January 2016 6
The Nexus Shocks Network – what are we learning?
The Nexus Shocks Network, chaired by Dr Candice Howarth of the Global Sustainability Institute, Anglia Ruskin University, was funded under the Nexus Network networking grants call. In this blog Dr Candice Howarth reflects on what we are learning about nexus shocks. About the Nexus Shocks Network The Nexus Shocks Network brings together interdisciplinary and cross-sectorial […]
Delhi sustainability events – Jan 2016
Members of the Nexus Network team, including Professor Lyla Mehta, Professor Fiona Marshall and Dr Saurabh Arora are involved in a number of events in Delhi at the end of January 2016. The South Asia Sustainability Hub & Knowledge Network will be launched on 28 Jan 2016 at the India International Centre. The hub aims […]
Governance innovations for the urban nexus – call for abstracts
Ralitsa Hiteva from SPRU at the University of Sussex and Chiara Farné Fratini from Aalborg University are running a session on ‘Governance innovations for the urban nexus ‘ at the Royal Geographical Society ‘Nexus thinking‘ Conference on 30 August – 2 September 2016, London. Governing the water-energy-food-environment nexus calls for innovative approaches, which empower governing […]
Nexus Thinking conference on 30 August – 2 September 2016, London
The Royal Geographical Society ‘Nexus thinking‘ Conference on 30 August – 2 September 2016, London, will be chaired by Nexus Network advisory group member, Professor Peter Jackson from the University of Sheffield. The nexus thinking approach has attracted a surge of interest in the last five years among academics, policy-makers and third sector organizations. The […]
Speakers announced for 29 Feb – Nexus, resource conflicts and social justice workshop
We are pleased to announce the speakers for the Nexus, resource conflicts and social justice workshop, 29 Feb 2016, Sussex, UK. In recent years, the notion of the nexus has gained traction in the domain of natural resource governance. While nexus thinking has highlighted the importance of integration across diverse sectors, debates have tended to be […]
Citizen science and the nexus
Roger Fradera and colleagues explore the nexus through citizen science, in their Nexus Network thinkpiece. The authors say Citizens are the guardians of their local environment and…often know the places where they live better than regulators, policymakers and industry. Local citizens will usually be the first to notice changes in their immediate environment, whether instant […]