At a glance
- DatesMarch 2016 start (three years)
- SponsorEconomic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) in collaboration with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), the Environment Agency (EA), and the Food Standards Agency (FSA)
- Funded£250,000 (£2.45 million total project)
- PartnersUniversity of Surrey, Durham University, Newcastle University, University of Warwick, University of Westminster, University of York, Risk Solutions, European Academy of Technology and Innovation Assessment, and Arizona State University
The Centre for the Evaluation of Complexity Across the Nexus (CECAN) is a new national research hub, based at the University of Surrey. It is developing new ways to measure the effectiveness of domestic policies on energy, water, environment and food (the 'nexus'), and how they affect wider society.
The focus is on pioneering, testing and promoting evaluation approaches and methods across the energy, environment and food nexus where complexity presents a challenge to policy interventions, and so contribute to more effective policymaking.
Associated Publications and Conferences
CCS’18 Thessaloniki Greece 23 – 28 September 2018: Sedighi T and Varga L Poster Presentation.
Further information
The 'Centre for the Evaluation of Complexity Across the Nexus', a £3m national research centre hosted by the University of Surrey. Visit CECAN
New centre to measure the effectiveness of UK energy, water, environment and food policies. Economic and social research council, Jan 2016. Read the article
CECAN Manifesto: Policy Evaluation for a Complex World. April 2018, V2.0
