Thinkpieces – more info
We have already had lots of interest from people intending to submit a think piece or short working paper to the first Nexus Network call. Several questions have come upon eligibility, funding and the Nexus subject areas we are interested in. Professor James Wilsdon, Director of the Nexus Network, says We don’t want […]
Guardian blog post: politics of the nexus
Photocredit: International Rivers. In today’s post on the Guardian political science blog, Jeremy Allouche says ..there are two key assumptions behind the nexus approach that I would characterise as: a systems approach, where the interactions between different sectors are modelled as global and regional flows, ignoring day-to day realities, local priorities and needs: and […]
Business and the Nexus Network
Photocredit: CISL. While business is becoming increasingly aware of the importance of natural capital, there is an urgent call to explore not only natural capital elements themselves but also the links between them. The Nexus Network provides an excellent framework for engaging business practitioners in innovative research ideas surrounding energy, environment, biodiversity and water. Businesses […]
Guardian blog post: a nexus approach to global challenges
Photocredit: Julien Harneis. In the third in the series of posts on the Guardian political science blog, Michael Bradshaw, Declan Conway and Hayley Leck investigate a nexus approach to global challenges. In the post, they say The urgent need for joined up approaches to policy and practice lies at the heart of nexus thinking. […]
Guardian blog post: working across silos
Photocredit: Steps Centre. In today’s political science blog on the Guardian, Professor Andy Stirling from the Nexus Network talks about what it means to work across disciplines: As attention focuses ever more intently on complex worldwide problems, it makes growing sense to pull research out of its disciplinary silos and focus directly on […]
Guardian blog post: navigating the nexus
Photocredit: Paul Lowry. James Wilsdon, Network Nexus Director and Rose Cairns, have released an article on ‘Navigating the nexus of food, energy, water and the environment’ on the political science blog on the Guardian website. In the blog, James and Rose say Trade-offs of this kind, between energy and water, or between energy and […]
Funding call
Photocredit: Christian Weidinger. THIS CALL HAS NOW CLOSED The Nexus Network has initially committed £500,000 to provide grants for pilot projects, blue-sky ideas, working papers and placements which can address the interconnected challenges of the nexus (food, water, energy and the environment). The outputs from these projects, ideas, papers and placements will be publicised through […]
Join the Nexus Network
Photocredit: Stuart Richards. We invite policy makers, business people and academics with an interest in Nexus issues to join the Nexus Network. Who should join? Anyone with an interest in the interconnections between food, energy, water and the environment is welcome to join the Nexus Network. In particular our activities will be most relevant to […]
Press release: Nexus Network launch
Photocredit: John Curley. Press release: 00:01, Monday 9 June 2014. ESRC launches The Nexus Network to foster new connections across food, energy, water and the environment In the past five years, there has been a surge of interest in the idea of the ‘nexus’, as a way of thinking about the interdependencies, tensions and trade-offs […]
