Staff

Julie Faure

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Post-Doctoral researcher in the Coupled Human-Water Systems Group, in the Systems Analysis, Integrated Assessment and Modeling Department.

Research Interests

  • Socio-environmental data science
  • Food and water security
  • Modeling of coupled human-water systems
  • Institutional theory and qualitative coding
  • Hydraulic modeling

Projects

Framework to operationalize the human right to water in water extractive industries
We evaluate effect of land grabs on food, water, energy and environmental security

Transnational land grabs and the great agrarian transition

More than 30 million hectares of land have been leased or acquired by foreign investors for agricultural purposes over the past two decades. With this project, we carry out a global analysis of the local implications of over 400 land deals on food, water, energy, and environmental security.

Extractive industries and the human rights to water

We are developing an operational framework to systematically diagnose key dimensions of inadequate water access and governance failures and identify threats to the human right to water posed by water-intensive industries. By applying this framework to real-world case studies, this project aims to uncover archetypal mechanisms through which threats to the human right to water are posed.

Unearthing Socio-Environmental Insights for Clean Energy Minerals

Energy-critical minerals (ECMs) like molybdenum, cobalt, nickel, lithium, and rare earth elements are essential for the clean energy transition but are predominantly extracted and processed in vulnerable communities across the Global South. This project adopts a transdisciplinary approach to connect global ECM flows with their regional and local impacts on health, livelihoods, and ecosystems.

Curriculum Vitae

Education M.S. (Ongoing), Analytics, Jan 2023 - Present
Georgia Institute of Technology

Ph.D., Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, 2019
The University of Texas at Austin
Dissertation title: Adapting Housing and Water Sector Infrastructure to Population Dynamics

M.S., Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin

M.S., Multi-Disciplinary Engineering and Management, 2017
Ecole Centrale de Lille (France)

B.S., Mathematics and Physics, 2013
Lycée du Parc (Classe Préparatoire aux Grandes Ecoles), Lyon (France)
Past Research
  • 2019: Created a framework to evaluate the resilience of the water sector amid rapid migration (National Science Foundation Project)
  • 2018: Developed a staffing decision-making tool for the Texas Department of Transportation
  • 2017-2018: Investigated how decision-makers legitimize including cultural practices in water and sanitation services for displaced persons (National Science Foundation Project)
  • 2016-2019: Analyzed the impact of gentrification on water systems operations
Industry Experience

Water Resources Project Engineer, Garver & Ardurra (Austin, TX, USA), 2021-2023

Wastewater Modeling Engineer, Austin Water Utility (Austin, TX, USA), 2019-2021

Publications

Faure, J.C., and Faust, K.M. “Socioeconomic Characteristics versus Density Changes: The Operational Effects of Population Dynamics on Water Systems.” Sustainable and resilient infrastructure. 8.1 (2023): 3–16. Web. https://doi.org/10.1080/23789689.2020.1757882

Faure J.C., Faust K.M., Kaminsky J. Stakeholder Legitimization of the Provision of Emergency Centralized Accommodations to Displaced Persons. Sustainability. 2020; 12(1):284. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12010284

Faure J.C., Faust K.M., Kaminsky J. Legitimization of the Inclusion of Cultural Practices in the Planning of Water and Sanitation Services for Displaced Persons. Water. 2019; 11(2):359. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11020359

Address

E-Mail: julie.faure@eawag.ch
Phone: +41 58 765 5968
Fax: +41 58 765 5802
Address: Eawag
Überlandstrasse 133
8600 Dübendorf
Office: FC D09