Sustainability 24
Building capacity for transdisciplinary research – what do the funders need to know?
In this post, Ola Michalec and Cian O’Donovan reflect on the final stage of the Nexus Network project – mapping capabilities and capacities for transdisciplinary research. Between 2014 and 2018, the Nexus Network funded multiple initiatives exploring the intersections between the food, water, energy and environmental domains of the sustainability challenges. Starting with funded think-pieces […]
Democratizing public health and urban sustainability: how can nexus framings be useful?
In this post, Saurabh Arora (SPRU, University of Sussex, UK) and Leandro Giatti (SPH, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil) consider how nexus framings can contribute to research on public health and urban sustainability for addressing the UN Sustainable Development Goals, arguing that careful consideration be given to the complexity of cross-sectoral connections between health, food, […]
Maps, Measures and Narratives for Transdisciplinary Research: Workshop Introduction
The following text outlines the aims, intentions and provides context for the workshop organised by The Nexus Network and hosted by the UCL Institute for Global Prosperity, on 1 May 2018. A full report on the day, and reactions from participants, will be available soon. Our entry point for the workshop will be reflections on […]
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 […]
Stairways to heaven: the urban nexus in Lima
Adriana Allen, Professor of Development Planning and Urban Sustainability, University College London, UK, spoke on Beyond urban risk traps? Seeking the nexus through the everyday, at the Nexus Network Urban Nexus workshop on 12 May 2016. In the informal settlements on the edges of cities like Lima, a sizeable number of women and men struggle […]
Is the nexus relevant on the ground?
Blog post by Susan Conlon, PhD Candidate at the Water Security Research Centre, School of International Development, University of East Anglia. The ‘Is the nexus relevant on the ground?’ session at the Nexus, resource conflicts and social justice was very useful for a relative newcomer to nexus thinking like myself. In this session, Jeremy Allouche […]
Speakers announced for 29 Feb – Nexus, resource conflicts and social justice workshop
We are pleased to announce the speakers for the Nexus, resource conflicts and social justice workshop, 29 Feb 2016, Sussex, UK. In recent years, the notion of the nexus has gained traction in the domain of natural resource governance. While nexus thinking has highlighted the importance of integration across diverse sectors, debates have tended to be […]
Citizen science and the nexus
Roger Fradera and colleagues explore the nexus through citizen science, in their Nexus Network thinkpiece. The authors say Citizens are the guardians of their local environment and…often know the places where they live better than regulators, policymakers and industry. Local citizens will usually be the first to notice changes in their immediate environment, whether instant […]
Organic Resource Use Network – Ethiopia workshop
The Organic Resource Use in Rural Africa Network held a workshop at Hawassa University, Ethiopia on 5 December 2015 as part of the discussions between the Ethiopian and UK academic partners, with various stakeholders. A range of participants including people from local and regional government; regional and local bureaus dealing with water, energy, agriculture and […]
Why engage with policymakers?
In our latest guest blog, Dr Anna Krzywoszynska from Durham University reflects on the workshop session she ran on ‘Policy engagement and the nexus’ in the afternoon of the Nexus Network Annual Conference on 19 November 2015. Why engage with policymakers (at all)? As academics, we are encouraged by our universities and the funding bodies […]
