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post: Public debate: Fuel poverty, climate change and social justice
Join us on 20 May for a debate using local issues such as fuel poverty and fracking to look at global environmental sustainability, poverty and social justice. With Doug Parr, Jim Watson, Thurstan Crockett and Kirsty Alexander, chaired by Alice Bell. DEBATE: Fuel poverty, climate change and social justice 20 May 2013 Jubilee Library, Brighton 7.00 – 8.30pm [...]
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post: STEPS Centre Summer School 2013
The 2013 STEPS Summer School is being held on 13-24 May. Follow via the event Storify or on Twitter #sss13 Our Summer School aims to bring together an exceptional group of people who are exploring and developing ideas on pathways to sustainability. Through a mix of lectures, walks, discussions and public events, participants will challenge the STEPS team and each [...]
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project: Biotechnology research archive
The STEPS biotechnology research archive consists of evidence-based research on GM crops, food and development spanning the last 10 years.
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post: Pandemic Flu Controversies
How can a better understanding of the social, political, institutional and policy dimensions of pandemic control and preparedness planning help us deal with new outbreak controversies, such as the new H7N9 avian flu in China? Useful resources about pandemic influenza, including material from the STEPS Centre and Sussex University Centre for Global Health Policy’s recent Pandemic Flu Controversies workshop which discussed lessons, [...]
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post: DIG-IT Workshop: Dialogue on Inclusive Growth, Innovation and Technology
The DIG-IT Workshop on Inclusive Growth, Innovation and Technology – co-sponsored by the STEPS Centre - promoted a unique forum for discussion of alternative and interdisciplinary frameworks to improve our understanding of the nexus between innovation, technological change, growth and inequalities within and between regions. STEPS Centre co-directors Andy Stirling and Ian Scoones and members, Adrian [...]
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