Publications

I regard academic writing as a journey full of analytical, creative and collaborative adventures. The journey ends with a thorough peer-review process that contributes to a better quality. The publications are a tangible result of those (often long) processes. Most publications are now freely available on the journal’s website (open access), please contact me if you want a copy of a particular paper.

I also share a selection of applied research reports for policy dialogues on water, agriculture, cities and nature. You find them when you scroll down. The reports show the type of analyses I conduct with colleagues and partners to inform decision-making.

Academic peer-reviewed

Seijger, C. (in press). Sequence of agricultural water use for society: Intensification, equity, conservation, disinvestment, and back to intensification. International Journal of Water Resources Development.

Seijger, C., Hellegers, P. (in press). Reducing unintended consequences of subsidies in (irrigated and rainfed) agriculture. Water Policy.

Abdellatif, G., Gaafar, I., van der Vat, M., Hellegers, P., El-Din El-Naggar, H., Garcia, A., Seijger, C. (2025). Impact of irrigation modernization and high Aswan Dam inflow on Nile water system efficiency and water reuse in Egypt. Agricultural Water Management 316: 109576. doi: 10.1016/j.agwat.2025.109576

Mendoza, R., van Verseveld, W., Seijger, C., Weerts, A. (2025). Assessment of saturated hydraulic conductivity-depth relationships and extended soil column thickness in catchment hydrological modelling. Hydrological Processes 39:e70149. doi: 10.1002/hyp/70149

Seijger, C., Urfels, A., Christoforidou, M., Hellegers, P., Borghuis, G., Langan, S. (2025). More food, but less land and water for nature: Why agricultural productivity gains did not materialize. Agricultural Water Management 307, 109229. doi: 10.1016/j.agwat.2024.109229

Halsema, G.E. van, Seijger, C., Christoforidou, M., Borghuis, G., Vervelde, B.J., Hellegers, P. (2024). Transformative change of Jordan’s water system: reconfiguring competitive water users into mutual service providers. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 1-17. doi: 10.1080/07900627.2024.2429422

Wientjes E., Seijger C. (2024). Less water in agriculture? Potential and challenges in optimizing water use efficiency. Journal of Experimental Botany 75 (13), 3754. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erae227

Häublein, S., Seijger, C., Selter, A., Baycheva-Merger, T., Kleinschmit, D. (2024). Disintegration and discourse: Cross-sectoral story-lines in the German water and forest debates. Environmental Science & Policy 156, 103743. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103743

Baycheva-Merger, T., Selter, A., Seijger, C., Häublein, S. (2024), Digital opportunity or a threat? Adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) monitoring systems for natural resources in Germany. Environments 11(3), 39. doi: 10.3390/environments11030039

Seijger, C., Chukalla, A., Bremer, K., Borghuis, G., Christoforidou, M., Mul, M., Hellegers, P., Halsema, G. van. (2023), Agronomic analysis of WaPOR applications: Confirming conservative biomass water productivity in inherent and climatological variance of WaPOR data outputs, Agricultural Systems 211, 103712. doi: 10.1016/j.agsy.2023.103712

Seijger, C., (2023), How shifts in societal priorities link to reform in agricultural water management: Analytical framework and evidence from Germany, India and Tanzania, Science of the Total Environment 886, 163945. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163945

Seijger, C., Hellegers, P. (2023), How do societies reorient their agricultural water management towards new priorities for water,  agriculture, and the environment?, Agricultural Water Management 273: 10804. doi: 10.1016/j.agwat.2022.108104

Christoforidou, M., Borghuis, G., Seijger, C., Halsema, G. van, Hellegers, P. (2022), Food security under water scarcity: a comparative analysis of Egypt and Jordan. Food Security. doi: 10.1007/s12571-022-01310-y

Seijger, C., Kleinschmit, D., Schmidt-Vogt, D., M. Hassan, Martius, C. (2021), Water and sectoral policies in agriculture-forest frontiers: an extended interdisciplinary approach. Perspective paper in Ambio 50(12): 2311-2321. doi: 10.1007/s13280-021-01555-5

Wehn, U., Vallejo, B., Seijger, C., Tlahagale, M., Amorsi, N., Sossou, S., Ghente, B., Onema, J. (2021), Strengthening the knowledge base to face the impacts of climate change on water resources in Africa: A social innovation perspective, Journal of Environmental Science and Policy 116: 292-300. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2020.09.026

Loc, H., Binh, D., Park, E., Shresta, S., Dung, T., Son, V., Truc, N., Mai, N., Seijger, C., (2021), Intensifying saline water intrusion and drought in the Mekong Delta: From physical evidence to policy outlooks, Science of the Total Environment 757: 143919. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143919

Korbee, D., Halsema, G. van, Seijger, C. (2019), Strategic Delta Planning: Launching New Ideas on Managing a Delta, and their Travels along Actor Coalitions, Participatory Planning Tools and Implementation Timelines, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 62(9): 1447-1453. doi: 10.1080/09640568.2019.1647683

Seijger C., Halsema, G. van, Korbee, D. (2019), Synthesis of strategic delta planning in action: vested interests, expected and unexpected changes, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 62(9): 1636-1653. doi: 10.1080/09640568.2019.1622516

Evers J., Douven W., van de Stroom J., Hasan, S., Seijger, C., Phi H. (2019), A framework to assess the performance of participatory planning tools for strategic delta planning, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 62(9): 1636-1653. doi: 10.1080/09640568.2019.1603843. 

