The Nexus Network is a three-year initiative to foster debate, innovative research and practical collaborations across the linked ‘nexus’ domains of food, energy, water and the environment. Participation in the network is open to researchers from all disciplines, and to decision makers in government, business and civil society.
The network is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and is being co-ordinated by a team from the University of Sussex, University of East Anglia and University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.
The aims of the Nexus Network are to:
- Encourage debate, fund innovative research and improve decision making across the linked ‘nexus challenges’ of food, energy, water and the environment.
- Support interdisciplinary, cross-sector collaborations between social and natural scientists working on nexus topics, and between academic researchers and those in government, business and civil society engaged in these debates.
- Enable researchers and stakeholders in business, policy and civil society to develop and share new methodologies, data, conceptual frameworks, skills and practices directed towards nexus challenges.
Related links
Thought piece by Dr Jake Reynolds and Dr Gemma Cranston, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, for the Nexus Network: Nexus thinking: can it slow the Great Acceleration?
Nexus Network website | @uk_nexus
