khosla as discussant

Dinner TBC

Thursday 16 June

Departure

WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS

Åshild Kolås
Peace Research Institute Oslo, ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ

Eivind Berg Weibust
Peace Research Institute Oslo, ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ

Gerdis Wischnath
Peace Research Institute Oslo, ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ

Halvard Buhaug
Peace Research Institute Oslo, ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ

I.P. Khosla
Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses, IDSA

Jason Miklian
Peace Research Institute Oslo, ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ

Kristian Hoelscher
Peace Research Institute Oslo, ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ

Nils Petter Gleditsch
Peace Research Institute Oslo, ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ

Rohan D’Souza
Jawaharlal Nehru University

Rune Slettebak
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU

Sreeradha Datta
Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses, IDSA

Tobias Siegfried
ETH Zurich

Tridivesh Maini
Observer Research Foundation

Uttam Sinha
Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses, IDSA