Dr Lena Hommes is a postdoctoral researcher interested in political ecology and water governance in Europe and Latin America. After her Bachelors in International Development Studies and Masters in International Land and Water Management from Wageningen University, The Netherlands; she worked for several years for the German Development Cooperation in Peru on issues of urban drinking water and wastewater management. In 2022, she completed her PhD in social sciences with honours. Before joining UdG, she worked as lecturer and researcher at the Water Resources Management Department at Wageningen University. At UdG, Lena is leading the research project “REvive: Towards river restoration conviviality” for which she received a EU Marie Sklodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellowship (project number 101151113). In this project, Dr Hommes investigates the socio-political contestations surrounding river restoration initiatives in Spain, and possibilities for co-designing just and resilient conviviality. She is particularly interested in understanding the diverging ideas and interests about whether nature and rivers should be restored, and how, where and to what degree that should and could be done. Students who are interested to do their Master theses research on topics related to political ecology of water, politics of river restoration, environmental justice and co-design are welcome to contact her via email.