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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 […]
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 […]
Nexus Network photo competition winners
What do the links between food, energy, water and the environment mean to you? This was the question we asked in our online Nexus Network photo competition as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science. We wanted to see how food, energy, water and the environment connect with your everyday life, at home, at […]
Political dimensions 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. Political and social dimensions of the nexus The blog is Rachael’s overview of the contribution from Dr Antonio Ioris, University of Edinburgh to the ‘Nexus struggles: agricultural […]
The hidden voices of nexus struggles
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. Rachael is a Doctoral researcher at SPRU, the Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex. The blog is Rachael’s overview of the ‘Nexus struggles: agricultural […]
Understanding Limits and Nexus – keynote talk by Tim Jackson
Professor Tim Jackson, from the ESRC Centre for Understanding Sustainable Prosperity gave the morning keynote at the Nexus Network second Annual Conference on 19 November 2015, on ‘Flourishing within limits – towards a social science for sustainable prosperity’. You can download a pdf of Tim Jackson’s talk here CUSP Nexus conference Nov 2015_TimJackson The following […]
Nexus2020 update
Dr Bhaskar Vira from the University of Cambridge gave an update on the Nexus2020 project at the Nexus Network conference on 19 Nov 2015. The Nexus2020 project asked for responses to What are the most important questions around business practice that, if answered, could help companies manage their dependencies and impacts upon food, energy, water […]
Nexus Network partnership grants – £300,000 available
THIS CALL HAS NOW CLOSED. Apply by 1700 UK time on 31 Jan 2016 for the Nexus Network Research Partnership Grants. The Nexus Network has £300,000 available to support inter- and trans-disciplinary research projects on nexus themes. Projects should improve understanding of food-energy-water nexus interactions and support actions to improve their sustainability. Proposals are invited […]
Urban Nexus Workshop. 12 & 13 May 2016. Sussex, UK.
The ‘Nexuses of the Urban: Interactions between water, energy and food provision for sustainable cities’ workshop is being led by Dr Saurabh Arora from SPRU – Science Policy Research Unit at University of Sussex and will take place over two days in University of Sussex, Brighton, UK. We now have over 100 people registered for […]
Resource Conflicts workshop – Monday 29 Feb 2016, Sussex, UK
The Nexus, resource conflicts and social justice workshop was led by Professor Lyla Mehta from the Institute of Development Studies, and was held at IDS, Brighton, Sussex, UK. We invited participants from academia, policy, business and the third sector. Date: Monday 29 February 2016. Venue: Institute of Development Studies, Brighton, UK. aims In recent […]