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A cross-council vision for Food, Nutrition and Health research
Three of the UK research councils, the BBSRC, MRC and ESRC, have published a vision for joint working in food, nutrition and health research. The document suggests that new research, which considers the interactions of biological, medical and social factors, will provide a more effective basis for new health policies, therapies, products and interventions. For […]
£12m Centre for Agricultural Informatics and Sustainability Metrics Announced
As part of the Industrial Strategy for Agri-Tech, £12 million is being awarded to a consortium of business and academia to establish and run the Centre for Agricultural Informatics and Sustainability Metrics, to be based at Rothamsted Research. The consortium includes Rothamsted Research (Harpenden, Hertfordshire), University of Reading (Berkshire), National Institute of Agricultural Botany (Cambridgeshire) and […]
Welcome to Nexus Network-Defra Fellow Anna Krzywoszynska
We are very pleased to welcome Dr Anna Krzywoszynska, Post Doctoral Research Associate at Durham University, as the as Nexus Network-Defra Fellow. Anna starts her role on 18 March 2015 and will base her Fellowship at Defra’s London office over a period of 5 months. The aim of the Fellowship is to explore Nexus issues at […]
Opportunity to scope £2.5 Million UK-Brazil Nexus programme; London scoping workshop 13 and 14 April 2015
The Economic and Social Research Council and the Brazilian funding agencies CONFAP and CNPq are collaborating on a new Nexus Social Science research programme, under the recently launched Newton Fund. The programme will foster long-term relationships between academics and practitioners in UK and Brazil, that promote the economic development and welfare of developing countries, and […]
Energy access: the role of bioenergy
On Wed 25 February Dr Julia Tomei, Research Associate at UCL-Energy, attended the Research Council UK Energy Programme meeting at the opulent St James Court hotel in central London. Julia had been invited by the Nexus Network to present a poster on ‘Energy access: the role of bioenergy’ to the Scientific Advisory Committee, which advises […]
The Lived Environment Workshop, 20 & 21 May 2015, London
The Arts and Humanities Research Council ‘Science in Culture‘ theme fosters interdisciplinary working between researchers in the sciences and the arts and humanities in order to pursue topics that cannot be successfully addressed by either side alone. As part of this work, the AHRC are holding The Lived Environment Workshop on 20 & 21 May 2015, in […]
Better academic-NGO engagement on food research and policy
The Natural Environment Research Council and Green Alliance are holding a joint workshop on Friday 20 March 2015, London, to bring together academics and NGOs working on food research and policy. The workshop aims to identify: The overlap between issues that NGOs are focused on, which need a stronger evidence base, and the issues that academics […]
Nexus2020: What are the most important questions for business?
Between March and July 2015, we are asking members of the business community, policy makers, academics and the public to submit suggestions for: What are the most important questions around business practice that, if answered, could help companies manage their dependencies and impacts upon food, energy, water and the environment? The best questions are likely to be those that consider […]
Summary of Q+A session: Centre for Evaluating Complexity
All the #ComplexityCentre discussions, questions and answers captured on one place: [View the story “Centre for Evaluating Complexity” on Storify] Tweet Follow @uk_nexus
Talks from Centre for Evaluating Complexity event
The six funders of the Centre for Evaluating Complexity across the Energy-Environment-Food Nexus held a ‘bidders launch event‘ on 11 February 2015 in London, for people with an interest in bidding to run the centre. The Centre will pioneer, test and promote innovative and inclusive methods to analyse evaluations across the energy-environment-food nexus where complexity […]