This session was chaired by Martin Bell and discussed the opportunities and challenges resulting from the emergence of new centres of science and innovation.
Symposium ’09: Session 3 – What opportunities are presented by the global redistribution of innovative activity?
Symposium ’09: Session 2 – Grassroots/bottom up innovation – how to facilitate emergence and flourishing
The second session, chaired by Ian Scoones, took forward one of the focal points of the new manifesto, that innovation is already occurring across the world in forms that are…
Symposium ’09: Session 1 – Themes, challenges and opportunities – international debates
This first session, chaired by Melissa Leach, introduced and contextualised the new manifesto project, outlining some of the assumptions of mainstream approaches and identifying opportunities and challenges for radical change.
Symposium ’09: What happened
This is the first of a series of posts which put forward summaries of the sessions at the STEPS annual symposium 2009, especially the implications of these discussions for the…
ELEMENTARY, MY DEAR WATSON…
The Water Symposium’s all over now – photos from the symposium are on our flickr – but we’re still digesting some of the debates and discussions. For now, some highlights…
STEPS CENTRE WATER SYMPOSIUM
By Julia Day An opportunity to break out of conventional thinking and forge new alliances has enticed more than 40 water and sanitation development experts gather in Brighton today for…
NEW STEPS PUBLICATIONS: WATER REFORM AND VACCINES
We’ve just published two new Working Papers: one on Water reform in South Africa, the other on polio vaccine development. Photo: Growing vegetables near the Driekoppies dam, Lomati river by…
ELINOR OSTROM’S NOBEL PRIZE
By Lyla Mehta and Melissa Leach After a surprising Nobel Prize week, Elinor Ostrom’s Nobel Prize award in Economic Sciences, shared with Oliver Williamson, is to be welcomed and celebrated….
ADRIAN SMITH ON ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGY
Following Adrian’s post on his journey to Argentina, he’s added a new presentation from the trip to our Slideshare. If your Spanish isn’t up to scratch, it includes some great…
GRASSROOTS INNOVATION
By Adrian Smith It is imperative, in my view, that grassroots innovation does not become ghettoised into ‘technologies for the poor’. Last week I enjoyed a fascinating trip to Argentina,…