Increasing water conflicts and associated social phenomena, such as human migration, violence and water disputes, have been observed in many parts of the world, in particular in those water-stressed regions where availability of and access to fresh water resources are limited and where exposure to water hazards is more frequent. Overcoming water conflicts requires novel ways of incorporating the social sciences into interdisciplinary frameworks for water research for a better understanding of interactions between water and humans. Therefore, this session calls for studies from multiple disciplines that use a variety of datasets to study human-water interactions from local to global scales. This session especially welcomes abstracts that use big data analytics to explore human-water interactions at large scales. It also welcomes abstracts that address issues such as water variability and human migration and adaptation; water degradation and social welfare; water supply and human demands; and transboundary water competition.