Writings
Scientific writing comes in many guises. Typically, we count peer-reviewed journal articles and maybe book chapters. I have published a total of 27 publications in peer-reviewed journals and 9 book chapters, have been cited ~1000 times with an h-index of 17 (as per google scholar 01 October 2024).
However, I have also authored and co-authored Policy Briefs, White Papers, Political Guidelines, Practice Abstracts, Methods Papers, many a EU project Deliverable, and a number of popular press articles to better transmit the knowledge we generate in research. Find out more below.
Books and Book chapters
Tamara Avellan, Alba Canet-Martí, Eriona Canga, Valentina Guerrieri, Simone Amadori, Stevo Lavrnić, Marco Hartl, Nidhi Nagabhatla, Bishal Dahal, Kedar Ghag, Syed Mustafa, Björn Klöve, Enhancing sustainability of constructed for agricultural water and nutrient management practices through social innovations; IWA book, edited by Piet Lens (in editors hands)
Tamara Avellán; Roidt, M. (2022) The nexus – from concept to implementation. In: Floor Brouwer (eds) Handbook on the Water-Energy-Food Nexus; Edgar Elgar https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/handbook-on-the-water-energy-food-nexus-9781839100543.html
Tamara Avellán; Nidhi Nagabhatla; Ishita Jalan and Danielle Liao. (2021). Integrating circularity to achieve sustainability: examples of various wastewater treatment systems; In: Alex Stefanakis (eds) Circular Economy and Sustainability: Environmental Engineering, Policy and Management; Elsevier https://www.elsevier.com/books/circular-economy-and-sustainability/stefanakis/978-0-12-821664-4
Balázs M. Fekete, Ana Andreu, Robert Argent, Tamara Avellán, Charon Birkett, Serena Caucci, Sagy Cohen, Timothy Dube, Sabrina Kirschke, Ulrich Looser. (2021). Chapter 13 Observation, monitoring and data management; In: Bogardi, J.J. et al, (eds): Handbook of water resources management: discourses, concepts and examples, SpringerNATURE. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-60147-8
Bernhard Tischbein, Maksud Bekchanov, John P.A. Lamers, Navneet Kumar, Kai Schwärzel, Lulu Zhang, Tamara Avellán, Usman Khalid Awan, Fazlullah Akhtar, Anik Bhaduri, Janos J. Bogardi, Yanhui Wang, Pengtao Yu, Anh Bui, Mauricio Nevado Amell, Luana Tesch, Lúcia La Barca Pedrosa, Renato Mariano, Sanjana Balachandran, Kurt Brüggemann. (2021). Chapter 19 Examples of water and land use management; In: Bogardi, J.J. et al. (eds) Handbook of water resources management: discourses, concepts and examples, Springer NATURE. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-60147-8
Schneider P., Avellan T., Le Hung A. (2019, online first 2018). Water-Energy-Food Nexus and Sustainability. In: Leal Filho W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sustainability in Higher Education. ISBN 978-3-319-63951-2, Springer, Cham; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63951-2
Schneider P., Avellan T., (2019, online first 2018): Water Security and Sustainability, In: Leal Filho W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sustainability in Higher Education. Springer, Cham. ISBN 978-3-319-63951-2, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63951-2
Schwärzel, Kai, Ardakanian, Reza, Avellán, Tamara and Zhang, Lulu, (2016). Nexus Approach: Resource Management for Soil Productivity. In Encyclopedia of Soil Science, Third Edition, ed. Lal, Rattan (Florida: CRC Press,2016), 1530-1534.
2012 Climate ExChange (2012), Publisher: Tudor Rose, Editors: Jacqui Griffiths, Cherie Rowlands, Michelle Witthaus; Consulting Editors: Filipe Lucio & Tamara Avellan, WMO; ISBN: 978-0-9568561-3-5
Peer reviewed journal articles
Dahal, Bishal, Tamara Avellán, Ali Torabi Haghighi, and Bjørn Kløve. 2023. ‘Defining Sustainability in Agricultural Water Management Using a Delphi Survey Technique’. Water Policy 25 (6): 597–621. https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2023.057.
Hahn, Angela, Sabrina Kirschke, Serena Caucci, Andrea Müller, Lucia Benavides, and Tamara Avellán. 2023. ‘Perceptions of Transdisciplinary Research – A Comparative Case Study from Latin America’. Current Research in Environmental Sustainability 5 (January): 100207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crsust.2022.100207.
