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Virtual delegate pack from 27 Nov 2014 Conference available
Over 170 people took part in the first Nexus Network conference: ‘What works at the nexus? New connections in food, energy, water and environment‘ on Thursday 27 November in London. This was an opportunity for network members to meet, hear high-profile keynote speakers, discuss nexus challenges from a variety of perspectives, and find out about […]
Grants of up to £20,000 each available for collaborations to improve nexus decision-making
This call has now closed: thanks to everyone who has applied. In order to support the development and implementation of co-designed research on nexus-related topics, the Nexus Network is offering grants each to enable researchers to build meaningful inter-disciplinary research collaboration networks, and to establish connections with civil society, policy and business communities in order […]
Nexus Network conference live online 27 Nov 2014
The first Nexus Network conference: ‘What works at the nexus? New connections in food, energy, water and environment‘ on Thursday 27 November 2014 was webcast live. To tune in on Thursday 27 Nov please go to KTN TV site http://www.livestream.com/esktn The webcasting will start at 10:00am with the first talk; please make sure you tune […]
Thinkpieces published
In July 2014, we commissioned series of thinkpieces to help scope and define nexus approaches and stimulate debate across the linked domains of food, energy, water and the environment. We are very pleased to publish three of the thinkpieces from the July call today, plus an additional thinkpiece from Nexus Network partners, the Cambridge Institute […]
Call for inputs on Nexus Issues in Latin America
The Global Canopy Project would like to receive your inputs on Nexus Issues in Latin America, by Monday 1 December 2014. They will use these inputs (anything from including relevant research, projects, case studies and initiatives) to inform a scoping study on the challenges and opportunities around the water, energy and food nexus in Latin […]
ESRC Urban Transformations Research Call now open
Up to £3 million is available from the Economic and Social Research Council in the ‘Urban Transformations’ call. ESRC intends to fund four to six projects and proposals should cover one or both of the following topics: Social innovation and creative urban living Urban economies Proposals for this call should also adopt one or both […]
Comments invited on BBSRC food security report – deadline today
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council is investigating how it could best contribute to supporting research or related activities (infrastructure, training and skills, translation of research into practice etc.) relevant to the sustainable intensification (SI) of agriculture. If you would like to contribute to this then please see BBSRC website for the Food Security report […]
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
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. […]
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 […]