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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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Research paper on tracing the water-energy-food nexus
Hayley Leck, Declan Conway and Judith Rees from the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, LSE along with Michael Bradshaw from Warwick Business School, have published a paper on ‘Tracing the Water–Energy–Food Nexus: Description, Theory and Practice‘, in the Journal Geography Compass (Volume 9, Issue 8, pages 445–460, August 2015). The paper […]
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 […]
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 […]