Müller, A.B., C. Bennett, T. Avellán, and J. Schanze. 2023. ‘Testing the Integrated Risk and Sustainability Assessment (RSA) Framework for “Water Scarcity – Water Reuse” Situations: The Case of Cerrillos de Tamaya, Chile’. Current Research in Environmental Sustainability 5: 100203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crsust.2022.100203.
Avellán, Tamara, Angela Hahn, Sabrina Kirschke, Andrea Müller, Lucia Benavides, and Serena Caucci. 2022. ‘Co-Generating Knowledge in Nexus Research for Sustainable Wastewater Treatment’. Resources 11 (10): 93. https://doi.org/10.3390/resources11100093.
Kirschke, Sabrina, Tamara Avellán, Lucía Benavides, Serena Caucci, Angela Hahn, Andrea Müller, and Claudia Beatriz Rubio Giraldo. 2022. ‘Results-Based Management of Wicked Problems? Indicators and Comparative Evidence from Latin America’. Environmental Policy and Governance n/a (n/a). https://doi.org/10.1002/eet.1991.
Syed Md Touhidul Mustafa, Kedar Ghag, Anandharuban Panchanathan, et al. Smart drainage management to limit summer drought damage in Nordic agriculture under the circular economy concept. Authorea. March 16, 2022. DOI: 10.22541/au.164743416.62268619/v1
Karimidastenaei, Zahra, Tamara Avellán, Mojtaba Sadegh, Bjørn Kløve, and Ali Torabi Haghighi. 2022. ‘Unconventional Water Resources: Global Opportunities and Challenges’. Science of The Total Environment 827 (June): 154429. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154429.
Müller, Andrea B.*, Tamara Avellán, and Jochen Schanze. 2022. ‘Translating the “Water Scarcity – Water Reuse” Situation into an Information System for Decision-Making’. Sustainability Science 17 (1): 9–25. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-021-01077-9.
Turcios, Ariel E.*, Rosa Miglio, Rosemary Vela, Giovanna Sánchez, Tomasz Bergier, Agnieszka Włodyka-Bergier, Jorge I. Cifuentes, Gabriela Pignataro, Tamara Avellan, and Jutta Papenbrock. 2021. ‘From Natural Habitats to Successful Application – Role of Halophytes in the Treatment of Saline Wastewater in Constructed Wetlands with a Focus on Latin America’. Environmental and Experimental Botany 190 (October): 104583. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2021.104583.
Müller, Andrea B.*, Tamara Avellán, and Jochen Schanze. 2020. ‘Risk and Sustainability Assessment Framework for Decision Support in “Water Scarcity – Water Reuse” Situations’. Journal of Hydrology 591 (December): 125424. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125424 .
Kirschke, Sabrina*, Tamara Avellán, Ilona Bärlund, Janos J. Bogardi, Laurence Carvalho, Deborah Chapman, Chris W. S. Dickens, et al. 2020. ‘Capacity Challenges in Water Quality Monitoring: Understanding the Role of Human Development’. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 192 (5): 298. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-020-8224-3.
Capdevila, A. San Llorente, A. Kokimova, S. Sinha Ray, T. Avellán, J. Kim, and S. Kirschke. 2020. ‘Success Factors for Citizen Science Projects in Water Quality Monitoring’. Science of The Total Environment, March, 137843. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137843.
Gadédjisso-Tossou, Agossou*, Tamara Avellán, and Niels Schütze. 2020. ‘Impact of Irrigation Strategies on Maize (Zea Mays L.) Production in the Savannah Region of Northern Togo (West Africa)’. Water SA 46 (1): 141–52. https://doi.org/10.17159/wsa/2020.v46.i1.7894.
Ferrans, Laura, Avellán Tamara, Andrea Müller, Hettiarachchi Hiroshan, Dornack Christina, and Caucci Serena*. 2020. ‘Selecting Sustainable Sewage Sludge Reuse Options through a Systematic Assessment Framework: Methodology and Case Study in Latin America’. Journal of Cleaner Production 242 (January): 118389. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.118389.
Gadedjisso-Tossou, Agossou*, Tamara Avellán, and Niels Schütze. 2019. ‘An Economic-Based Evaluation of Maize Production under Deficit and Supplemental Irrigation for Smallholder Farmers in Northern Togo, West Africa’. Resources 8 (4): 175. https://doi.org/10.3390/resources8040175.
Nevado Amell, Mauricio Andres, Muhammad Awais, Sowmiya Ragul, Kurt Brüggemann, and Tamara Avellán*. 2019. ‘Attribute Value Extraction Mechanism of Constructed Wetlands Information’. MethodsX 6 (January): 1054–67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2019.04.017.
