Manoj Roy is Lecturer in Sustainability at Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, UK.

Sally Cawood is a doctoral researcher at the Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, UK.

Michaela Hordijk is Assistant Professor of International Development Studies at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands and at UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, Delft, the Netherlands.

David Hulme is Professor of Development Studies at the Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, UK.