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Nexus2020 business report

Partnerships between businesses and researchers are fundamental to generating tangible steps towards sustainability, reveals a new business report from the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL). The Nexus2020: The most important research questions for business sustainability report is a result of the Nexus2020 project, which set out to bridge the gap between the business and […]

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Sustainability in Turbulent Times event, Thursday 16 March 2017, London

Save the date: ‘Sustainability in turbulent times: How can research, policy and business meet global challenges? Conference, Thursday 16 March 2017, London. These are turbulent times in which to advance sustainable development. Join 350 professionals from academia, policy, business and civil society to explore how research, policy and business can meet these global challenges. Over […]

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What is the role of a researcher-activist?

Anni Beukes from Stellenbosch University offers her reflections on the role of a ‘researcher-activist’, together with local communities, in re-thinking, remaking and re-inventing the possibilities for just and equitable locally specific and adaptive technologies for the provision of food, water and energy. Anni draws from her experience of working with communities federated to SDI in […]

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Choose buzzwords with care – Nature editorial

What does ‘the Nexus’ mean? asks a Nature editorial, drawing on the recent paper by the Nexus Network co-ordinator, Rose Cairns, and Anna Krzywoszynska, from the University of Sheffield. The Nature editorial reflects on Rose and Anna’s arguments around the nexus as a buzzword, and concludes   But the risk is that containing this [nexus] territory, however […]

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Nexus2020 paper published- co-designed research themes to tackle global challenges

A research paper showing how collaboration between business and academia can identify the most urgent research priorities to ensure the sustainability of food, energy, water and the environment is published in the journal Sustainability Science. The paper draws on the Nexus Network Nexus2020 activities, led by the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. Companies both depend upon […]

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Sustainable Intensification Research Network launched

The BBRSC and NERC funded Sustainable Intensification Research Network (SIRN) builds on existing initiatives, developed by UK researchers in the agricultural, biological, environmental and social sciences, for better integration of the communities working on sustainable intensification. In his blog, network lead Professor Andy Whitmore from Rothamsted Research, says The sustainable, secure, resilient and fair production […]

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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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Agroecology research network: website launched

The Agroecology Network, led by Professor Steffen Boehm and funded by a Nexus Network networking grant, has launched the Agroecology research network website. The website provides a platform for networking, research, and engagement related to agroecology in the UK and includes a database of agroecological businesses, projects, and initiatives in the UK. Agroecology is a broad field involving ecologically-sensitive agricultural […]

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Job Opportunity: Researcher to work on Reshaping the Domestic Nexus – now closed

This post has now closed Dr Matt Watson from the University of Sheffield is advertising for a researcher to work with the Reshaping the Domestic Nexus team, based at the University of Sheffield. The 12 month post will involve working with Matt and the rest of the academic team, to engage with our partner organisations […]

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Job Opportunity: Researcher to work on Nexus Shocks – CLOSED

This post has now closed. Apply by Wed 10 August 2016 Dr Candice Howarth from the University of Surrey, is advertising for a researcher to work on ‘Nexus Shocks’, conducting research alongside the project PI, engaging with members of the Nexus Shocks Network and producing outputs for academic and non-academic audiences. Dr Candice Howarth will lead […]

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