Roidt, Mario, and Tamara Avellán*. 2019. ‘Learning from Integrated Management Approaches to Implement the Nexus’. Journal of Environmental Management 237 (May): 609–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.02.106.
Avellán, Tamara*, and Paul Gremillion. 2019. ‘Constructed Wetlands for Resource Recovery in Developing Countries’. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 99 (January): 42–57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2018.09.024.
Benavides, Lucía, Tamara Avellán, Serena Caucci, Angela Hahn, Sabrina Kirschke, and Andrea Müller. 2019. ‘Assessing Sustainability of Wastewater Management Systems in a Multi-Scalar, Transdisciplinary Manner in Latin America’. Water 11 (2): 249. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11020249.
Gadédjisso-Tossou, Agossou*, Tamara Avellán, and Niels Schütze. 2018. ‘Potential of Deficit and Supplemental Irrigation under Climate Variability in Northern Togo, West Africa’. Water 10 (12): 1803. https://doi.org/10.3390/w10121803.
Avellán, Tamara*, Mario Roidt, Adam Emmer, Janis Von Koerber, Petra Schneider, and Wolf Raber. 2017. ‘Making the Water–Soil–Waste Nexus Work: Framing the Boundaries of Resource Flows’. Sustainability 9 (10): 1881. https://doi.org/10.3390/su9101881.
Avellán, Tamara, Reza Ardakanian*, Sylvain R. Perret, Ragab Ragab, Willem Vlotman, Hayati Zainal, Sangjun Im, and Hafied A. Gany. 2018. ‘Considering Resources Beyond Water: Irrigation and Drainage Management in the Context of the Water–Energy–Food Nexus’. Irrigation and Drainage 67 (1): 12–21. https://doi.org/10.1002/ird.2154.
Avellan, C. T.*, R. Ardakanian, and P. Gremillion. 2017. ‘The Role of Constructed Wetlands for Biomass Production within the Water-Soil-Waste Nexus’. Water Science and Technology 75 (10): 2237–45. https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2017.106.2013
Avellan, T., F. Zabel, B. Putzenlechner, and W. Mauser. (2013). ‘A Comparison of Using Dominant Soil and Weighted Average of the Component Soils in Determining Global Crop Growth Suitability.’ Environment and Pollution 2 (3) (May 29). doi:10.5539/ep.v2n3p40. 2012
Avellan, T., F. Zabel, and W. Mauser. 2012. ‘The Influence of Input Data Quality in Determining Areas Suitable for Crop Growth at the Global Scale – a Comparative Analysis of Two Soil and Climate Datasets’. Soil Use and Management 28 (2): 249–65. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-2743.2012.00400.x.
Avellan, Tamara*, Jonas Meier, and Wolfram Mauser. 2012. ‘Are Urban Areas Endangering the Availability of Rainfed Crop Suitable Land?’ Remote Sensing Letters 3 (7): 631–38. https://doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2012.659353.
2011 Avellán, C. T.*, D. P. L. Rousseau, and P. N. L. Lens. 2011. ‘Adapting to Socioeconomic, Operational and Environmental Challenges of Dairy Farm Effluent Purification in Uruguay through the Use of Surface Flow Constructed Wetlands’. Water Practice and Technology 6 (wpt2011040). https://doi.org/10.2166/wpt.2011.040.
Methods and software
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Nevado Amell, Mauricio Andres, Muhammad Awais, Sowmiya Ragul, Kurt Brüggemann, and Tamara Avellán*. 2019. ‘Attribute Value Extraction Mechanism of Constructed Wetlands Information’. MethodsX 6 (January): 1054–67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2019.04.017.
