Michigan State University · Geography & ESPP

Yousef
KhajavigodellouTransboundary water governance

Ph.D. Candidate — Geography & Environmental Science and Policy
Water–Energy–Food nexus · Water diplomacy · GEO-AI

Portrait of Yousef Khajavigodellou
East Lansing, Michigan

Global context

286
Transboundary basins
River and lake basins shared between states
60%
Of global freshwater
Flows through transboundary systems
153
Countries involved
With territory in a shared basin or aquifer
24
Fully covered
Countries reporting all shared basins under cooperation arrangements

Sources: UN-Water, Transboundary Waters (basin, flow, country and cooperation-coverage figures); UN-Water (2024), Progress on Transboundary Water Cooperation: 2024 Update, SDG indicator 6.5.2.

Research programme

Transboundary Rivers

Conferences & talks

Collaboration

I am seeking postdoctoral positions and research collaborations for 2027.