Dr. Erum Sattar, Water Law and Policy Specialist, Tufts University

Dr. Erum Sattar holds a Doctorate in Juridical Sciences from Harvard University, where her research focused on water federalism and transboundary water sharing in the Indus River Basin. She leads the Sustainable Water Management Programme at Tufts University and has taught water law and policy across some of the world’s top institutions. Her current work sits at the intersection of climate change and water governance, examining the legal and institutional frameworks societies need to build as floods, droughts, and shifting rainfall patterns grow more severe. For Pakistan, she remains one of the most authoritative voices on what good water law actually looks like in practice.