Hoang, V., van Halsema, G., Seijger, C., Nhan, D., Dewulf, A., Hellegers, P. (2019), Political agenda-setting for strategic delta planning in the Mekong Delta – converging or diverging agendas of policy actors and of the Mekong Delta Plan? Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 62(9): 1454-1474. doi:  10.1080/09640568.2019.1571328. 

Seijger, C., Vo, H., Halsema, G. van, Douven, W., Wyatt, A. (2019), Do strategic delta plans get implemented? The case of the Mekong Delta Plan, Regional Environmental Change 19(4): 1131-1145. doi 10.1007/s10113-019-01464-0. 

Seijger, C., Datta, D., Douven, W., Halsema, G. van, Khan, M. (2019), Rethinking sediments, tidal rivers and delta livelihoods: tidal river management as a strategic innovation in Bangladesh, Water policy 21(1): 108-126. doi/10.2166/wp.2018.212/64718. 

Seijger, C., Ellen, G., Verheijen, E., Janssen, S., Erkens, G. (2018), Sinking deltas: trapped in a dual lock-in of technology and institutions, Prometheus Critical Studies on Innovation 35(3): 193–213. doi 10.1080/08109028.2018.1504867. 

Tran, D., Halsema, G. van, Hellegers, P., Ludwig, F., Seijger, C. (2018), Stakeholders’ assessment of dike-protected and flood-based alternatives from a sustainable livelihood perspective in An Giang Province, Mekong Delta, Vietnam, Agricultural Water Management 206: 187-199. doi 10.1016/j.agwat.2018.04.039. 

Seijger, C., Brouwer, S., Buuren, A. van, Gilissen, H., Rijswick, M. van, Hendriks, M. (2018), Functions of OECD Water Governance Principles in assessing water governance practices: assessing the Dutch Flood Protection Program, Water International 43(1): 90-108. doi 10.1080/02508060.2018.1402607. 

Seijger, C., Douven, W., Halsema, G. van, Hermans, L., Phi, H., Khan, M., Brunner, J., Pols, L., Ligtvoet, W., Koole, S., Slager, K., Vermoolen, M., Hasan, S., Hoang, H.(2016), An analytical framework for strategic delta planning: negotiating consent for long-term sustainable delta development, Environmental Planning and Management 60(8): 1485-1509. doi 10.1080/09640568.2016.1231667. 

Seijger, C., Dewulf, G., Tatenhove, J. van, Otter, H.S. (2015), Towards practitioner-initiated interactive knowledge development for sustainable development: A cross-case analysis of three coastal projects, Global Environmental Change 34: 227-236. doi 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.07.004.  

Seijger, C., Otter, H.S., Tatenhove, J. van, Dewulf, G. (2015), Socially robust knowledge in coastal projects, Environmental Science & Policy 55(3): 393-407. doi 10.1016/j.envsci.2015.03.004.

Seijger, C. (2014), Interactive knowledge development in coastal projects, PhD thesis, University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands. ISBN 978-94-6203-734-2 175.

Seijger, C., Tatenhove, J. van, Dewulf, G., Otter, H.S. (2014), Responding to coastal problems: interactive knowledge development in a US nature restoration project, Ocean and Coastal Management 89: 29-38. doi:10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2013.12.011. 

Seijger, C., Dewulf, G., Van Tatenhove., J., Otter, H.S. (2013), Understanding interactive knowledge development in coastal projects, Environmental Science & Policy 29: 103-114.doi 10.1016/j.envsci.2013.02.007. 

Applied research reports (selection)

Germany – Integrated forest and water management (in German). Final report, with Best Practices, Interventions, Policy Brief.

Jordan Policy Dialogues – Viable and prosperous options for agriculture and water in 2050. 2 reports: Policy Recommendations, Technical Report

Egypt Strategies and trade-offs for agricultural development. Policy Brief  

Bangladesh – Embedding Scenario Analysis and Application in Delta Planning Processes. Report

Netherlands – Perspectives and measures for subsidence in Gouda: Combining governance scenarios with social-technical measures (in Dutch). Report governance, Report measures  

Africa – Strategic Knowledge & Innovation Advice for Water & Climate in Africa. Policy Brief

Netherlands – Action strategies for a better fit between knowledge and policy on the Wadden Sea. Booklet