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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 […]
£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 […]
Report from transdisciplinary methods for developing nexus capabilities workshop
The report from the ‘Transdisciplinary Methods for Developing Nexus Capabilities’ workshop, held at the University of Sussex on 29 and 30 June 2015, is now available. Download the report as a pdf Transdisciplinary Nexus Methods Workshop final Report 2015 questions In light of growing challenges in the just, equitable and sustainable global provision of water, […]
Nexus2020 question submissions closes with over 700 entries
By Hannah Tranter, Natural Capital Leaders Platform, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. On 31 July 2015, Nexus2020 question collection formally ended with over 700 submissions from a range of people including business practitioners, policy-makers, researchers, non-governmental organisations and sustainability specialists. The Nexus2020 team is delighted that the project’s call for questions has received higher than […]
Nexus2020 short film
Learn all you need to know about the Nexus2020 project through this 3 minute video. The Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) is working with academics and business practitioners to identify knowledge gaps and research priorities that could help make business practices more sustainable. Update – Friday 31 July 2015: QUESTION SUBMISSION IS NOW CLOSED. […]
Methods workshop talks
The Nexus Network workshop on ‘Transdisciplinary Methods for Developing Nexus Capabilities’, was held at the University of Sussex, UK on 29-30 June 2015. The workshop took a critical look the research challenge in addressing nexus issues and thinking was stimulated by the Discussion Paper which was made available before the meeting. Here is a run-through […]
Global Food Security – £7M call coming soon
The Global Food Security programme will announce a 5-year interdisciplinary programme of research, in September 2015. The programme has been co-designed by BBSRC, ESRC, NERC, Defra and FSA, in partnership with wider stakeholders, and will address a major food security challenge: ‘Resilience of the UK food system in a global context’. Global Food Security (GFS) […]
