On May 8–9, the ERC Water Futures consortium met at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) to push forward the frontier of smart, equitable, and resilient urban drinking water systems.
Led by a multidisciplinary team of experts in AI, water science, economics, behavioral research, and sustainability, the meeting featured sessions on reinforcement learning, urban water fairness, sustainable pricing, climate-health linkages, and policy modeling.
Participating institutions:
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KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence – PI: Prof. Marios Polycarpou
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Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) & DTU – Technical University of Denmark – PI: Prof. Dr. Phoebe Koundouri
Our team at RESEES, Research Laboratory AUEB and DTU, made key contributions across several thematic areas:
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Bayesian training & counterfactual decision-making – Panagiotis Samartzis, CFA, Konstantinos Georgalos
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Integrated urban water management (Limassol case study) – Ebun Akinsete (PhD), Lydia Papadaki
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Fairness in urban water systems – Anastasia Litina, Konstantinos Georgalos, Ebun Akinsete (PhD), Lydia Papadaki
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ESG pricing & sustainability in the water sector – Conrad Landis
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Public preferences for water (in)security under uncertainty (Athens case) – Sofia Frantzi, Roy Brouwer
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Blending experimental economics with living labs in water governance – Ebun Akinsete, Lydia Papadaki, Alina Velias
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Climate-induced mortality from temperature change in Europe – Karyn Morrissey, Philip McBride
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National vs EU-level emission policy effectiveness – Theis Utoft Madsen, Dogan Keles
Hosted by: DTU, Lyngby, Denmark
Dinner highlight: Sustainable buffet at Food Club, Copenhagen
Learn more: https://waterfutures.eu
