We’re living in an age of anxiety where politicians, policy makers and the public search for solutions to narrowly-defined problems and risks. At the recent CRASSH conference, “Challenging Models in…
FINDING PATHWAYS IN AN AGE OF ANXIETY
SHIT AND CITIZENSHIP
In the last 15 years, the way sanitation is treated in Brazil has changed dramatically. The picture of poor investment and danger to public health is being replaced by climbing…
31 OCTOBER: DEBATE ON ENGINEERING, CAUTION AND UTOPIA
Professor Andy Stirling, STEPS Centre Co-Director, will be part of a keynote debate entitled “Engineering the future: cautionary tale or utopia?” on Sunday. The debate is part of the Battle…
STEPS CONFERENCE 2010: VIDEO
Our conference featured keynote speeches with ideas on sustainability and the sciences; and a roundtable on policy for the 2012 Earth Summit. Keynote speech 1: Prof Melissa Leach, STEPS Centre…
Manifesto translated into Arabic, Chinese, French, Portuguese, Spanish
Innovation, Sustainability, Development: A New Manifesto was originally published in English, but the Manifesto project has involved discussions in many countries. We would like people around the world to be…
STEPS CONFERENCE 2010: WATER, SUSTAINABILITY AND INTELLECTUAL JUDO
by Katharina Welle, DPhil student Water is a vital piece in the sustainability jigsaw. It’s also a resource that requires careful management. In the final plenary session at the STEPS…
SUSTAINABILITY JUDO: STEPS CENTRE CONFERENCE 2010
This year’s conference – Pathways to Sustainability: Agendas for a new politics of environment, development and social justice – was chock full of provocations and insights on the STEPS Centre’s…
SHIT HAPPENS: SANITATION AND DEVELOPMENT
The British Medical Journal’s podcast this week features Lyla Mehta, STEPS Centre Water and Sanitation convenor, talking about sanitation and the UN MDGs. This week, to steal a line from…
INVESTING IN LAND: THE WORLD BANK REPORT ON RISING GLOBAL INTEREST IN FARMLAND
by Ian Scoones, STEPS Centre co-director There is something for everyone in the long-awaited World Bank report, Rising Global Interest in Farmland: Can it yield sustainable and equitable benefits? Some…
HUNGRY FOR RESULTS?
By John Thompson, STEPS Centre Food and Agriculture Convenor In advance of the UN Millennium Development Goal (MDG) Summit in New York on 20-22 September, the United Nations Food and…