Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development
@thenisd.bsky.social
A world-leading institute to foster sustainable development through transdisciplinary research and innovation. Partnered with NRP, JIC, TSL, EI, QI and UEA
📍Norwich, UK | 🌐 nisd.ac.uk
📍Norwich, UK | 🌐 nisd.ac.uk
This summer, Deimantė Daujotaite conducted her fieldwork with Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO), Njoro, a global expert for wheat rust research.
Deima worked to understand what Kenyan farmers need from new wheat varieties.
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Deima worked to understand what Kenyan farmers need from new wheat varieties.
nisd.ac.uk/socio-econom...
Socio-economic insights for Kenyan wheat improvement: Lessons from the field - The Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development
Deima Daujotaite spent six weeks working with local communities to understand needs and opportunities for wheat improvement.
nisd.ac.uk
August 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
This summer, Deimantė Daujotaite conducted her fieldwork with Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO), Njoro, a global expert for wheat rust research.
Deima worked to understand what Kenyan farmers need from new wheat varieties.
nisd.ac.uk/socio-econom...
Deima worked to understand what Kenyan farmers need from new wheat varieties.
nisd.ac.uk/socio-econom...
🎉NISD intern Georgia Oliver has been awarded Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association Norfolk International Scholarship to study environmental schemes internationally.
She will compare UK schemes, such as SFI and ELMS with schemes in other countries to inform UK policy 🚜
nisd.ac.uk/nisd-intern-...
She will compare UK schemes, such as SFI and ELMS with schemes in other countries to inform UK policy 🚜
nisd.ac.uk/nisd-intern-...
NISD intern awarded pioneering agricultural scholarship
NISD Intern Georgia Oliver has been awarded the 2025 Norfolk International Scholarship to study environmental schemes for agriculture.
nisd.ac.uk
July 1, 2025 at 12:11 PM
🎉NISD intern Georgia Oliver has been awarded Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association Norfolk International Scholarship to study environmental schemes internationally.
She will compare UK schemes, such as SFI and ELMS with schemes in other countries to inform UK policy 🚜
nisd.ac.uk/nisd-intern-...
She will compare UK schemes, such as SFI and ELMS with schemes in other countries to inform UK policy 🚜
nisd.ac.uk/nisd-intern-...
👩💻 Catch up with our seminar from Dr Cary Fowler in this blog from Theresa Cassandra Saini.
"Global food systems are not on track to meet food and nutritional needs around the world [...] there are strategic, urgent, and essential actions we can take to counter these risks."
tinyurl.com/2czb65r6
"Global food systems are not on track to meet food and nutritional needs around the world [...] there are strategic, urgent, and essential actions we can take to counter these risks."
tinyurl.com/2czb65r6
Trends-Trouble-Tenacity: The Food Security Picture for 2050
Dr Cary Fowler speaks about the challenges for food security and the importance of crop diversity for agricultural resilience and productivity
nisd.ac.uk
June 5, 2025 at 9:29 AM
👩💻 Catch up with our seminar from Dr Cary Fowler in this blog from Theresa Cassandra Saini.
"Global food systems are not on track to meet food and nutritional needs around the world [...] there are strategic, urgent, and essential actions we can take to counter these risks."
tinyurl.com/2czb65r6
"Global food systems are not on track to meet food and nutritional needs around the world [...] there are strategic, urgent, and essential actions we can take to counter these risks."
tinyurl.com/2czb65r6
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Join us 18 June at UEA for the 2025 Piers Blaikie Lecture:
“Exploring the contours of feminist political ecology” @thenisd.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social
Voices from Norfolk and beyond on land, justice & hope.
🎟️ Free, but booking required: store.uea.ac.uk/conferences-...
“Exploring the contours of feminist political ecology” @thenisd.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social
Voices from Norfolk and beyond on land, justice & hope.
🎟️ Free, but booking required: store.uea.ac.uk/conferences-...
June 4, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Join us 18 June at UEA for the 2025 Piers Blaikie Lecture:
“Exploring the contours of feminist political ecology” @thenisd.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social
Voices from Norfolk and beyond on land, justice & hope.
🎟️ Free, but booking required: store.uea.ac.uk/conferences-...
“Exploring the contours of feminist political ecology” @thenisd.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social
Voices from Norfolk and beyond on land, justice & hope.
🎟️ Free, but booking required: store.uea.ac.uk/conferences-...
