Dr. Carel Dieperink (1960) has a background in Public Administration (Twente University, 1986) and Environmental and Water governance (PhD-thesis on the international Rhine water quality regime (1997). Carel is senior lecturer (Bachelor Program Global Sustainability Science; Master Programs Sustainable Development and Water Science and Management) and senior researcher at Utrecht University (Department of Sustainable Development, Copernicus Institute). Topics of his teaching and research concern (environmental) policy analysis and evaluation, international environmental governance, water governance, climate change adaptation and environmental innovations. His current research activities can be summarized under the heading multilevel water governance and focus on the interplay between (inter)national institutions dealing with water issues. Recent projects concern the implementation of European Union policies (the Water Framework and Flood Directives, integrated coastal zone management), international river basin management (development of the regime for climate adaption in the Rhine catchment area) and knowledge co-production (assessment of Dutch and EU water and climate projects). Current projects focus on soil subsidence in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta (Rise and Fall) and the use of ICT-applications in urban water governance (POWER)