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Improving Organic Resource Use in Rural Ethiopia (IPORE): Final Report
In 2016, The Nexus Network awarded a research partnership grant to five different projects aimed at improving understanding of the interactions between food–energy–water–environment and to support actions to improve their sustainability. The partnerships enabled researchers to build interdisciplinary research collaboration in locations across both the UK and Africa. Among these, the IPORE project (Improving Organic Resource Use […]
£500K awarded to explore food, energy, water and environment interactions in UK and Africa
Five research partnership awards will advance understanding of the food- energy- water- environment interactions and support actions to improve their sustainability. £500,000 of funding from the Economic Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Nexus Network will enable researchers to build meaningful interdisciplinary research collaboration in locations across both the UK and Africa. The studies form […]
The future of nexus research funding
Professor James Wilsdon, Director of the Nexus Network and Dr Hannah Collins, Deputy Head of the Economic Performance and Environment Team at the Economic and Social Research Council, ESRC, co-chaired the workshop session on ‘The funding landscape for nexus research’ at the Nexus Network conference on 19 November 2015. This blog post is a summary of […]
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 […]
£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 […]
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 […]
Networking grants announced
The Nexus Network as awarded 6 Networking grants ‘to enable researchers to build meaningful inter-disciplinary research collaboration networks, and to establish connections with relevant stakeholders (from civil society, policy and business communities) in order to engage them as knowledge partners in the co-design of research proposals on nexus topics.’ The successful grants tackle a range […]
Opportunity to scope £2.5 Million UK-Brazil Nexus programme; London scoping workshop 13 and 14 April 2015
The Economic and Social Research Council and the Brazilian funding agencies CONFAP and CNPq are collaborating on a new Nexus Social Science research programme, under the recently launched Newton Fund. The programme will foster long-term relationships between academics and practitioners in UK and Brazil, that promote the economic development and welfare of developing countries, and […]
The Lived Environment Workshop, 20 & 21 May 2015, London
The Arts and Humanities Research Council ‘Science in Culture‘ theme fosters interdisciplinary working between researchers in the sciences and the arts and humanities in order to pursue topics that cannot be successfully addressed by either side alone. As part of this work, the AHRC are holding The Lived Environment Workshop on 20 & 21 May 2015, in […]
Twitter chat: Tues 17 Feb: Centre for Evaluating Complexity
On Tues 17 Feb 2015 starting at 1300, ESRC will host a twitter chat on behalf of the 6 funders of the Centre for Evaluating Complexity. If you were not able to make the Bidders Event….or if you have any further questions about the call then please take part! Follow the discussion with @uk_nexus and @esrc using […]
