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News:

Manchester researchers win Nexus funding for collaborative think-piece: 'and-use at the Nexus'.

Funded by the ESRC, the Nexus Network brings together researchers, pollicy makers, business leaders and civil society to develop collaborative projects and improve decision making on food, energy, water and the environment. Following a call in June 2014 a team of researchers including Manchester, Loughborough, Cranfield and Lancaster successfully attracted ESRC funding to begin a dialogue on the challenges posed by Nexus thinking and questions raised for managing land for food, energy and water now and into uncertain futures.

Maria Sharmina, Claire Hoolohan, Alice Bows-Larkin, Paul Gilbert, Kevin Anderson,Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Manchester; Paul Burgess, Jerry Knox, Cranfield University; James Colwill, Loughborough University; David Howard, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology.

Details here.

Recent and upcoming events:

SUPERGEN Bioenergy Hub Food-Fuel Interface Workshop - September 2014 – South Africa

Closing date: 10^th of June 2014 at 16:00

The SUPERGEN Bioenergy hub wishes to invite applications from early career researchers to attend an interdisciplinary workshop on food-fuel interfaces to be held in South Africa in September 2014.

This interdisciplinary workshop will provide opportunities for early career researchers to examine the inter-linkages between bioenergy production, food security and environmental sustainability in an African context and the potential for sustainable bioenergy implementation to unlock cycles of energy and food poverty by developing energy security, food security, job creation, income diversification and rural development in southern African economies. Participants will have opportunities to learn from and exchange views with experienced mentors and researchers from across the engineering, science and social science disciplines and site visits will develop practical experience of the reality of sustainable bioenergy development. A major focus of this interdisciplinary early career researcher workshop will be the development of a joint research agenda for presentation to a range of stakeholders in both countries, including policy-makers.

This workshop will take place at the Berg en Dal Camp in the Kruger National Park in South Africa. This venue provides an opportunity for a unique workshop experience in close proximity to the wildlife of the park as well as an opportunity to develop researcher links in a relaxed environment.

Places are limited, to apply please contact Dr Laura O’Keefe.

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