There's a great event coming 18 June with @gejgroup.bsky.social and @developmentuea.bsky.social - "Exploring the contours of feminist political ecology: Dialogues in the Norfolk Landscape”
A keynote from Rebecca Elmhirst, Professor of Human Geography at the University of Brighton
More details👇
A keynote from Rebecca Elmhirst, Professor of Human Geography at the University of Brighton
More details👇
Join us on June 18th for the 2025 Piers Blaikie Lecture! 🌿💚 Exploring feminist political ecology & environmental justice with an all-star panel. Book now! 👉 bit.ly/4jh6sPO
#FeministPoliticalEcology
#FeministPoliticalEcology
June 4, 2025 at 9:18 AM
There's a great event coming 18 June with @gejgroup.bsky.social and @developmentuea.bsky.social - "Exploring the contours of feminist political ecology: Dialogues in the Norfolk Landscape”
A keynote from Rebecca Elmhirst, Professor of Human Geography at the University of Brighton
More details👇
A keynote from Rebecca Elmhirst, Professor of Human Geography at the University of Brighton
More details👇
📅📢RESCHEDULE: Please note our seminar with Alan Spearot on enabling sustainable access to high value markets will no longer take place this Thursday (29 May), and instead will be arranged for a future date, which we share as soon as we have an update.
May 26, 2025 at 11:50 AM
📅📢RESCHEDULE: Please note our seminar with Alan Spearot on enabling sustainable access to high value markets will no longer take place this Thursday (29 May), and instead will be arranged for a future date, which we share as soon as we have an update.
Join us 29 May with Alan Spearot of University of California, Santa Cruz and The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) speaking on "Enabling Sustainable Access to High Value Markets: Maize Cooperatives in Rwanda"
⌚ 12pm
📍 ZICER 0.01, UEA
✔️ Join in person or online
All welcome
⌚ 12pm
📍 ZICER 0.01, UEA
✔️ Join in person or online
All welcome
May 13, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Join us 29 May with Alan Spearot of University of California, Santa Cruz and The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) speaking on "Enabling Sustainable Access to High Value Markets: Maize Cooperatives in Rwanda"
⌚ 12pm
📍 ZICER 0.01, UEA
✔️ Join in person or online
All welcome
⌚ 12pm
📍 ZICER 0.01, UEA
✔️ Join in person or online
All welcome
🗓️ Save the date: 2024 World Food Prize Foundation Winner Dr Cary Fowler is giving this year's John Innes Foundation Lecture at @johninnescentre.bsky.social Centre on 23 May
"Trends – Trouble – Tenacity: The food security picture for 2050"
More information👇
nisd.ac.uk/event/trends...
"Trends – Trouble – Tenacity: The food security picture for 2050"
More information👇
nisd.ac.uk/event/trends...
Trends - Trouble - Tenacity: The food security picture for 2050
2025 World Food Prize Winner Dr Cary Fowler gives the JIF 2025 lecture on how to meet global food demand and need by 2050.
nisd.ac.uk
April 23, 2025 at 9:54 AM
🗓️ Save the date: 2024 World Food Prize Foundation Winner Dr Cary Fowler is giving this year's John Innes Foundation Lecture at @johninnescentre.bsky.social Centre on 23 May
"Trends – Trouble – Tenacity: The food security picture for 2050"
More information👇
nisd.ac.uk/event/trends...
"Trends – Trouble – Tenacity: The food security picture for 2050"
More information👇
nisd.ac.uk/event/trends...
🎉 We are delighted to announce that 2024 World Food Prize Foundation Winner Dr Cary Fowler will give our 2025 John Innes Foundation lecture this May.
The lecture will take place:
🗓️ 13:30 (BST) 23 May
📍 @johninnescentre.bsky.social Conference centre
More details soon!
The lecture will take place:
🗓️ 13:30 (BST) 23 May
📍 @johninnescentre.bsky.social Conference centre
More details soon!
April 18, 2025 at 8:42 AM
🎉 We are delighted to announce that 2024 World Food Prize Foundation Winner Dr Cary Fowler will give our 2025 John Innes Foundation lecture this May.
The lecture will take place:
🗓️ 13:30 (BST) 23 May
📍 @johninnescentre.bsky.social Conference centre
More details soon!
The lecture will take place:
🗓️ 13:30 (BST) 23 May
📍 @johninnescentre.bsky.social Conference centre
More details soon!
🎉 We're proud to welcome Prof. Maren Duvendack as an NISD member, building on many years of close working. Great to have Maren working with us to enhance the impact of our research.
