Professor Henning Bjornlund is a Research Professor in Water Policy and Management in the Centre for Markets, Values and Inclusion, UniSA Business.  He has been researching water management and policy issues in Australia since 1993, and in Canada since 2005. Since 2013 he has focused on working with small scale irrigators in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Professor Bjornlund is a member of the board of the International Water Resources Association where he is the Chair of the Science, Technology and Publication Committee, on the Bureau of the International scientific Committee for the XVII World Water Congress to be held in Daegu, Korean in September 2021, and on the Steering Committee for the Smart Water City Project to advice the Korean government on the Busan Eco Delta City project. He also serves on the editorial board of two international journals: Agricultural Water Management and Sustainable Development and Planning. He is currently a guest editor for two special issues, one for the International Journal of Water Resources Development and one for Water International.

Henning works closely with industry partners in Australia, Canada, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, South Africa and France.