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Welcome to our latest members

We are very pleased to welcome all our latest members to the Nexus Network, we now have over 560 members in 36 countries around the world. Tweet Follow @uk_nexus

7 years ago about, partners, people More
 

Launch of the EU-India Social Sciences and Humanities Platform

Blog by Ruth Welters. On Tuesday 14 October 2014 I went to the launch of the EU-India Social Sciences and Humanities Platform (EQUIP)* in Delhi. Despite only having had one hour’s sleep on the night flight, I really enjoyed the afternoon roundtable discussions involving Indian social science & humanities researchers and EU funders of research. […]

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Funding Insight article on the Nexus Network October 2014

James Wilsdon, director of the Nexus Network recently wrote an article on the Nexus Network for Funding Insight, a Research Professional service, helping academics write better funding proposals. In the article James talks about the background to the Nexus and the importance of social science in this; outlines ESRC interest in Nexus issues and talks about […]

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Tree Health and Plant Biosecurity initiative – call for proposals

Tree Health and Plant Biosecurity initiative invites proposals for research that will inform policy and practice to address either threats to the health of oak, or threats to trees from Phytophthora. The funders expect to support one project on each topic at a cost not exceeding £1M per project (at 80% of full economic cost). […]

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What works at the nexus? Conference on 27 Nov 2014, London

Join us at the first Nexus Network conference: ‘What works at the nexus? New connections in food, energy, water and environment‘ on Thursday 27 November from 9.30 am to 5.30 pm. This is an opportunity for network members to meet, hear high-profile keynote speakers, discuss nexus challenges from a variety of perspectives, and find out […]

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European Society for Ecological Economics- transformations conference 30 June – 3 July 2015

The European Society for Ecological Economics (ESEE), is holding a conference on ‘transformations’, hosted by the University of Leeds, UK on 30 June – 3 July 2015. This conference takes place as this century’s key challenges for human society become ever clearer and more entrenched: increasing levels of resource use and environmental impacts; threats to […]

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The what, why and how of the nexus: contribute your thoughts

A team led by Kit Macleod from the James Hutton Institute would like to draw on your experiences and perspectives on the why, what and how of nexus approaches for understanding linkages within and across water, energy, food and environment. This will contribute to the Systems Thinking in Environment-People Science nexus thinkpiece. The team are […]

8 years ago about, funding, partners, people More
 

Can you suggest literature on transdisciplinary nexus research?

Frances Harris and Fergus Lyon are writing a Nexus Network thinkpiece which will be published in the Autumn and are looking for more suggestions of research to draw on. Frances says We are conducting a review of literature for the Nexus Network on food, energy, water and the environment. The review concerns the processes of […]

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How the relationships between food, energy and water apply across the world

Andrew Scott, research fellow at the ODI, explains in this short film from the ODI, how the relationships between food, energy and water apply across the world.   The nexus is a concept that tries to capture the interdependencies between the water, energy and food sectors; recognising that the use of water for agriculture and […]

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Can the nexus help meet the sustainable development goals?

Can the nexus concept help to galvanise new discussions and insights about development and the environment? Or might the terminology of the nexus risk obscuring the inherently political nature of questions about how resources are used, who decides, and who benefits or loses from these allocations? Around 80 people from research, business and civil society […]

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