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New report: Maps, Measures and Narratives for Transdisciplinary Research

Cian O’Donovan and Becky Ayre from The Nexus Network have produced a report of the final workshop of the Network, held in May 2018. Download the report here. About the report Transdisciplinary nexus-related research demands methodological pluralism, harnessing a range of techniques for engagement between diverse stakeholders. The act of engagement does not simply take […]

4 years ago projects More
 

Building capacity for transdisciplinary research – what do the funders need to know?

In this post, Ola Michalec and Cian O’Donovan reflect on the final stage of the Nexus Network project – mapping capabilities and capacities for transdisciplinary research. Between 2014 and 2018, the Nexus Network funded multiple initiatives exploring the intersections between the food, water, energy and environmental domains of the sustainability challenges. Starting with funded think-pieces […]

4 years ago energy, environment, food, projects, sustainability, water More
 

Democratizing public health and urban sustainability: how can nexus framings be useful?

In this post, Saurabh Arora (SPRU, University of Sussex, UK) and Leandro Giatti (SPH, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil) consider how nexus framings can contribute to research on public health and urban sustainability for addressing the UN Sustainable Development Goals, arguing that careful consideration be given to the complexity of cross-sectoral connections between health, food, […]

4 years ago energy, environment, food, people, sustainability More
 

Maps, Measures and Narratives for Transdisciplinary Research: Workshop Introduction

The following text outlines the aims, intentions and provides context for the workshop organised by The Nexus Network and hosted by the UCL Institute for Global Prosperity, on 1 May 2018. A full report on the day, and reactions from participants, will be available soon. Our entry point for the workshop will be reflections on […]

4 years ago events, projects, sustainability More
 

Improving Organic Resource Use in Rural Ethiopia (IPORE): Final Report

In 2016, The Nexus Network awarded a research partnership grant to five different projects aimed at improving understanding of the interactions between food–energy–water–environment and to support actions to improve their sustainability. The partnerships enabled researchers to build interdisciplinary research collaboration in locations across both the UK and Africa. Among these, the IPORE project (Improving Organic Resource Use […]

4 years ago environment, funding, projects, sustainability More
 

Reshaping the Domestic Nexus: final reports

The Reshaping the Domestic Nexus project brought new evidence and understandings of household practices to the attention of key policy partners, to inform intervention to reshape consumption of resources within the nexus of water-energy-food. From initial design of the proposed project to delivery of final reports, the project has been undertaken in collaboration with: Department […]

5 years ago energy, environment, food, water More
 

Nexus Shocks Fellowship: exploring the findings

Informing decision-making and resilience to nexus shocks: Exploring the findings from the Nexus Shocks Fellowship Dr Candice Howarth Background to the project The Nexus Shocks project explored how to improve decision-making and resilience related to nexus shocks. The work consisted of two phases and was funded in 2015 by the UK’s Economic and Social Research […]

5 years ago energy, environment, food, projects, water More
 

Nexus Brexit: final report

Awarded a Nexus Network networking grant in April 2015, the Nexus Brexit project led by Dr Guy Ziv, University of Leeds, has been focusing on the consequences that Brexit could have on UK water-food-energy systems and the natural environment. Following the decision taken by the UK public in June 2016 to leave the EU, the team used the data […]

5 years ago energy, environment, food, projects, water More
 

Anatomy of a buzzword: Research paper on the Nexus

In 2016, Rose Cairns (SPRU) and Anna Krzywoszynska (University of Sheffield) published a research paper on ‘Anatomy of a buzzword: The emergence of ‘the water-energy-food nexus’ in UK natural resource debates’, in the journal Environmental Science & Policy. The nexus buzzword In the paper, the authors argue that the water-energy-food nexus should remain a ‘matter of […]

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Sustainability in Turbulent Times: conference videos now available

Three hundred researchers, policy makers, business leaders and civil society practitioners gathered at the Sustainability in Turbulent Times conference hosted by The Nexus Network, CUSP and CECAN on 16th March 2017 to discuss the implications of the ongoing turbulence in the global political landscape for sustainable development, with a particular focus on the food-water-energy nexus. […]

5 years ago #SITT2017, events More
 

Nexus and beyond: 3 things that matter for transformative change

Bipashyee Ghosh, a doctoral student at SPRU attended the Nexus Network workshop on ‘Transforming Innovation: addressing nexus challenges with radical change’ on 17th March 2017.  Here she shares her thoughts from the day, arguing that transformation towards sustainability at the nexus requires attention be paid to transdisciplinary knowledge; appreciation of plurality and diversity; and experimentation […]

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