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 […]
Organic Resource Use Network – Ethiopia workshop
The Organic Resource Use in Rural Africa Network held a workshop at Hawassa University, Ethiopia on 5 December 2015 as part of the discussions between the Ethiopian and UK academic partners, with various stakeholders. A range of participants including people from local and regional government; regional and local bureaus dealing with water, energy, agriculture and […]
Focal Scales, Knowing Spaces and Methods of the Nexus
In our series of guest blogs from the Nexus Network Annual Conference on 19 November 2015, we are pleased to publish this post from conference participant Rachael Taylor. This post is Rachael’s summary of the Focal Scales, Knowing Spaces and Methods of the Nexus workshop session run by Dr Saurabh Arora from SPRU. Introducing the workshop, Saurabh Arora […]
Domestic Nexus workshop 9 Dec 2015
The Nexus Network ‘Domestic Nexus‘ project examines the dynamics of consumption at the domestic scale. The household is a critical junction where the provisioning of resources such as water, food, energy meets with everyday practices such as laundry, eating and comfort. The project is run by Matt Watson, Peter Jackson and Liz Sharp from University […]
Uncertainties of future UK water, energy & food consumption – workshop 8 Dec 2015
Workshop on Uncertainties of future UK water, energy & food consumption, Tuesday 8 December 2015, University of Cambridge. Background There is high uncertainty on drivers affecting future UK consumption of water, food and energy, and the inter-dependencies between both drivers and dimensions of the “Nexus”. We aim to better clarify and map these issues and […]
Nexus Shocks meeting 30 Nov 2015 in London
The Nexus Shocks Network held a symposium on Monday 30 November 2015 in London. The Nexus Shocks Network brings together interdisciplinary and cross-sectorial expertise to engage in constructive dialogue, identify opportunities to address challenges, and better inform decision making in response to nexus shocks. At the 30 November 2015 symposium, the future aim, scope and […]
Spending review implications
In his role as chair of the Campaign for Social Science, Professor James Wilsdon airs his views, alongside others from academia and science organisations, on this week’s spending review in the guardian post What does the spending review mean for science and innovation? published Wed 25 Nov 2015. James questions what will be in the […]