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Sustainable use of organic resources for bioenergy, food and water
A Nexus Network thinkpiece has provided the basis for a research paper ‘Sustainable use of organic resources for bioenergy, food and water provision in rural Sub-Saharan Africa’ published in the journal Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Volume 50, October 2015, Pages 903–917. You can read the full paper on the journal website. The paper reviews […]
Nexus2020 Webinar 11 June 2015
We are holding a ‘Nexus2020: the most important questions for business’ webinar on Thurs 11 June 2015. The webinar will be held live at 10am (BST) and again at 4pm (BST) to make sure people from across the globe can join. About nexus2020 Nexus2020 is led by the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and brings […]
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Innovation Club
The ESRC is now a funding partner in the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Innovation Club (SARIC), a joint BBSRC, NERC and ESRC initiative to support research on the efficiency, productivity and sustainability of the UK crop and livestock sectors. call for research proposals The call opens on 29 June 2015 and closes on 16 September […]
Nexus2020 Storify from the 5 June twitter chat
The Nexus2020 twitter chat on 5 June 2015 gained alot of attention and generated a stream of discussion between our 5 panelists and participants from around the world, on Nexus2020: the most important questions for business. Nexus2020 asks ‘What are the most important questions around business practice that, if answered, could help companies manage their […]
Join #Nexus2020 twitter chat 5 June 2015
What are the most important questions around business practice that, if answered, could help companies manage their dependencies and impacts upon food, energy, water and the environment? What? Twitter chat #Nexus2020 When? 5 June 2015. 10 am EST/ 3pm BST. What it’s about: The aim of the session is to get your questions stimulated by […]
Call for Virtual Agricultural Nitrogen Centres: with Brazil, China and India
UK research councils BBSRC and NERC plus partners in Brazil, China and India, are delighted to announce a Newton Fund call for Virtual Joint Centres in Agricultural Nitrogen. Applications are invited to enable research activities between the UK and one of Brazil, China or India for up to three years in duration. The aim of […]
UK-Brazil Nexus collaboration – proposals invited
Proposals are invited for collaborative projects between the UK and Brazil which contribute to the economic development and welfare of Brazil within either the area of the Social Science of the Food-Water-Energy Nexus and Healthy Urban Living. These calls form part of the Newton Fund commitment to develop bilateral research partnerships and enhance the global […]
Support for research students to attend Methods workshop
Update 11 May – applications for support have now closed and successful applicants will be notified shortly. – We are pleased to announce that the Nexus Network is able to offer support to 3 research students/ early career researchers who would like to attend the ‘Transdisciplinary Methods for Developing Nexus Capabilities‘ workshop; to cover UK […]
Submit a question to Nexus2020
We are now officially at 206 questions submitted to Nexus2020, but we still have room for more. Nexus2020 asks ‘What are the most important questions around business practice that, if answered, could help companies manage their dependencies and impacts upon food, energy, water and the environment?’ At the Natural Bridge workshop last week participants were […]
Speakers announced for Transdisciplinary Methods workshop 29 and 30 June 2015, Brighton
The Nexus Network workshop on ‘Transdisciplinary Methods for Developing Nexus Capabilities’, at the University of Sussex, UK on 29-30 June 2015, will take a critical look the research challenge in addressing nexus issues. Professor Andy Stirling and colleagues from the Nexus Network have set out a series of questions and provocations to set the scene […]
