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Messy but meaningful – how to make interdisciplinary water-energy-food-environment research more influential

Alice LarkinClaire Hoolohan By and Filed Under: Cities and Environment, Digital Futures, Science and Technology Posted:

UK academia is arguably at the forefront of the kind of inter-disciplinary and trans-disciplinary research needed to tackle global grand societal challenges. This distinctive mode of research aims to be policy-relevant and impactful, but by its nature is often messy, complex and difficult to communicate. Here, a group of academics from The University of Manchester […]

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Avoiding catastrophe: the role of the state in the water-food-energy nexus

Danny Fitzpatrick By Filed Under: Science and Technology Posted:

The recurring themes of water, food and energy in the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals suggest the policy-making community is waking up to the deep inter-dependencies between these three essential resources.  The role of central governments in translating such a ‘nexus thinking’ into meaningful action, in order to avoid a potential catastrophe, will be critical, writes […]

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