Sustainability 11
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, […]
Nexus and beyond: 3 things that matter for transformative change
Bipashyee Ghosh, a doctoral student at SPRU attended the Nexus Network workshop on ‘Transforming Innovation: addressing nexus challenges with radical change’ on 17th March 2017. Here she shares her thoughts from the day, arguing that transformation towards sustainability at the nexus requires attention be paid to transdisciplinary knowledge; appreciation of plurality and diversity; and experimentation […]
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 […]
Registration now open for Sustainability in Turbulent Times event, Thursday 16 March 2017, London
Over the next few years, the British exit from the EU, the new US administration, and unpredictable waves of populism and authoritarianism are likely to recast key environmental and social policies and to have profound effects on the prospects for sustainable prosperity. International frameworks of governance and collaboration will need to be redesigned, and the legitimacy […]
ESRC-DFID workshop on sustainability, poverty and conflict/fragility, 7 March 2016, London
The global challenges of addressing growth and prosperity whilst ensuring we tackle extreme poverty, leave no one behind, and deal with environmental sustainability are immense. There will inevitably be both winners and losers, with great potential for conflict of different kinds, and great need for sensitive policy design. Securing meaningful sustainable development for all will need […]
Nexus2020 update
Dr Bhaskar Vira from the University of Cambridge gave an update on the Nexus2020 project at the Nexus Network conference on 19 Nov 2015. The Nexus2020 project asked for responses to What are the most important questions around business practice that, if answered, could help companies manage their dependencies and impacts upon food, energy, water […]
