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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 […]
Sustainability in Turbulent Times Report Launch
We are very excited to announce the publication of the final report from the Nexus Network “Sustainability in Turbulent Times” which we are launching to a capacity crowd at our conference today in London. Since its launch in June 2014, the Nexus Network has worked to support transdisciplinary research at the food-water-energy-environment nexus, and to […]
Research paper on Understanding barriers to nexus decision making
Candice Howarth from Anglia Ruskin University and Irene Monasterolo from Boston University, USA, have published their research on ‘Understanding barriers to decision making in the UK energy-food-water nexus: The added value of interdisciplinary approaches’ in Environmental Science & Policy, Volume 61, July 2016, Pages 53–60. doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2016.03.014 The paper presents the findings from five themed workshops carried […]
What is transdisciplinarity?
Blog by Ruth Welters. If you came to the Methods workshop in June 2015 and have read the workshop report then you will already be familiar with the term ‘transdisciplinarity’ and what is meant by it. But just in case you missed the workshop or are wondering what academics mean by this term, I thought […]
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 […]
Applications now closed: Transdisciplinary Methods for Developing Nexus Capabilities Workshop
The Nexus Network workshop on ‘Transdisciplinary Methods for Developing Nexus Capabilities’, will be held at the University of Sussex, UK on 29-30 June 2015. The workshop will be shaped around two key questions: What different kinds and interconnections of method in contrasting contexts, form the most practical basis for enabling transformative action to address […]
