Global Affiliates

Dinara Ziganshina is an Affiliate of the Academy. She is deputy director at the Scientific Information Centre of Interstate Commission for Water Coordination (SIC ICWC) in Central Asia, a regional organisation that contributes to fostering transboundary water governance through rule-based and evidence-driven cooperation.

Dr. Ziganshina has about 20 years' experience working as a legal and policy expert in water resources management at national and transboundary levels and managing and coordinating regional projects in multi-stakeholder environments. The area of her research interest includes public international law, transboundary waters, institution-building, water diplomacy and security. A recent selection of relevant publications includes:

Dukhovny V., Ziganshina D., Sokolov V. Overview of the use and management of water resources in Central Asia: A discussion document. OECD. 2020.

Ziganshina D. Transboundary environmental assessment in the Aral Sea basin: the interplay of international and domestic law. Central Asian Journal of Water Research. 2018, 4(2): 27- 47. Doi: 10.29258/CAJWR/2018-RI.v4-2/27-47.eng

Xenarios S. et al (eds). The Aral Sea Basin: Water for Sustainable Development in Central Asia. London, Routledge, 1st ed, 2019 (two chapters Sehring J., Ziganshina D., Krasznai M., Stoffelen T. International actors and initiatives for sustainable water management and Ibatullin S., Ziganshina D. The future of water resources). 

Aral Sea Basin in Central Asia. In S. McCaffrey & C. Leb (eds.) Research Handbook on International Water Law (Edgar, 2018)

Management (Article 24). In L.B. de Chazournes et all (eds.) The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses. A Commentary (OUP, 2018)

Promoting transboundary water security in the Aral Sea basin through international law (Brill/Nijhoff, 2014).

Integrated water resources management in Central Asia: The challenges of managing large transboundary rivers. Global Water Partnership Technical Focus Paper (Global Water Partnership, 2014) (co-authors: V.A. Dukhovny and V.I. Sokolov).

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Dr. Ziganshina earned her law degree from the Tashkent State Institute of Law (Uzbekistan, 2001), LL.M. in Environmental and Natural Resources Law from the University of Oregon School of Law (USA, 2008) and PhD in International Water Law from the IHP-HELP Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science under the auspice of UNESCO, University of Dundee (UK, 2012). In addition to her position at SIC ICWC, she also an Associate Professor at the Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers, where she teaches a postgraduate course in International and National Water Relations and Law.

Dr. Ziganshina is a vice chair of the Implementation Committee under the UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes. She has served on a number of expert bodies, including work for the UNECE, World Bank, Asian Development bank, World Water Council, Global Water Partnership, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and national governments.