The Global Environmental Change and Human Security project (GECHS) of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP) and the Australian Human Dimensions Programme (Aus-HDP) hosted a workshop on November 16th – 18th in Canberra, Australia, on the topic of Water and Human security in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Funding for the workshop was provided by the Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change (APN) and START, the Global Change System for Analysis, Research and Training.