Current CWI Mentors
Summer 2026 Term
Laurent Lambert
Board Member
Mentorship Topics:
Desalination and Conflicts
Water-Energy-Climate Nexus and AI
Hydropolitics
Water Governance
Maia Golzar Anderson
Chief of Staff
Defne Aslan
Executive Project Manager
Senior Expert, Environmental Geopolitics and Sustainability Integration
Lama Elhatow
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Citizen science as a data collection tool and governance mechanism for addressing contemporary water challenges by investigating how community-led water monitoring initiatives generate local data and influence formal water management decisions, especially in underserved and data-scarce regions, as well as the conditions that enable the integration of citizen-generated data by institutions and for water governance.
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Leveraging AI for climate-related behavioral change among individuals and communities by examining how AI tools can influence decision-making at scale, while also considering ethics, equity, transparency, and governance, and the conditions where AI can support climate action without manipulation, surveillance, or social inequality.
Mentorship Topics:
Senior Expert, Sustainable Resource Management and Climate Resilience
Malak Altaeb
Mentorship Topics:
Climate Policy and Governance
Water Resource Management
Energy Justice
Senior Expert, Environmental Geopolitics and Sustainability Integration
Megan Ferrando
Mentorship Topics:
Climate and Environmental Justice
Water Security (with geographic preference for the Levant and the Maghreb)
Mentorship Topics:
Environmental Humanities
Climate and Resource Geopolitics
Nonprofit Management, Advocacy, and Communication
Mentorship Topics:
Global Food and Water Security
Climate Communications
Nonprofit Management and Advocacy
If you have any questions regarding the CWI Mentorship Program, please email us at contact@climate-water.org.