Mariëlle van der Zouwen PhD MA

Mariëlle van der Zouwen is Chief Executive Officer ad interim and leads the Sustainability & Transitions knowledge group. With the experts of this group, she shapes KWR’s motto – ‘bridging science to practice’ – nationally and internationally, ranging from short-term to medium and long-term perspectives on the water sector and research challenges. She focuses on applied research programmes, learning alliances and collaborative initiatives, such as the joint water research programme for Dutch and Flemish water utilities, the Dutch Water Sector Intelligence initiative and the international, operationally-oriented platform Watershare. In these collaborative projects, she brings water managers and water researchers together.
Mariëlle serves on the boards of Water Europe, the Global Water Research Coalition, the Aqua Research Collaboration, Wetskills and the foundation of the International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre. She has a background in academic and applied research. She previously worked on governance research at Wageningen University, research institute Alterra and Radboud University in the Netherlands. She holds a MA and PhD in political sciences of the environment.