Resource Conflicts 8
Reclaiming the Nexus space
Blog post by Sandra Pointel, Doctoral Researcher, Science Policy Research Unit. For those concerned with social justice, reclaiming the NEXUS space is particularly important, to avoid the hijacking of the agenda by narrow understandings. At the recent workshop on the Nexus, resource conflicts and social justice, Erik Millestone, Professor at SPRU, emphasised the contested nature […]
Reclaiming the Nexus from below
Blog post by Sandra Pointel, Doctoral Researcher, Science Policy Research Unit. The recent workshop on the Nexus, resource conflicts and social justice, hosted at the Institute of Development Studies on 29 Feb 2016, addressed issues around ‘reclaiming the NEXUS from below’. Despite much buzz around the energy-food-water NEXUS over the recent years, much contestation remains […]
Resource Conflicts and Social Justice workshop report
The Nexus Network Resource Conflicts and Social Justice workshop, held at the Institute of Development Studies on 29 February 2016, provided the opportunity to tease out often implicit and unstated challenges that come with nexus frameworks and nexus thinking. Aims The aim of the workshop was to stimulate debate between diverse stakeholders on these contested […]
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 […]
The nexus: a management system, policy process or a way of life?
Blog post by Susan Conlon, PhD Candidate at the Water Security Research Centre, School of International Development, University of East Anglia. In the second session of The Nexus, resource conflicts and social justice workshop, on Monday 29 February 2016, I found Jeremy Allouche’s (IDS) contribution to dominant and alternative ways of thinking about the nexus […]
Where’s Wally in the nexus?
Blog post by Daphne Page, PhD candidate at the Centre for Food Policy, City University London. I indulged in a bit of ‘disciplinary tourism’ this past week by attending the Nexus Network Resource Conflicts and Social Justice workshop on Monday 29 Feb 2016, in Sussex. My work focuses on the development of sustainable urban […]
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 […]
Resource Conflicts workshop – Monday 29 Feb 2016, Sussex, UK
The Nexus, resource conflicts and social justice workshop was led by Professor Lyla Mehta from the Institute of Development Studies, and was held at IDS, Brighton, Sussex, UK. We invited participants from academia, policy, business and the third sector. Date: Monday 29 February 2016. Venue: Institute of Development Studies, Brighton, UK. aims In recent […]
