Research Areas

One of the main characteristics of the UB Water Research Institute is its interdisciplinary nature. The Institute's researchers come from 19 departments within nine UB faculties:

Administrative Law and Procedural Law, Faculty of Law

Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry

Animal Biology, Faculty of Biology

Astronomy and Meterology, Faculty of Physics

Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemistry

Ecology, Faculty of Biology

Financial and Tax Law, Faculty of Law

Geochemistry, Petrology and Geological Prospecting, Faculty of Geology

Health Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy

International Law and Economics, Faculty of Law

Microbiology, Faculty of Biology

Natural Products, Plant Biology and Soil Science, Faculty of Pharmacy

Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts

Physical Geography and Regional Geographical Analysis, Faculty of Geography and History

Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Biology

Plant Biology, Faculty of Biology

Public Economy, Political Economy and Spanish Economy, Faculty of Economics and Business

Prehistory, Ancient History and Archaeology, Faculty of Geography and History

Stratigraphy, Paleontology and Marine Geosciences, Faculty of Geology

RESEACH AREAS

The Institute's areas of research are always directly related to water. Some of them are listed below:

• Environmental economics

• Social and cultural issues

• Legal institutions. Legal instruments and techniques. Legislation. Public and private law. International law

• Meteorology/Climatology

• Soil science/Irrigation water

• Water ecology and biology

• Botany/Aquatic plants

• Water chemistry and physics

• Biochemistry

• Microbiology

• Quality and analytical techniques

• Parasitology

• Health aspects

• Groundwater/Hydrogeology

• Seawater/Oceanography

• Water supply

• Treatment and reuse of waste water and sewage sludge

• Toxicology

• Resource management

• Agriculture and plant physiology

• Socioeconomics and history of water use