Respective github code: https://github.com/CWetlands/Inputs-to-CWetland-using-R
RESEARCH COMMUNICATION TO POLICY MAKERS
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2024 Avellan, Tamara, Alba Canet-Martí, Eriona Canga, Valentina Guerrieri, Simone Amadori, Aashna Mittal, Stevo Lavrnić, Marco Hartl, and Nidhi Nagabhatla. 2024. ‘Understanding Multifunctionality of Constructed Wetlands in Agricultural Settings in the European Region’. UNU-CRIS Policy Brief. UNU CRIS. https://cris.unu.edu/understanding-multifunctionality-constructed-wetlands-agricultural-settings-european-region
Avellan, Tamara, Nidhi Nagabhatla, Bishal Dahal, and Amal Sarsour. 2024. ‘A Regional Overview of Gender Sensitive Dimensions in the European Agricultural Sector’. UNU-CRIS Policy Brief. Brugges, Belgium: UNU CRIS. https://cris.unu.edu/regional-overview-gender-sensitive-dimensions-european-agricultural-sector
2023 Invited Panelist at a the side event ‘Accelerating Circular Economy Based Solutions to Support SDG 6 Implementation in the Latin America Region’ at the UN-Water Conference co-convened by UN-CRIS and UN-MERIT,
2022 Presentation on Item 6: Ecosystems in the nexus at the Seventh meeting of the Task Force on the Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystems Nexus of the Convention of the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), Geneva, Switzerland, 12-13 December 2022
2020 WWAP (United Nations World Water Assessment Programme). (2020). ‘The United Nations World Water Development Report 2019. Water and Climate Change.’ Paris, UNESCO. (co-author on various chapters)
https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000372985.locale=en
2019 UNESCO i-WSSM. (2019). Water Security and the Sustainable Development Goals. Global Water Security Issues (GWSI) Case Studies, UNESCO i-WSSM, Daejeon.
2019 WWAP (United Nations World Water Assessment Programme). (2019). ‘The United Nations World Water Development Report 2019. Leaving no one behind.’ Paris, UNESCO. (lead author on Chapter 2)
2019 @Stockholm Water Week, Aug 2019, as co-organizer of the sessions: ‘Leaving No One Behind, the UN World Water Development Report’; ‘Tapping into the future: Universal access to sanitation’; and ‘Dialogue –Climate- and Water-driven Migration, Conflict and Human Security’
2018 WWAP (United Nations World Water Assessment Programme). (2018). ‘The United Nations World Water Development Report 2018. Nature-based solutions for water.’ Paris, UNESCO. (co-author on various chapters)
2018 UNECE. (United Nations Environmental Commission for Europe) (2018). ‘Assessment of the water-food-energy ecosystems nexus in the Drina River Basin’, Geneva, Switzerland. (lead author on the waste chapter)
2018 @Stockholm Water Week, Aug 2018, session co-convener and chair of the panel of the event ‘Using information tools on multifunctional nature-based solutions to achieve SDGs’
2017 Cifuentes, J.; Avellán, T.; ‘Adapting to changing climate conditions in the lake Atitlan region, Guatemala, through participatory water management’. UN Water Side event (Climate action for improved water resource management) at the 23rd Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 10 November 2017, Bonn, Germany
2017 @Stockholm Water Week, Aug 2017, Session co-convener and part of the panel of the event ‘Science Faces Practice: Benefits and Risks of Wastewater Use’; and ‘Journey to a World Free of Untreated Wastewater’
2016 Gremillion, Paul and Avellán, Tamara (2016). Wastewater as a Resource: The Water-Waste-Energy Nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa. Policy Brief. UNU-FLORES.
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(Political) guidelines
UN Environment (2021) ‘Guidelines for Harmonization of Monitoring Methodologies of Macro-plastics and Microplastics in Rivers and Lakes’. Nairobi, Kenya. (co-led discussions on structure, co-authored chapters, co-led the review process) https://wedocs.unep.org/xmlui/handle/20.500.11822/35405
UNECLAC (United Nations Environmental Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean) (2018). ‘Lineamientos de políticas públicas: Para un mejor manejo de las interrelaciones del Nexo entre el agua, la energía y la alimentación’. Santiago de Chile, Chile. https://www.cepal.org/es/publicaciones/44183-lineamientos-politicas-publicas-un-mejor-manejo-interrelaciones-nexo-agua-la
EU project deliverables
WATERAGRI D1.1: Stakeholder Management Plan (2021) https://wateragri.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/D1.1.-Stakeholder-Managment-Plan.pdf
WATERAGRI Deliverable D1.4: Workshop 1 Report (2021) https://wateragri.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/D1.4-Workshop1-Report.pdf
WATERAGRI D6.3: Sustainability Assessment (2023)
WATERAGRI D8.3: Policy Impact Strategy (2021) https://wateragri.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/D8.3-Policy-Impact-Strategy.pdf
