The Uruguay River Basin (URB) that extends along Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay has been the hub of increasing pressures caused by the expansion of industrial agriculture, forestry and infrastructure projects in hydroenergy and transportation. There are growing concerns that the fragmented institutional framework is inadequate to address the growing challenges. Interdisciplinary research networks can contribute to creating perspectives of the basin that are policy and governance relevant. In this paper, we set out to interrogate the potential scope of interdisciplinary research networks (IRNs) for the advancement of basin governance framework for the URB. We envision IRNs as knowledge actors that can open up opportunities to mediate and connect basin actors across different spaces – academic, policy, technical-administrative and social. We highlight a series of pathways to advance networks actions in creating opportunities to fill the gaps of transboundary basin governance, and acknowledge the challenges associated with doing this work in the URB and other basins around the world.

沿阿根廷，巴西和乌拉圭延伸的乌拉圭流域（URB）一直是由于水力发电和运输中的工业农业，林业和基础设施项目的扩张而造成压力增加的枢纽。人们越来越担心，分散的体制框架不足以应对日益严峻的挑战。跨学科的研究网络可以有助于创建与政策和治理相关的流域观点。在本文中，我们着手探讨跨学科研究网络（IRN）的潜在范围，以促进URB流域治理框架的发展。我们将IRN视作知识参与者，可以为跨学术，政策，技术行政和社会等不同领域的流域参与者提供调解和联系的机会。