Postdoctoral Fellows

Alicia Sophie GUTTING
Wallenberg NTU Postdoctoral Fellow

Office: SHHK-06-18
Email: [email protected]

Dr. Alicia Gutting is a Wallenberg NTU Postdoctoral Fellow in the School of Humanities at Nanyang Technological University. In 2024, Alicia completed her PhD in History of Science, Technology and Environment at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. In her PhD thesis she examined the nuclear history of the Rhine River basin with a distinct focus on the relationship between water and nuclear energy from the 1950s until today.

In her current postdoctoral project, "Unconventional Water Supply in Times of a Changing Climate: A Historical Analysis of Singapore's Success with Desalination in a Global Perspective," Alicia expands on her PhD research, addressing complex water-energy challenges. This project explores the historical development of seawater desalination as a response to rising global freshwater demands, with Singapore as a key case study. It tracks Singapore’s evolution from a geopolitically dependent entity to a nation achieving water security, emphasizing desalination’s critical role. Insights from Singapore are then applied to a Swedish case study, highlighting the emerging issue of water scarcity in the face of climate change.

Alicia furthermore holds an MA in Social and Cultural Anthropology as well as a Diploma in Theatre, Film and Media Studies both from the University of Vienna, Austria.

Alicia’s publications can be found here: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=cDpHUgIAAAAJ&hl=en

Research interests: Water-Energy-Nexus, Water History, Nuclear History, Usable Pasts, History of Technology, Environmental History