Food waste and safety report – nexus at home doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.10747.62243 This report, produced in consultation with the Food Standards Agency, is one of four reports introducing a new approach to understanding the role of everyday household practices in domestic resource consumption and addressing the policy challenges this presents. To demonstrate this ‘change points’ approachContinue reading “New report: Food waste, food safety and kitchen practices: implications for policy and intervention”
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New Report: Food waste and kitchen practices: implications for policy and intervention
Food waste report – nexus at home doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.23212.56960 This report, developed for and in consultation with Defra, is one of four reports introducing a new approach to understanding the role of everyday household practices in domestic resource consumption and addressing the policy challenges this presents. To demonstrate this ‘change points’ approach this report focuses onContinue reading “New Report: Food waste and kitchen practices: implications for policy and intervention”
New Report: Fats, oils, grease and kitchen practices implications for policy and intervention
FOG report and kitchen practices – nexus at home doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.13146.24005 This report, developed for and in consultation with Waterwise, is one of four reports introducing a new approach to understanding the role of everyday household practices in domestic resource consumption and addressing the policy challenges this presents. To demonstrate this ‘change points’ approach this reportContinue reading “New Report: Fats, oils, grease and kitchen practices implications for policy and intervention”
Talking FOGs with Pennine Water Group
Early in the project we worked with our partner organisations to identify four specific issues, through which we can explore the new light that nexus thinking, together with a focus on everyday kitchen practices, can shed on ongoing policy challenges. One such issue, identified in collaboration with Waterwise, is the widespread disposal of fats, oilsContinue reading “Talking FOGs with Pennine Water Group”
Sustainability in turbulent times, Westminster conference
, Just over the Thames from Parliament, the project was featured at Sustainability in Turbulent Times. This major event, attended by around 350 and featuring a range of high profile speakers, was the culmination of the work of the ESRC funded Nexus Network. In a wide ranging programme, we covered issues around the challenges and opportunitiesContinue reading “Sustainability in turbulent times, Westminster conference”
project prominent in nexus network report
The project Reshaping the Domestic Nexus was featured prominently in the Sustainability in Turbulent Times report which accompanied the conference of the same name, the culmination of the ESRC Nexus Network programme. The report can be found here.
The evidence-policy gap | seminar contribution | London
The challenges of getting evidence and ideas from research into policy was the focus of a workshop at the Friends Meeting House in London today. Matt Watson presented on some of the basis of the Reshaping the Domestic Nexus project as a contribution to a rich afternoon’s discussion, which went well beyond the usual prescriptionsContinue reading “The evidence-policy gap | seminar contribution | London”
Practice theory and social change
How can practice theory be used to effect social change? That was an underlying question for the New Practices for New Publics workshop today, with a focus on how far practice theory can usefully inform processes of policy making and governing to effect positive social change. Appropriately, the project team was well represented there, withContinue reading “Practice theory and social change”
Project plenary at the Local Nexus Network conference, Oxford University
Food of course presents us with a tangle of problems, that come down to the challenge of getting people sufficiently fed on a finite planet. Re-scaling food systems so production, manufacturing and consumption happens through more local relations is sure to be a field for useful change. But it’s a complex field, as demonstrated atContinue reading “Project plenary at the Local Nexus Network conference, Oxford University”
New member of the team
We are delighted to welcome Dr Mike Foden to the project team today. Mike will be working full time on the project through to its completion next autumn. He joins us from the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research at Sheffield Hallam and brings an excellent combination of topical expertise around sustainable consumption, energyContinue reading “New member of the team”
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