The Iowa Homemaker vol.41, no.6

What’s A “Senior Packet”?, Mary Ellen Muckenhirn, page 4 Speak Through Suiboku, Jan Wheeler, page 5 Your Culture – the Only One?, Anita Bask, page 6 Your Dollar Goes A Long Way, Jan Dodds, page 7 Tested Recipe for Teaching, Ann Sindt, page 8 A New View of the World, page 9 A Good Cook Never Meets A Stranger, Bernice Burns, page 12 ISU Graduate Still Studying, page 12 Communication in Business, Rachel Davis, page 13 Alumnae in the News, Diane Sharbo, page 1

The role of metrics in the governance of the water-energy-food nexus within the European Commission

Abstract Recent years have witnessed a growing interest in the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus in both academia and policy. This concept draws attention to the link between different environmental and societal domains, and potentially entails substantive shifts in governance processes. As a consequence, policy-makers and scientists have started to develop metrics to make these interactions and ‘trade-offs’ visible. However, it is unknown if current framings of the nexus and relevant quantified metrics either reinforce or challenge existing governance structures. This paper explores relationships between framings of the nexus, metrics and models of governance based on discussions with staff within the European Commission. Although narratives around the need for new metrics are situated in a conventional script about the use of evidence to change policy, our data indicate processes of co-production, by which the use (or non-use) of any new metrics is dependent on existing institutional practices; and will reflect dominant political orderings. In doing so we provide a critical analysis of the role of metrics in environmental governance, and direct attention to the discursive, institutional and political arrangements in which they are embedded and with which they are co-constitutive. Focusing on the cultural and institutional settings in which they are established and used, our study suggests that the question of metrics in the water-energy-food nexus needs to be explored as a problem of establishing a legitimate policy objective in the European Commission and EU policy-making more broadly.publishedVersio

The Iowa Homemaker vol.40, no.8

Challenge to Home Economics, Jan Sopher, page 4 Triad in Education, Ann Sindt, page 5 All… To Go Where?, Jean Hartsell, page 6 It’s More Fun to Eat, Homer Long, page 8 Students Abroad, Laveda Jansonius, page 10 Professor, Researcher, Author, Melva LaFrenz, page 11 Time to Shine, Beth Beecher, page 1

The Iowa Homemaker vol.41, no.5

Letter to the Editor, page 5 What Do YOU Know About the World Situation?, page 5 Foods from Faculty Files, Diane Sharbo, page 6 Creating the Air of Christmas, Ann Sindt, page 8 Study Buddies, Barb Strang, page 9 Mat, Motifs, Mailboxes, Made of Felt, Sharon Sherman, page 10 Are Co-ops for ISU?, Judy Godden, page 11 Home Economics Council Claims National Officer, Mary Ellen Muckenhirn, page 12 Hear Now the Bells, Sweet, Silver Bells, Marsha Barron, page 13 Gay Gifts Inside and Out, Jan Wheeler, page 14 Phi Upsilon Omicron, Joy Reese, page 16 Alii Nui Provides Last-Minute Gift Idea, Anne Collison, page 17 Poems, Jan Wheeler, page 1

The Iowa Homemaker vol.41, no.6

What’s A “Senior Packet”?, Mary Ellen Muckenhirn, page 4 Speak Through Suiboku, Jan Wheeler, page 5 Your Culture – the Only One?, Anita Bask, page 6 Your Dollar Goes A Long Way, Jan Dodds, page 7 Tested Recipe for Teaching, Ann Sindt, page 8 A New View of the World, page 9 A Good Cook Never Meets A Stranger, Bernice Burns, page 12 ISU Graduate Still Studying, page 12 Communication in Business, Rachel Davis, page 13 Alumnae in the News, Diane Sharbo, page 14</p

The role of metrics in the governance of the water-energy-food nexus within the European Commission

Abstract Recent years have witnessed a growing interest in the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus in both academia and policy. This concept draws attention to the link between different environmental and societal domains, and potentially entails substantive shifts in governance processes. As a consequence, policy-makers and scientists have started to develop metrics to make these interactions and ‘trade-offs’ visible. However, it is unknown if current framings of the nexus and relevant quantified metrics either reinforce or challenge existing governance structures. This paper explores relationships between framings of the nexus, metrics and models of governance based on discussions with staff within the European Commission. Although narratives around the need for new metrics are situated in a conventional script about the use of evidence to change policy, our data indicate processes of co-production, by which the use (or non-use) of any new metrics is dependent on existing institutional practices; and will reflect dominant political orderings. In doing so we provide a critical analysis of the role of metrics in environmental governance, and direct attention to the discursive, institutional and political arrangements in which they are embedded and with which they are co-constitutive. Focusing on the cultural and institutional settings in which they are established and used, our study suggests that the question of metrics in the water-energy-food nexus needs to be explored as a problem of establishing a legitimate policy objective in the European Commission and EU policy-making more broadly

The Iowa Homemaker vol.40, no.8

Challenge to Home Economics, Jan Sopher, page 4 Triad in Education, Ann Sindt, page 5 All… To Go Where?, Jean Hartsell, page 6 It’s More Fun to Eat, Homer Long, page 8 Students Abroad, Laveda Jansonius, page 10 Professor, Researcher, Author, Melva LaFrenz, page 11 Time to Shine, Beth Beecher, page 12</p

The Iowa Homemaker vol.41, no.5

Letter to the Editor, page 5 What Do YOU Know About the World Situation?, page 5 Foods from Faculty Files, Diane Sharbo, page 6 Creating the Air of Christmas, Ann Sindt, page 8 Study Buddies, Barb Strang, page 9 Mat, Motifs, Mailboxes, Made of Felt, Sharon Sherman, page 10 Are Co-ops for ISU?, Judy Godden, page 11 Home Economics Council Claims National Officer, Mary Ellen Muckenhirn, page 12 Hear Now the Bells, Sweet, Silver Bells, Marsha Barron, page 13 Gay Gifts Inside and Out, Jan Wheeler, page 14 Phi Upsilon Omicron, Joy Reese, page 16 Alii Nui Provides Last-Minute Gift Idea, Anne Collison, page 17 Poems, Jan Wheeler, page 18</p