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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, […]
Nexus Brexit: final report
Awarded a Nexus Network networking grant in April 2015, the Nexus Brexit project led by Dr Guy Ziv, University of Leeds, has been focusing on the consequences that Brexit could have on UK water-food-energy systems and the natural environment. Following the decision taken by the UK public in June 2016 to leave the EU, the team used the data […]
Facts vs Truth: Brexit and Sustainability in Turbulent Times
Nathan Oxley, Communications and Impact Manager for the ESRC STEPS Centre based at the University of Sussex, has published a blog post inspired by the triggering of Article 50 and discussions at the recent Sustainability in Turbulent Times conference: Today the UK’s Article 50 letter will be delivered, formally marking the UK’s intention to leave the […]
Political Populism and Sustainability
Mike Hulme, Professor of Climate and Culture at King’s College London, contributor to our recent conference on Sustainability in Turbulent Times, reflects on the implication of recent world events for those of us working in the fields of environment, social justice and sustainability. “The first response of a scientist or scholar to surprising physical or […]
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 […]
Sustainability in Turbulent Times: event now fully subscribed!
We are delighted to report that over 400 people have now signed up to join us at our Sustainability in Turbulent Times conference in London on Thursday 16th March. Registration is now closed, but if you are still keen to come along, please do add your name to the waiting list as we may be […]
Sustainability in Turbulent Times event, Thursday 16 March 2017, London
Save the date: ‘Sustainability in turbulent times: How can research, policy and business meet global challenges? Conference, Thursday 16 March 2017, London. These are turbulent times in which to advance sustainable development. Join 350 professionals from academia, policy, business and civil society to explore how research, policy and business can meet these global challenges. Over […]
Choose buzzwords with care – Nature editorial
What does ‘the Nexus’ mean? asks a Nature editorial, drawing on the recent paper by the Nexus Network co-ordinator, Rose Cairns, and Anna Krzywoszynska, from the University of Sheffield. The Nature editorial reflects on Rose and Anna’s arguments around the nexus as a buzzword, and concludes But the risk is that containing this [nexus] territory, however […]
Anatomy of a buzzword: Research paper on the Nexus
In 2016, Rose Cairns (SPRU) and Anna Krzywoszynska (University of Sheffield) published a research paper on ‘Anatomy of a buzzword: The emergence of ‘the water-energy-food nexus’ in UK natural resource debates’, in the journal Environmental Science & Policy. The nexus buzzword In the paper, the authors argue that the water-energy-food nexus should remain a ‘matter of […]
