1. EMEL ZERROUK
+1-(604) 401-9164 ● emelzerrouk@hotmail.com
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PROFILE
Possesses a PHD in Global Environmental Studies, from Kyoto University. An analytical
mind utilizing an extensive knowledge base in environmental management, land rights, and
fresh water management, policy and planning. Research papers published on, and
presentations given on development-induced displacement of local populations, and the
geopolitics of resources, their availability and exploitation. A Masters in International
Relations and Diplomacy, training in mediation and negotiation, an international education,
and living in over five countries around the globe, has led to a cultural sensitivity and
awareness that engenders empathy and curiosity and facilitates communications across
cultures and backgrounds.
EDUCATION
2012 - 2015 Doctorate of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Japan
2010 - 2011 Masters in International Relations, Geneva School of Diplomacy and
International Relations, Switzerland
2006-2009 First Class with Honours in Bachelor of Arts in English Literature
Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore (Top 3% of
Cohort)
2004-2006 Biology – Ecology and English Literature
University of British Columbia, Canada
OTHER RELEVANT EDUCATION
June 2014 Water Negotiation and Governance – Advanced Skills Workshop. UNESCO Water
Law, Policy and Science group, Dundee University, Scotland, 16-19 June. Completed the
course.
May 2011 Water Security for Policy Makers and Practitioners, Short Course – East Anglia,
England. Participated in one week course with International Development Department of the
University of East Anglia
July 2012 How to Build a Dam and Save Cultural Heritage Workshop – Durham, UK.
Participated in workshop and contributed to findings and future conferences

2. WORK EXPERIENCE
2013-2014 Teaching Assistant, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Taught Masters student class on Natural Resource Management
- Preparation and participation in the Law and Development Implications of
International Land Acquisitions (2013) Conference, jointly hosted by
Kyoto university and the Law and Development Institute, University of
Manchester.
2012 – 2013 Teacher at West English School Osaka, Japan
- Created lesson plans
- Taught children 4-15yrs and adults ESL
2010 – 2012 Intern and Executive Committee for Conference for Global Institute for Water
Environment & Health (GIWEH), Switzerland
- Organizing that years Marrakesh water conference of GIWEH
- Helped run the conference on the ground
- Presented at the conference
- Aided in GIWEH’s work with World Intellectual Property Organization
(WIPO) on their “Patent Landscape Report on Desalination Technologies
and the Use of Alternative Energies for Desalination.”
2009 – 2010 Assistant at GiaTech, an international company specializing in environmentally
friendly technologies, Switzerland
- GiaTech works with Switzerland, Russia, Japan, and Singapore
- Work involved creating and organizing literature required to bring products
from development to market, as well as corresponding with international
research groups
SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS
- MEXT Monbukagakusho Scholarship April 2013- March 2015
- JASSO Merit Scholarship April 2012- March 2013
- 2013 ICWRE conference award
- 2011 GIWEH youth award for Hydropolitics
- Canadian Provincial Graduation Scholarship 2004
COUNTRIES LIVED IN:
UK, Canada, Switzerland (4yrs), Singapore (4yrs), Japan (4yrs)
LANGUAGES SPOKEN:
English – Native French- Work Proficient
Japanese – Competent Mandarin - Beginner
INTERESTS:
Interior Design Diploma, Gems and Precious metals (currently completing a GIA
certification), Judo Brown Belt, Sailing, Quilting, Travel, Learning.

3. APPENDIX
WORK PUBLISHED
 Zerrouk, Emel. Development-Forced Land Grabs and Resistance in Reforming
Myanmar: The Letpadaung Copper Mine. Routledge, Ch10, Book on Development
Induced Displacement and Resettlement, to be published 27 August 2015. ISBN:
9781138838178. https://www.routledge.com/products/9781138838178
 E. Zerrouk. Water Grabbing/ Land Grabbing in Shared Water Basins the Case of
Salween River Hatgyi Dam. Journal of Water Resources and Ocean Science. Vol. 2,
No. 5, 2013, pp. 68-78. doi: 10.11648/j.wros.20130205.13
http://article.sciencepublishinggroup.com/pdf/10.11648.j.wros.20130205.13.pdf
 Zerrouk E and Neef, A. 2014 The Media Discourse of Land Grabbing and
Resistance During Myanmar’s Legal Reformation: The Monywa Copper Mine,
Law and Development Review ISSN 2194-6523
 Zerrouk, Emel. The Problem with Geopolitics: Salween River, Development, and
the Relocation of Indigenous Peoples. July 2012. Presented paper at self-organized
side event to the HRC (Human Rights Council) /Expert Mechanism on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples, UN Palais De Nations, Geneva, Switzerland.
 Zerrouk, Emel. From Rudyard Kipling’s Kim to Amitav Ghosh’s In an Antique
Land: An Investigation into the Representation of the “Other” in a Colonial Text
and a Postcolonial Text. Undergrad Thesis: 2008, Singapore.
https://repository.ntu.edu.sg/handle/10356/14498
 Several Conference Papers, See below:
 WHO?: A play performed by the NTU Epiphany Drama Society in 2008. The subject
of which is the treatment of minorities in society.
CONFERENCES and PAPERS
 May 2013 Law and Development Implications of International Land Acquisitions
(2013). Jointly organized by: Law and Development Institute, University of
Manchester and Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies. Kyoto University,
Japan. Presented co-published paper: “The Discourse of Land Grabbing and
Resistance in Newly Reforming Myanmar: The Monywa Copper Mine”
 April 2013 ICWRE 2013- International Conference of Water Resources and
Environment. Geneva, Switzerland, 09-11 April 2013. Presented paper: “Water
Grabbing/ Land Grabbing in Shared Water Basins: The Case of Salween River Hat
Gyi Dam.”
 July 2012 The Problem with Geopolitics: Salween River, Development, and the
Relocation of Indigenous Peoples – UN Palais De Nations, Geneva, Switzerland.
Presented paper at self-organized side event to the “HRC /Expert Mechanism on the
Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
 March 2012 6th World Water Forum Conference – Marseilles, France.
Participant in workshops and presentations.
 November 2011 ICWRE Conference – Marrakech, Morocco

4. International Conference on Water and Environment in a changing World.
Part of main organizing committee
 March 2011 United Nations Human Rights Council – Geneva, Switzerland
Presented a message for youth at the UN Human Rights Council 16th Session Parallel
Event Symposium: GIWEH Sustainable Water Use and Management, Leadership for
Positive Change: Leading and Learning, Water and the City
Receivedthe 2011 GIWEH youth award for Hydropolitics
 March 2011 GIWEH Conference – Geneva, Switzerland
Presented a paper on International Water Trade at: “Global Youth Conference –
Forests, Water, Heath and Peace”
 November 2010 Global Youth Conference – Geneva, Switzerland
 Presented a paper on the Jordan River Basin at: “Global Youth Conference – Climate
Change and Sustainable Development.”