Professor Bolding is a lecturer in Irrigation and Water Governance at the Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands. He holds a doctorate in Alex is a trained irrigation engineer and specialising in irrigation design, management and water governance, mainly operating in southern Africa (Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa) and the past 10 years, also in Northeast and East Africa (Ethiopia, Tanzania). His research interests are the politics of irrigation reforms, shifts in water governance at the scheme and river basin level, participatory approaches in irrigation design, and the drivers behind farmer-led irrigation practices.