Funding Opportunity: Global Challenges Research Fund
16 May 2016
A number of Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) calls have been announced which NERC are providing some co-funding support:
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Valuing Nature & Participatory Decision Making Conference
3 May 2016
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The call is open for Expressions of Interest to attend and contribute to a conference on Valuing Nature and Participatory Decision Making, to be held on 19 and 20 July 2016 at the University of Kent, Canterbury.
Tipping Points Funding Call - Video available
14 Apr 2016
New video available: hear about the thinking behind the current funding call on Understanding Ecosystem Stocks and Tipping Points from Rosie Hails, lead of the Valuing Nature Programme Coordination Team.
The video includes:
- the background to the call
- the focus of the call and what we mean by Tipping Points
- the expectations for interdisciplinary working
You can see the video on our Tipping Point Call page here.
Funding Opportunity: Improving Health with Environmental Data
23 Mar 2016
This funding opportunity has the potential to link to the Valuing Nature Research Goal on Human Health and Wellbeing.
Closing date: 12 July 2016
Valuing Nature Business Impact School – bringing scientists and businesses together
- 21 Mar 2016
This blog was first published on 14 March 2016 at https://prueaddison.wordpress.com/2016/03/14/valuing-nature-business-imp...
Valuing Nature topics at the Applied Environmental Economics conference (envecon) London 18 March 2016
- 11 Mar 2016
Ece Ozdemiroglu tells us what economists will be saying on Valuing Nature Programme priority topics at envecon 2016.
Guest Blog: Climate change is real - all sensible people know this, but let’s stay positive
- 4 Mar 2016
Natasha Bhatia, one of our Placements from the University of Hull, here writes about the start of her placement and where she hopes it will take her research.
Environmental economics: a beginner’s tale
- 2 Mar 2016
Joseph Kenworthy, one of our Placements from the University of St Andrews, here writes about the start of his placement and where he hopes it will take him and his research
A number of weeks ago I attended a meeting with mainly social scientists and economists, presenting on my project about valuing coastal ecosystems and how they’re affected bydifferent stressors. This event was the “Valuing Nature Placements” start-up meeting in London, and when I began my presentation I described myself as a field ecologist with very little knowledge of environmental economics.
Valuing Nature Business Impact School, London, 2 to 4 March 2016
1 Mar 2016
From 2 March, the Valuing Nature Programme is running a three-day Business Impact School to provide early career researchers with an opportunity to gain insight into producing research with business impact. The Natural Environment Research Council is funding this School to help develop a Valuing Nature research community with a broader understanding of how to translate research into private sector decision making and innovation.