Maren is based at @developmentuea.bsky.social focusing on financial inclusion, gender & smallholder agriculture
Maren is based at @developmentuea.bsky.social focusing on financial inclusion, gender & smallholder agriculture
April 17, 2025 at 11:35 AM
🎉 We're proud to welcome Prof. Maren Duvendack as an NISD member, building on many years of close working. Great to have Maren working with us to enhance the impact of our research.
Maren is based at @developmentuea.bsky.social focusing on financial inclusion, gender & smallholder agriculture
Maren is based at @developmentuea.bsky.social focusing on financial inclusion, gender & smallholder agriculture
🧑💻 Join us today at 12pm: Could computational breakthroughs guide more sustainable farming and fisheries? A chance to develop more cross-disciplinary collaborations 💡🤝
⏰ Today 12pm (GMT)
💻 Virtual seminar
Link to register 👉 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/43fb47...
⏰ Today 12pm (GMT)
💻 Virtual seminar
Link to register 👉 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/43fb47...
March 27, 2025 at 8:44 AM
🧑💻 Join us today at 12pm: Could computational breakthroughs guide more sustainable farming and fisheries? A chance to develop more cross-disciplinary collaborations 💡🤝
⏰ Today 12pm (GMT)
💻 Virtual seminar
Link to register 👉 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/43fb47...
⏰ Today 12pm (GMT)
💻 Virtual seminar
Link to register 👉 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/43fb47...
Seminar next week: Could computational breakthroughs guide more sustainable farming and fisheries? 🧑💻🥗
Join us with Beatriz De La Iglesia and Michal Mackiewicz of the University of East Anglia School of Computing Sciences
⏰ 12pm (GMT)
📆 27 March
Register to join 👉https://tinyurl.com/4ww5ewra
Join us with Beatriz De La Iglesia and Michal Mackiewicz of the University of East Anglia School of Computing Sciences
⏰ 12pm (GMT)
📆 27 March
Register to join 👉https://tinyurl.com/4ww5ewra
March 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Seminar next week: Could computational breakthroughs guide more sustainable farming and fisheries? 🧑💻🥗
Join us with Beatriz De La Iglesia and Michal Mackiewicz of the University of East Anglia School of Computing Sciences
⏰ 12pm (GMT)
📆 27 March
Register to join 👉https://tinyurl.com/4ww5ewra
Join us with Beatriz De La Iglesia and Michal Mackiewicz of the University of East Anglia School of Computing Sciences
⏰ 12pm (GMT)
📆 27 March
Register to join 👉https://tinyurl.com/4ww5ewra
👩🥗 Nitya Rao's University of East Anglia Lasdun lecture is now available to watch on Accelerating Action towards Gender Justice for Climate and Food.
Watch the presentation 👉 lnkd.in/eFCvBqQk
Watch the presentation 👉 lnkd.in/eFCvBqQk
March 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
👩🥗 Nitya Rao's University of East Anglia Lasdun lecture is now available to watch on Accelerating Action towards Gender Justice for Climate and Food.
Watch the presentation 👉 lnkd.in/eFCvBqQk
Watch the presentation 👉 lnkd.in/eFCvBqQk
⏰Join us this Thursday: Prof Nitya Rao gives the University of East Anglia 2025 Lasdun Lecture on "accelerating action towards gender justice for climate and food" 👩🥗
🗓️ 13 March
⌚ 18:30 (GMT)
📌 In person and online. All welcome
Registration 👉 nisd.ac.uk/event/accele...
🗓️ 13 March
⌚ 18:30 (GMT)
📌 In person and online. All welcome
Registration 👉 nisd.ac.uk/event/accele...
March 10, 2025 at 9:44 AM
⏰Join us this Thursday: Prof Nitya Rao gives the University of East Anglia 2025 Lasdun Lecture on "accelerating action towards gender justice for climate and food" 👩🥗
🗓️ 13 March
⌚ 18:30 (GMT)
📌 In person and online. All welcome
Registration 👉 nisd.ac.uk/event/accele...
🗓️ 13 March
⌚ 18:30 (GMT)
📌 In person and online. All welcome
Registration 👉 nisd.ac.uk/event/accele...
Join our Director Nitya Rao next week for the University of East Anglia 2025 Lasdun Lecture on "accelerating action towards gender justice for climate and food" 👩🥗
🗓️ 13 March
⌚ 18:30 (GMT)
📌 In person and online. All welcome, registration required.
More details 👇
nisd.ac.uk/event/accele...
🗓️ 13 March
⌚ 18:30 (GMT)
📌 In person and online. All welcome, registration required.
More details 👇
nisd.ac.uk/event/accele...
