Fostering grassroots innovations and empowering the creativity of marginalized groups can boost sustainability The targets, indicators and approaches being used to pursue progress towards sustainable development at Rio+20 are counter-productive,…
Press release: Single-track sustainability ‘solutions’ threaten people and planet
Press release: Green grabs: the dark side of the green economy
Green’ market initiatives are increasing poverty. Local ecosystem stewardship must be nurtured instead. ‘Green grabbing’ – the rapidly-growing appropriation of land and resources in the name of ‘green ’ biofuels,…
Influencing the Rio+20 outcome document
By Melissa Leach The STEPS Centre submitted a position paper to the Rio+20 zero draft preparation process, in which we argued that science, technology and innovation have essential roles to play in…
Sustainable business in India: challenges for Rio+20
By Ian Scoones India has seen unprecedented economic growth in recent years; yet with this comes a growing demand for resources and increased pressure on the environment. But how can…
Beyond Rio Resource Centre
Research and expertise on the key Rio+20 issues in a new Beyond Rio Resource Centre. For more than 20 years the University of Sussex and the Institute of Development Studies…
The ‘Geeks’ Fight Back: Challenges for Science and Democracy
A mood of scientific self-righteousness has broken out in the UK. The ‘geeks’ – professional scientists committed to evidence-based policy – are on the march. What has brought this on?…
SUMMER SCHOOL: “WHAT IS RESEARCH FOR SUSTAINABILITY?”
Participants in the recent STEPS Summer School came to Brighton from all around the world, bringing diverse life experiences and disciplinary perspectives together to learn about, discuss and debate new…
Colloquium on global land grabbing, 11 June
STEPS Centre researchers will be among the speakers at the Critical Agrarian Studies Colloquium No. 4, which takes place in The Hague on 11 June 2012. After a few years…
A NEW ALLIANCE FOR FOOD SECURITY, OR A TWO-TRACK AFRICA?
In a new post on the Future Agricultures Consortium blog, Ian Scoones examines the ‘New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition’, announced at a high-profile conference in Chicago last week…
NUDGE, NUDGE
Ilse Oosterlaken, one of the participants in our summer school, has blogged about some of the lectures and discussions that have happened so far. One of Ilse’s blog posts reflects…