Josef Lolacher

Josef Lolacher is a DPhil (PhD) candidate in Politics, under the supervision of Professor Rachel Bernhard (Nuffield College). His research explores differences in elite decision-making under conditions of uncertainty and ambiguity. In his PhD project, he particularly investigates the role of expert knowledge and public opinion in the decision-making of members of parliament (MPs) in a set of European democracies.

Operationalizing water-energy-food nexus research for sustainable development in social-ecological systems: an interdisciplinary learning case in Central Asia

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In social-ecological systems, natural resource management can be characterized by trade-offs across sectors and sustainability targets. The water-energy-food (WEF) nexus concept makes explicit various trade-offs in order to maximize synergies of interventions. However, there are few successful examples of its operationalization in research settings. Here, we explore in a learning setting if sustainability impact assessment (SIA) protocols can be a useful process to be used to adopt a systemic, interdisciplinary perspective to operationalize WEF nexus in research for sustainable development.
Independent Social Research Foundation
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