Accelerating Action towards gender justice for climate and food - The Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development
For the 2025 UEA Lasdun Lecture, as part of International Women's Day, Professor Nitya Rao speaks on gender justice for climate and food
nisd.ac.uk
March 3, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Join our Director Nitya Rao next week for the University of East Anglia 2025 Lasdun Lecture on "accelerating action towards gender justice for climate and food" 👩🥗
🗓️ 13 March
⌚ 18:30 (GMT)
📌 In person and online. All welcome, registration required.
More details 👇
nisd.ac.uk/event/accele...
🗓️ 13 March
⌚ 18:30 (GMT)
📌 In person and online. All welcome, registration required.
More details 👇
nisd.ac.uk/event/accele...
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Working with @thenisd.bsky.social helps me put my #marine #ecosystem #sustainability work in a broader context and I value the collaborations greatly. Ecology [oîkos] is all about relationships - we are all organisms in an environment
🐟Meet NISD member @wormbotherer.bsky.social A Principal Marine Ecologist at Cefas & Assoc. Prof at @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social
Julie specialises in biodiversity, marine food & climate change. Her work bridges science, policy & industry to drive sustainable marine resource use 🌊
Julie specialises in biodiversity, marine food & climate change. Her work bridges science, policy & industry to drive sustainable marine resource use 🌊
February 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Working with @thenisd.bsky.social helps me put my #marine #ecosystem #sustainability work in a broader context and I value the collaborations greatly. Ecology [oîkos] is all about relationships - we are all organisms in an environment
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📢 Call for Papers & Delegates!
Join us for #Gender & #Development: Debates for a Changing World
📅 19-20 June 2025, UEA, Norwich
📝 Submit your abstract by 21 March: gender.conference.dev@uea.ac.uk
Join us for #Gender & #Development: Debates for a Changing World
📅 19-20 June 2025, UEA, Norwich
📝 Submit your abstract by 21 March: gender.conference.dev@uea.ac.uk
February 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
📢 Call for Papers & Delegates!
Join us for #Gender & #Development: Debates for a Changing World
📅 19-20 June 2025, UEA, Norwich
📝 Submit your abstract by 21 March: gender.conference.dev@uea.ac.uk
Join us for #Gender & #Development: Debates for a Changing World
📅 19-20 June 2025, UEA, Norwich
📝 Submit your abstract by 21 March: gender.conference.dev@uea.ac.uk
💻 You can now watch online Emily Norton's seminar with us on the future of UK farming.
A fantastic insight on the major pressures UK agriculture and some potential paths ahead 🚜
youtu.be/DfqOVJAYV98?...
A fantastic insight on the major pressures UK agriculture and some potential paths ahead 🚜
youtu.be/DfqOVJAYV98?...
Farming in 2050: a 25-year vision for England’s food, farming and land use
YouTube video by Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development
youtu.be
February 20, 2025 at 1:16 PM
💻 You can now watch online Emily Norton's seminar with us on the future of UK farming.
A fantastic insight on the major pressures UK agriculture and some potential paths ahead 🚜
youtu.be/DfqOVJAYV98?...
A fantastic insight on the major pressures UK agriculture and some potential paths ahead 🚜
youtu.be/DfqOVJAYV98?...
🐟Meet NISD member @wormbotherer.bsky.social A Principal Marine Ecologist at Cefas & Assoc. Prof at @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social
Julie specialises in biodiversity, marine food & climate change. Her work bridges science, policy & industry to drive sustainable marine resource use 🌊
Julie specialises in biodiversity, marine food & climate change. Her work bridges science, policy & industry to drive sustainable marine resource use 🌊
February 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
🐟Meet NISD member @wormbotherer.bsky.social A Principal Marine Ecologist at Cefas & Assoc. Prof at @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social
Julie specialises in biodiversity, marine food & climate change. Her work bridges science, policy & industry to drive sustainable marine resource use 🌊
Julie specialises in biodiversity, marine food & climate change. Her work bridges science, policy & industry to drive sustainable marine resource use 🌊
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Very happy that Cefas' parent ministry Defra published my blog on #gender in #fisheries for #InternationalDayofWomenAndGirlsInScience.
We need better understanding of gender/social equity across seafood value chains. Read the original paper here www.nature.com/articles/s43... @thenisd.bsky.social
We need better understanding of gender/social equity across seafood value chains. Read the original paper here www.nature.com/articles/s43... @thenisd.bsky.social
A systematic review of the impact of post-harvest aquatic food processing technology on gender equality and social justice - Nature Food
Fisheries and aquaculture production are key to livelihoods, food and nutrition, yet over one-third of global aquatic harvest is lost or wasted. The post-harvest sector, key to reducing these losses, ...
www.nature.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Very happy that Cefas' parent ministry Defra published my blog on #gender in #fisheries for #InternationalDayofWomenAndGirlsInScience.
