Since 2011 on behalf of DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), Prof. Janusz-Pawletta has been building up and supervising the regional MA Program on Integrated Water Management in Central Asia at the German-Kazakh University in Almaty.  Since 2016, she is UNESCO Chairholder for water management in Central Asia. Her teaching and research fields cover legal framework and institutional interstate cooperation including on water and energy nexus.

She is also the сo-editor of the Journal of the Central Asian Journal of Water Research (CAJWR), which is open-access, peer-reviewed e-Journal dedicated to all aspects of water management in the region of Central Asia.