China workshop: Presentations and report

UK-China Innovation Workshop for Sustainable and Equitable Development School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing 19 March 2010 Workshop report >> UK-China workshop report (PDF, 452kb) by Dr…

ANTIBIOCALYPSE: HOW DO WE RESPOND TO SUPERBUGS?

by Gerry Bloom, STEPS Centre Health domain convenor On August 11 the Lancet published an article that demonstrated the emergence of a new antibiotic resistance mechanism (known as NDM-1) in…

MANIFESTO IN CHINA: MOVING AND NON-MOVING PICTURES

Photos and video of the Manifesto discussion in Beijing, held at Tsinghua University in March, are now on the website. Take a look for some top academics’ takes on innovation,…

China – video and photos

Video and photos from a workshop held at Tsinghua University, Beijing, on 19 March 2010, entitled “UK-China Innovation for Sustainability & Equitable Development”. Speakers’ presentations from the day are also…

Manifesto: print/PDF version

Innovation, Sustainability, Development: A New Manifesto recommends new ways of linking science and innovation to development for a more sustainable, equitable and resilient future. The full text is now available…

Methods resource page

This section is currently under development (Aug 2013). The content for this page will appear here soon. In the meantime, you might like to watch these short videos of Professor Andy…

NEW BOOK: EPIDEMICS

Epidemics: Science, Governance and Social Justice, the new book in our Pathways to Sustainability series, highlights the problems of emergency knee-jerk responses to serious outbreaks of disease. Of the many…

SCALING UP: IMPROVING ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES?

We are working to challenge the prevailing concepts of “scaling up” in the health sector, along with our affiliate partner Future Health Systems. Opinions on how to improve access to…

PUBLISHED TODAY – NEW BOOK ON RICE BIOFORTIFICATION BY SALLY BROOKS

The latest in the STEPS Centre’s Pathways to Sustainability book series is published today – Rice Biofortification: Lessons for Global Science and Development by Sally Brooks. Biofortification, the enrichment of…