Mohsin Hafeez

Strategic Program Director – Water, Food and Ecosystems

Ricardo Energy and Environment (UK), Australian government’s Bureau of Meteorology, GHD Pty Ltd (Australia), Charles Sturt University (Australia), CSIRO Land and Water (Australia), Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn (Germany), and CGIAR Research Centers (International Rice Research Institute [IRRI] and International Water Management Institute [IWMI]). Mohsin has worked as an integrated water resources management and modelling expert with prestigious world-class water research and academic institutes, donors, water utilities, governments, and international consulting companies.

He has authored or co-authored nearly 200 scientific publications and has supervised two MSc and 13 PhD students in the field of water resources management, agricultural water management, food security, and rural development. He has worked extensively in 14 countries (Australia, Burkina Faso, Germany, Ghana, China, Netherlands, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Lao PDR, Uganda, UK, USA and Uzbekistan). He is an Adjunct Professor (Water Resources) with two Chinese universities. Mohsin has been based at IWMI’s office in Lahore, Pakistan, since 2019.

Latest news for Mohsin Hafeez

Features

The blessing that flows

In Pakistan’s mountainous communities, gravity-powered pumps provide reliable water supply, helping secure livelihoods and restore dignity ...

March 12, 2026

Features

A stethoscope for the land 

Installed in Pakistan’s agricultural heartlands, Flux Towers reveal the hidden exchange of water, carbon and energy ...

March 5, 2026

Blogs

A roadmap and tools for water-energy-food nexus security in South Asia

The challenge now is to turn the theory of a nexus approach into practical solutions for South Asia’s interconnected natural resource challenges ...

March 3, 2026

Features

A floating wetland offers a blueprint for cleaning wastewater

In a village in Pakistan, nature-based solutions are cleaning water and restoring dignity to daily life ...

February 3, 2026

Publications

November-December 2025 Research Journal Roundup

Roundup of research, journal and other academic articles from November and December 2025 ...

January 14, 2026

Blogs

How systems thinking can drive a more water-secure future for Pakistan

Through advanced hydro-economic models and citizen science, the Indus Basin is seeing effective policy changes across water, energy and food systems ...

December 30, 2025

Blogs

How communities in fragile settings shape climate resilience

Their work rarely makes headlines, but in some of the world’s most fragile places, locally led, gender-responsive approaches are quietly transforming access to water ...

December 25, 2025

News

Pakistan Water Week 2025 builds consensus on making water security a national priority

Experts warn that fragmented approaches to water, food and climate are failing and call for integrated solutions to achieve national resilience ...

November 26, 2025

In the media

New AI tool launched to support water allocation in Pakistan’s Indus Basin

IWMI and the University of Manchester have partnered to strengthen water governance in Pakistan ...

November 10, 2025

News

Water security for Pakistan’s drought-prone regions

Pakistan and IWMI strengthen drought resilience initiatives through strategic partnership ...

November 6, 2025

Features

Inclusive disaster management is key to ensuring safe internal climate migration in Pakistan

IWMI’s research is shaping policies to protect vulnerable groups facing flood-driven migration and displacement ...

October 13, 2025

Blogs

Community voices hold the key to solving Pakistan’s water governance puzzle

Through education and citizen science, IWMI supports communities in Kyber Pakhtunkhwa to connect with water policy and restore trust in water management services ...

October 1, 2025

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Latest publications by Mohsin Hafeez

Conference Paper

Challenges of irrigation and drainage for food security in the changing world

International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage | February 15th, 2026

Smith, Mark; Mpandeli, S.; Zakaria, N. A.; Darus, A. B.; Sikka, Alok; Alam, Mohammad Faiz; Hafeez, Mohsin; Ragab, R.; Gaforzoda, B.; Reddy, K. Y.; Wenyong, W.; Nhamo, L.; Dirwai, Tinashe Lindel; Mabhaudhi, T.; Abou El Hassan, W. H.

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Enhancing Sustainable Groundwater Governance through the Groundwater Management Information System (GMIS): A Case Study of Punjab, Pakistan

January 20th, 2026

Ullah, Muhammad Kaleem; Hafeez, Mohsin; Iqbal, Naveed; Cheema, Muhammad Jehanzeb Masud; Siddiqui, Salman; Aeman, Hafsa; Zafar, Haseeb; Bodla, Habibullah; Ashraf, Muhammad

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Journal Article

Gendered exclusion in agricultural water governance: A case study in district Okara, Pakistan

CAB International | December 2nd, 2025

Waqar, Kanwal; Hafeez, Mohsin

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