Iskandar Abdullaev

Senior Researcher

Research team

Water, food and ecosystems > Agricultural water management transformations

Areas of expertise

irrigation water governance water financing capacity building science and policy water policy

Abdullaev has intensive training and education programs in Israel (1996-1997), the USA (1999), the Netherlands (2000), and Switzerland (2002). Iskandar Abdullaev has over 25 years of experience in water management, water institutions, and environmental activities in Afghanistan and five Central Asian countries. From 2023-2024, he worked as a Professor at the Centre for International Development and Environmental Research (ZEU), Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany, among other positions. Abdullaev rejoined the International Water Management Institute as Country Representative for the Pakistan office after having worked as a Regional researcher from 2001 to 2007. Abdullaev’s research interests include water sector developments and transformations, socio-technical aspects of water management, water history, water saving, and climate change. Abdullaev is very well linked with research and scientific societies of the region and worldwide. He is a member of the International Water Resources Association (IWRA) and a member of the editorial boards of a few internationally peer-reviewed journals.