Nexus2020 short film
Learn all you need to know about the Nexus2020 project through this 3 minute video. The Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) is working with academics and business practitioners to identify knowledge gaps and research priorities that could help make business practices more sustainable. Update – Friday 31 July 2015: QUESTION SUBMISSION IS NOW CLOSED. […]
Methods workshop talks
The Nexus Network workshop on ‘Transdisciplinary Methods for Developing Nexus Capabilities’, was held at the University of Sussex, UK on 29-30 June 2015. The workshop took a critical look the research challenge in addressing nexus issues and thinking was stimulated by the Discussion Paper which was made available before the meeting. Here is a run-through […]
Methods workshop storify
The Storify brings together all the online discussions and ideas from the #transdisciplinaryworkshop held on 29 and 30 June in Sussex. Image credit: participants in the workshop by Nathan Oxley, Impact, Communications and Engagement Officer, from the STEPS centre. [View the story “Transdisciplinary methods workshop” on Storify] Tweet Follow @uk_nexus
Nexus2020 webinar slides and summary
If you missed the Nexus2020 webinar in June you can still take a look at the summary report here Summary_Nexus2020_Webinar_11June2015 and the slides here Nexus2020_Webinar_11June2015. Submit your question Question submission has now closed. For more information about the project email us at nexus2020@cisl.cam.ac.uk. Tweet Follow @uk_nexus
Re-think on consumer goods needed – Nexus thinkpiece
In the ‘Fast-Moving Circular Goods’ Nexus Network thinkpiece, Dr Fiona Charnley, Dale Walker and Dr Ksenija Kuzmina look at the future of the fast-moving consumer goods industry in a circular economy. The authors say The linear economic model of extracting raw materials and manufacturing goods to be sold, used and disposed of has dominated the […]
Global Food Security – £7M call coming soon
The Global Food Security programme will announce a 5-year interdisciplinary programme of research, in September 2015. The programme has been co-designed by BBSRC, ESRC, NERC, Defra and FSA, in partnership with wider stakeholders, and will address a major food security challenge: ‘Resilience of the UK food system in a global context’. Global Food Security (GFS) […]
Sustainable use of organic resources for bioenergy, food and water
A Nexus Network thinkpiece has provided the basis for a research paper ‘Sustainable use of organic resources for bioenergy, food and water provision in rural Sub-Saharan Africa’ published in the journal Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Volume 50, October 2015, Pages 903–917. You can read the full paper on the journal website. The paper reviews […]
Join the team: Research Fellow & Nexus Network Co-ordinator. Maternity cover post
This post is now closed. The Nexus Network is looking for a Research Fellow and Network Coordinator. This is a maternity cover post and will be based at the University of Sussex, UK. Location: Science and Technology Policy Research (SPRU), School of Business, Management and Economics, at the University of Sussex, UK. Post: Full time, […]
Nexus2020 Webinar 11 June 2015
We are holding a ‘Nexus2020: the most important questions for business’ webinar on Thurs 11 June 2015. The webinar will be held live at 10am (BST) and again at 4pm (BST) to make sure people from across the globe can join. About nexus2020 Nexus2020 is led by the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and brings […]
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Innovation Club
The ESRC is now a funding partner in the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Innovation Club (SARIC), a joint BBSRC, NERC and ESRC initiative to support research on the efficiency, productivity and sustainability of the UK crop and livestock sectors. call for research proposals The call opens on 29 June 2015 and closes on 16 September […]