@article{fdi:010088581,
  title = {{R}iding the waves of discomforts : reflecting on the dialogue of hydrologists with society},
  author = {{R}iaux, {J}eanne and {K}uper, {M}. and {M}assuel, {S}ylvain and {M}ekki, {I}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A}lthough there is a deep historical relationship between hydrology and society, the relationship has considerably evolved in the last three decades. {H}ydrologists, in particular those involved in designing of decision-support tools, are experiencing a widening gap between an academic discipline which has progressively moved away from field-based applied natural science to computational hydrology, and the multiplication of stakeholders involved in the water-related issues addressed by research. {T}he challenge for hydrology is now to negotiate this shift and to rethink its engagement in society. {T}his paper provides a description of a planned process designed to improve hydrology-society interactions and to foster reflexivity in socio-hydrology. {B}ased on an interdisciplinary reflexive process undertaken in {T}unisia from 2016 to 2020, we identified three types of discomforts in the dialogue with society, inviting scientists to lucidly engage with these discomforts. {W}e formulated four key reflexive propositions to achieve a better alignment of scientific stance, research practices and discourse. {T}he first proposition concerns the need to explain more clearly the value systems scientists engage in and with society. {T}he second concerns the need to position hydrology in society and not outside it, by reconsidering the functions that research fulfils in society. {T}he third is an invitation to redefine the perimeter of the research interlocutors and the way to reach them. {T}he fourth is to revisit scientific practices to build on the strengths of the dialogue between field-based natural science and computational hydrology. {T}he paper concludes that adopting a reflexive posture towards these four dimensions of the dialogue between hydrology and society is an effective way to overcome discomforts and to refocus research stance, practices and discourse. {I}t is a way to renew hydrology's place in society and to contribute to the current thinking in socio-hydrology initiated by hydrologists.},
  keywords = {{S}ocio-hydrology ; {S}ociety ; {H}ydrology ; {I}nterdisciplinarity ; {R}eflexivity ; {T}unisia ; {TUNISIE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {H}ydrology},
  volume = {626},
  numero = {{A}},
  pages = {130189 [12 p.]},
  ISSN = {0022-1694},
  year = {2023},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.130189},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010088581},
}