We need better understanding of gender/social equity across seafood value chains. Read the original paper here www.nature.com/articles/s43... @thenisd.bsky.social
We need better understanding of gender/social equity across seafood value chains. Read the original paper here www.nature.com/articles/s43... @thenisd.bsky.social
🚜UK farming is at a crossroads for the future of food production and land management. Join us and @developmentuea.bsky.social with Emily Norton at 2pm on Thursday to discuss what is needed for the way forward.
📆 13th Feb
⏰ 2 PM GMT
In-person or online, more details 👉
nisd.ac.uk/event/farmin...
📆 13th Feb
⏰ 2 PM GMT
In-person or online, more details 👉
nisd.ac.uk/event/farmin...
February 11, 2025 at 10:20 AM
🚜UK farming is at a crossroads for the future of food production and land management. Join us and @developmentuea.bsky.social with Emily Norton at 2pm on Thursday to discuss what is needed for the way forward.
📆 13th Feb
⏰ 2 PM GMT
In-person or online, more details 👉
nisd.ac.uk/event/farmin...
📆 13th Feb
⏰ 2 PM GMT
In-person or online, more details 👉
nisd.ac.uk/event/farmin...
Join us for a seminar on the future of UK farming 🚜
Emily Norton dives into England's food and farming landscape, exploring tensions, opportunities, and the 25-year vision for farming at a time of change.
📆 13th Feb
⏰ 2 PM GMT
In-person or online, more details 👉
nisd.ac.uk/event/farmin...
Emily Norton dives into England's food and farming landscape, exploring tensions, opportunities, and the 25-year vision for farming at a time of change.
📆 13th Feb
⏰ 2 PM GMT
In-person or online, more details 👉
nisd.ac.uk/event/farmin...
January 30, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Join us for a seminar on the future of UK farming 🚜
Emily Norton dives into England's food and farming landscape, exploring tensions, opportunities, and the 25-year vision for farming at a time of change.
📆 13th Feb
⏰ 2 PM GMT
In-person or online, more details 👉
nisd.ac.uk/event/farmin...
Emily Norton dives into England's food and farming landscape, exploring tensions, opportunities, and the 25-year vision for farming at a time of change.
📆 13th Feb
⏰ 2 PM GMT
In-person or online, more details 👉
nisd.ac.uk/event/farmin...
Excited to share our Nature Scientific Data publication! NISD members were involved in the assembly of the #genome of African yam bean, a protein-rich, climate-resilient opportunity crop using @nanoporetech.com This unlocks potential for advanced breeding and food security. Read more: bit.ly/4jnDm1h
Chromosome-scale assembly of the African yam bean genome - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - Chromosome-scale assembly of the African yam bean genome
bit.ly
January 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Excited to share our Nature Scientific Data publication! NISD members were involved in the assembly of the #genome of African yam bean, a protein-rich, climate-resilient opportunity crop using @nanoporetech.com This unlocks potential for advanced breeding and food security. Read more: bit.ly/4jnDm1h
Meet NISD’s Matthew Osborne! Based between Biodiversity and Sustainability Solutions (BASS) and @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social, Matthew’s research takes a transdisciplinary approach combining behavioural science, experimental methods, and service design approaches to address complex global challenges.
January 21, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Meet NISD’s Matthew Osborne! Based between Biodiversity and Sustainability Solutions (BASS) and @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social, Matthew’s research takes a transdisciplinary approach combining behavioural science, experimental methods, and service design approaches to address complex global challenges.
Underutilized crops hold untapped potential for resilient food systems. A new @naturecomms.bsky.social paper, co-authored by NISD’s Peter Emmrich, calls for genomics & traditional knowledge to drive sustainable innovation.
Read more: go.nature.com/49zftPR
#crops #food #innovation #sustainability
Read more: go.nature.com/49zftPR
#crops #food #innovation #sustainability
December 24, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Underutilized crops hold untapped potential for resilient food systems. A new @naturecomms.bsky.social paper, co-authored by NISD’s Peter Emmrich, calls for genomics & traditional knowledge to drive sustainable innovation.
Read more: go.nature.com/49zftPR
#crops #food #innovation #sustainability
Read more: go.nature.com/49zftPR
#crops #food #innovation #sustainability