Irina Gribanenkova

Russia

MSc Water Science, Policy and Management

Worcester College 

Funding: Oxford-Hoffmann 

Irina is a water professional with two years of experience in designing and implementing water-related initiatives for NGOs and IGOs such as UNDP and the Global Water Partnership. She is currently a consultant at Global Water Partnership supporting the outreach of a newly launched GWP Toolbox IWRM Action Hub, as well as working on several publications on multi-stakeholder partnerships for better water governance. Trained as an environmental economist and a regional specialist on the Middle East and North Africa, Irina envisions herself as a global development professional. As a Russian national who condemns the invasion of Ukraine, she also strives to uphold democratic values back home where good water governance may be used as an entry point.