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Scales, levels and spaces of the nexus conference 19 Nov 2015
The Nexus Network Annual Conference 2015 was held on Thursday 19 November 2015, in London. We’ll be launching the next phase of our grant funding scheme and also letting you know details of our upcoming workshops. get involved online You can follow the day and engage with our speakers on twitter with @uk_nexus and #nexus2015. […]
Modelling the energy-water-food nexus – PhD opportunity
Bioenergy production affects food prices. Electricity and agriculture are dependent on water availability. Water and crops are impacted by climate change. People, prices, and natural systems are all interconnected. Interactions between the energy, water and food systems under a changing climate are an important research frontier in applied environmental science. Systems models incorporating both economic […]
Defra Fellow report
Dr Anna Krzywoszynska, Post Doctoral Research Associate at Durham University, has published her findings on how the nexus domains are currently being approached within the Department of Food and Rural Affairs and where there are opportunities for furthering cross-domain dialogue and action. This work was carried out as a joint Nexus Network – Defra fellowship, with […]
Photo competition: what does the nexus mean to you?
This has now closed – thanks to everyone who took part. What do the links between food, energy, water and the environment mean to you? Let us know by entering our online Nexus Network photo competition as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science. We would like to see how food, energy, water and […]
Sustainable Intensification Network
Up to £80k a year, for up to three years, is available for a network on sustainable intensification of agriculture, funded by BBSRC, in partnership with NERC. Deadline: 12 November 2015. The Network will encourage and facilitate multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary research relevant to the sustainable intensification of agriculture (SI). Aims Bring together new combinations […]
Outputs of Nexus2020
The outputs from the Nexus Network Nexus2020 project, led by the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, will be revealed at the Nexus Network Scales, levels and spaces of the nexus Conference, on Thursday 19 November 2015, London. Nexus2020 brings together business, academics, policy makers and civil society to determine the most important questions that […]
Job opportunity: Centre Manager, Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity
The ESRC-funded Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP), at the University of Surrey, is looking for a full time Centre Manager. The Centre manager will be responsible for the day to day management of the Centre and will support the Director in the management and delivery of the research portfolio, reporting, event management […]
Nexus Network conference, 19 Nov 2015, London
Scales, levels and spaces of the nexus. Questions of scale are crucial in addressing the linked nexus challenges of food, energy, water and the environment. The nexus is often framed as a global security problem, but this can obscure alternative understandings of interactions and trade-offs at local, regional and national levels. The Nexus Network second […]
£14M for research on: resilience of the UK food system in a global context
The Global Food Security programme, involving BBSRC, ESRC, NERC, Defra, FSA and the Scottish Government, has made £14M available for research on Resilience of the UK food system in a global context. Deadline: 27 October 2015. Themes The programme will fund research in one or more of the following themes: 1. Optimising the productivity, resilience and […]
What is transdisciplinarity?
Blog by Ruth Welters. If you came to the Methods workshop in June 2015 and have read the workshop report then you will already be familiar with the term ‘transdisciplinarity’ and what is meant by it. But just in case you missed the workshop or are wondering what academics mean by this term, I thought […]