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Professor Harry Dixon

Group Leader, Water Resources Systems – UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

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An Accredited Expert, Professor Harry Dixon, represents the UK government in the Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme – the UN body devoted to water research.

As a hydrologist at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), Harry Dixon coordinates UK contributions to UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP) and acts as Secretary to the UK’s IHP National Committee.

Harry specialises in the collection and management of hydrological data and information and has extensive experience of working on projects internationally under the UN framework as well as bilateral science collaborations. He leads UKCEH’s Water Resources Systems Group and has worked on projects across Western Europe, the Balkans, South East Asia and India to support improved water resources management.

Harry currently coordinates the India-UK Water Centre and holds positions with the World Meteorological Organization, including chairing the Global Hydrometry Support Facility’s Innovation Committee. He is also an Honorary Professor at the University of Birmingham. He is a Governing Board Member for the University of Dundee’s UNESCO Category 2 Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science.

Through the UK’s IHP National Committee, Harry supports UK inputs to the IHP from across the academic, operational hydrology and policy sectors. In this role he works closely with the UK National Commission for UNESCO and has led authorship of Policy Briefs for UK Government and the UNESCO community.

#Institution

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Group Leader, Water Resources Systems

SINCE 2007

#Alma-Matter

University of Birmingham
BSc, PhD..

2003 – BIRMINGHAM

#Role at UNESCO

UK Representative for UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme

QUOTE

“Through this work we aim to bring together those organisations in the UK contributing to this key UNESCO programme, with an aim of better coordinating UK efforts around international hydrological and water resources management research.”

Professor Dixon, Speaking of the UK’s election to the IHP council.

All accredited experts within our network are elected onto a specific international committee or programme within UNESCO’s framework

ROLE AT UNESCO

Professor Harry Dixon, represents the UK government on UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme, the UN body devoted to water research.

Institutions

University of Birmingham
Honorary Professor, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Water Resources Systems Group Lead

SINCE 2017

UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
Head of the UK National River Flow Archive (NRFA)

FROM 2016-2018

Role at UNESCO

UK Representative to UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP)

COMMISSION

UKNC Representation: IHP – Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme

ESTABLISHED 1975 – PARIS, FRANCE

The Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP) facilitates and encourages hydrological research whilst also assisting Member States in research and training activities too. The main objective of their current, eighth phase, is to put science into action required for water security.

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SELECTED PUBLISHED WORK

Read some of Harry’s published work on our website, as well as other material, news and articles

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QUOTE

“Water features heavily in the new UN Sustainable Development Goals. […] The need to start building a global system capable of assessing the global hydrological situation – where the benefits will be for all of the world’s growing population – is clear.”

Professor Dixon, Writing about hydrological variability on his CEH blog.

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