Decision Analysis Processes to Support Wastewater Management and Reuse

This course deals with processes to facilitate multi-actor problem structuring and multi-criteria decision analysis for the development and appraisal of options to jointly address shared problems.

Course Coordinator/Contact Person Dr. Lisa Scholten, Dr. Tara Saharan, TU Delft.
l.scholten [at] tudelft.nl, tara.saharan [at] tudelft.nl
Contributors Dr. Tara Saharan, Dr. Lisa Scholten, Anshuman

Learning Objectives of the Course

On completion of this course, the participants will be able to

  1. Explain what problems structuring and MCDA methods are and what they are good for.
  2. Distinguish between the different phases needed for this analysis
  3. Know some of the key pitfalls faced when preparing and conducting multi-actor process interventions using these methods in a real-world setting

Target Group and Skill Level

Water professionals with higher education background (at least equivalent to BSc level) and at least 2 years of work experience in the sector. This could include those working in policy advocacy organizations, consultancies, research organizations, government organizations, civil society, private sector and educational institutes whose work deals with addressing complex challenges involving multiple actors and aspects.

Key Topics

1. Problem structuring methods
2. Multi-criteria decision analysis
3. Multi-actor processes

Suggested Learning Activities

Listening/Watching recorded power point lectures/clips with Audio/video
- Exercises and questions for self-assessment (with answers)
- Additional reading and reference materials provided

Online Course Duration

Ca. 3x45 min

Estimated Workload/Study Load
(Total time required to cover all suggested learning activity)

Ca. 6 hours