Gerry Bloom, STEPS health convenor and David Peters (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health) have a comment piece in Nature today, on the challenge of unregulated health markets in…
Health markets: Gerry Bloom and David Peters in Nature
Pastoralism: the hidden story of development in the Horn of Africa
Our new book Pastoralism and Development in Africa: Dynamic Change at the Margins explores the hidden story of pastoralism in the Horn of Africa. The latest volume in our Pathways…
Green Grabs explained: radio interview with Melissa Leach
Last week, our director Melissa Leach was interviewed about green grabs – the appropriation of land for environmental ends – by Brent Bambury of the Canadian station CBC Radio. Here’s…
Harnessing diversity across the global innovation system: a key challenge post Rio+20
By Adrian Ely, Head of Impact and Engagement, STEPS Centre Technology and innovation feature prominently in what looks likely to be the final outcome document from Rio+20, however the diversity…
Opening up Sustainable Development decision-making at the UN?
By Adrian Ely, in Rio de Janeiro The Rio+20 conference has been enriched by a process to engage civil society the Rio+20 Dialogues forSustainable Development. While innovative and pioneering approaches…
The slippery nature of ‘water grabbing’
Large-scale land acquisitions for agricultural investment, popularly known as ‘land grabbing’, have recently attracted headline attention. But the implications of these land grabs for water resources have stayed out of…
Video: listening to different views on sustainability
To mark the week of the Rio+20 conference, our funders ESRC have produced a series of short films looking at what social sciences are contributing to environmental research across a…
Where is the green economy? Audio interview with Tim Jackson
Here’s a treat for those looking for Rio+20 listening material: an interview with Prof Tim Jackson (author of Prosperity without Growth), talking about the future of the green economy. The…
Background Paper / Innovación, Sustentabilidad, Desarrollo e Inclusión Social: Lecciones desde América Latina
English version of this paper El presente manuscrito es uno de una serie de documentos de trabajo relacionados con experiencias regionales sobre ideas propuestas por el Nuevo Manifiesto del Centro…
Transforming innovation for sustainability
A radical new approach to science and innovation is urgently needed to steer us within planetary boundaries and secure human wellbeing, fostering diverse types of innovation and empowering the grassroots…