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

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