NEXOGENESIS Milestone 6: Stakeholder Register Resulting from Stakeholder Mapping Preliminary Case Study Results (Internal Report) (2022)
NEXOGENSIS: Workshop Guidelines for internal use (2022)
NEXOGENSIS D6.11: Policy Impact Strategy (2023) https://nexogenesis.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/NEXOGENESIS_D6.11-Policy-Impact-Strategy-20230414_rev.pdf
RESEARCH COMMUNICATION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC
2024 Explanatory talk to locally affected population on the effects of the planned water abstraction and treatment facility (Proyecto Neptuno) in Arazatí, Uruguay, and alternative water sources: “Explorando las distintas fuentes y usos del agua a nivel mundial”, Rafael Perraza, Uruguay, 25 April 2024
2024 NEXOGENESIS: Factsheet #7 – Lessons learnt from stakeholder engagement in case studies
2024 Video: NEXOGENESIS: Stakeholder engagement: Lessons learnt with Dr Tamara Avellan
2023 Tamara Avellan – multiple press interviews on the drought situation in Montevideo Uruguay, and the water transfer project of the San José River to the Santa Lucia River, see for instance: https://lnkd.in/edTM3GXc; https://lnkd.in/euzef89Z; https://lnkd.in/dYsdTAN2
2023 Video: Policy impact in the NEXOGENESIS project by Tamara Avellan
2023 Video: Stakeholder engagement in the NEXOGENESIS project by Tamara Avellan
2022 Müller, Andrea; Avellan, Tamara. (2022) NEXOGENESIS Factsheet#4: The importance of stakeholder engagement https://nexogenesis.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/NXG-Factsheet-4-The-importance-of-stakeholder-engagement.pdf
2022 WATERAGRI Practice Abstract. An improved drainage management approach to overcome summer drought damage in Nordic agriculture https://wateragri.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/OULU_drainage_management_English.pdf (Finnish version)
2022 WATERAGRI Practice Abstract. Impacting agricultural policy through natural science projects https://wateragri.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/OULU_agricultural_policy_English.pdf (Finnish version)
2022 WATERAGRI Practice Abstract. Product co-creation of research products with end-users https://wateragri.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/OULU_Research_Products_English.pdf (Finnish version)
2018 Ksatryo, Paxia; Avellán, Tamara. (2018) Looking to Nature: Mobilizing Constructed Wetlands for Resource Recovery IISD SDG Knowledge hub. (http://sdg.iisd.org/commentary/guest-articles/looking-to-nature-mobilizing-constructed-wetlands-for-resource-recovery/ )
2018 Kim, Jiwon, Kirschke, Sabrina and Avellán, Tamara (2018). Well-Designed Citizen Science Projects Can Help Monitor SDG 6. SDG Knowledge Hub, n/a-n/a
2018 Brüggemann, Kurt; Avellán, Tamara. (2018). Does nature have the solutions to our water problems?. Our World. (https://ourworld.unu.edu/en/does-nature-have-the-solutions-to-our-water-problems )
2018 Brüggemann, Kurt; Avellán, Tamara. (2018). Does nature have the solutions to our water problems?. IISD SDG Knowledge hub. (http://sdg.iisd.org/commentary/guest-articles/does-nature-have-the-solutions-to-our-water-problems/ )
2018 Kirschke, Sabrina and Avellán, Tamara (2018). Political Challenges in Monitoring SDG 6. SDG Knowledge Hub,
2017 Lee, SungBong, Tamara Avellán, and Sabrina Kirschke. (2017). Too Many Indicators and Indices Make Monitoring Water Quality a Murky Business. The Source, IWA.
2017 Avellán, Tamara (2017). How recycled water could revolutionise sustainable development. theconversation.com
2017 Avellán, Tamara (2017). The world needs more toilets – but not ones that flush. theconversation.com
2016 Avellán, Tamara (2016). Closing Research Gaps in Water Science in Support of the SDGs. flores.unu.edu. UNU-FLORES. (https://flores.unu.edu/en/news/news/closing-research-gaps-in-water-science-in-support-of-the-sdgs.html )
2015 World Meteorological Organization Bulletin (2015), Vol 64 (2) – 2015 A Pathway to Climate Services for SIDS –(http://www.wmo.int/bulletin/en/content/pathway-climate-services-sids#sthash.FhFA9A4h.dpuf )
2015 World Meteorological Organization Bulletin (2015), Vol 64 (2) – 2015 Managing Risk with Climate Prediction Products and Services –(http://www.wmo.int/bulletin/en/content/managing-risk-climate-prediction-products-and-services#sthash.iYwCs8He.dpuf )
2012 WMO (2012), Fact Sheet ‘The Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) in Support of the Water community’
(http://gfcs-climate.org/sites/default/files/Fact_Sheets/Water/GFCS_water_community_flyer_en.pdf )
2012 WMO (2012), Fact Sheet ‘Climate information for food security’
(http://gfcs-climate.org/sites/default/files/Fact_Sheets/Food_security/GFCS_food_security_flyer_en.pdf )
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