Expertise
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
- Water Footprint
- Life Cycle Engineering
- Crop Production
- Virtual Water
Earth and Planetary Sciences
- Water Use
- Life Cycle Assessment
- Water Consumption
- Water Scarcity
Organisations
Publications
2026
Water footprint (2026)In Elgar Encyclopedia of Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (pp. 704-706). Edward Elgar. Berger, M.https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035309894.00192Imported virtual water is physically scarcer than domestic water globally (2026)Water research, 305. Article 126526 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Su, H., Mialyk, O., Hogeboom, R. J. & Berger, M.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2026.126526A comparative scoping review approach: Identifying the intersection of carbon, biodiversity, and water offsetting (2026)MethodsX, 16. Article 103799. Diekel, F., Arendt, R. & Berger, M.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2026.103799Harnessing model ensembles to assess uncertainty and provide prospective characterization factors for AWARE2.0 (2026)International journal of life cycle assessment, 31(6). Article 98. Seitfudem, G., Berger, M. & Boulay, A.-M.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-026-02648-7The N(itrogen)- and P(hosphorus)-Related Grey Water Footprints of Domestic and Industrial Water Use: A Global Analysis from 1990 to 2019 (2026)Water (Basel), 18(12). Article 1425. Tulp, B. J. H., Wöhler, L. & Berger, M.https://doi.org/10.3390/w18121425
2025
Prioritizing water values for decision-making in transboundary river allocation: A case study of the syr darya river basin (2025)Journal of environmental management, 393. Article 126944. Poplawsky, M., den Haan, R.-J., Hogeboom, R., Wöhler, L. & Berger, M.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126944Evaluating the sustainability of wheat irrigation systems: Using life cycle assessment to monitor the Water-Energy-Food-Environment Nexus (2025)Agricultural water management, 315, 109521. Article 109521. Batoukhteh, F., Darzi-Naftchali, A., Motevali, A., Karandish, F. & Berger, M.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2025.109521The updated and improved method for water scarcity impact assessment in LCA, AWARE2.0 (2025)Journal of industrial ecology, 29(3), 891-907. Seitfudem, G., Berger, M., Müller Schmied, H. & Boulay, A.https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.70023Data and all materials for the serious game: Together We Flow: Shared Values in Transboundary River Basin Allocation (2025)[Dataset Types › Dataset]. 4TU.Centre for Research Data. Poplawsky, M., den Haan, R.-J., Hogeboom, R. J., Wöhler, L. & Berger, M.https://doi.org/10.4121/dc66c42b-c8b1-4b3f-88c0-470e46d35a72Complementary strengths of water footprint and life cycle assessments in analyzing global freshwater appropriation and its local impacts – Recommendations from an Interdisciplinary discussion series (2025)Ecological indicators, 174. Article 113458. Berger, M., Gerbens-Leenes, W., Karandish, F., Aldaya, M. M., Boulay, A. M., Hogeboom, R. J., Link, A., Manzardo, A., Mialyk, O., Motoshita, M., Nuñez, M., Pfister, S., Rosenbaum, R. K., Scherer, L., Su, H. & Wöhler, L.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.113458Does international trade help us deal with water scarcity problems? (2025)[Contribution to conference › Abstract] EGU General Assembly, EGU 2025. Su, H., Mialyk, O., J. Hogeboom, R. & Berger, M.https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-5651Enhancing food security while reducing environmental impacts: Life cycle assessment of cultivation-irrigation systems and yield gap closure in paddy fields (2025)Heliyon, 11(2). Article e42028. Darzi-Naftchali, A., Berger, M., Batoukhteh, F. & Motevali, A.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2025.e42028
2024
Evolution of global water footprints of crop production in 1990–2019 (2024)Environmental research letters, 19(11). Article 114015. Mialyk, O., Booij, M. J., Schyns, J. F. & Berger, M.https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad78e9Spatial and temporal patterns of global crop water footprints (2024)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Mialyk, O.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036562058Dissipation-based life cycle impact assessment of mineral resource use—a review, case study, and implications for the product environmental footprint (2024)International journal of life cycle assessment, 29(7), 1177-1189. Berger, M.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-024-02318-6
Research profiles
Courses academic year 2026/2027
Courses in the current academic year are added at the moment they are finalised in the Osiris system. Therefore it is possible that the list is not yet complete for the whole academic year.
- 195419999 - CEM Master Thesis Water
- 201800116 - Preparation Master Thesis
- 202100125 - Sustainable Engineering
- 202400664 - Environmental & Economic Sustainability
- 202400668 - Integrated Project Sustainable CE
- 202500296 - CEM Master Thesis S&R
- 202600506 - Introduction to Sustainable Cities
- 202600507 - Sustainable City Engineering Project
Courses academic year 2025/2026
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