By KATE HAWKINS, Future Health Systems member STEPS Centre affiliate, the Future Health Systems Research Programme Consortium, is currently meeting in Abuja, Nigeria. Future Health Systems is an international partnership…
APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES FOR RURAL HEALTHCARE: THE IBARAPA EXPERIENCE
Knowledge Society Debates: A battle of enlightenments
By SHANTI MAHENDRA Bangalore was second location on the STEPS Centre’s Knowledge Society debates three-city tour of India,on the 8-9 January. The public discussion in Bangalore, entitled ‘Knowledge Futures in…
Knowledge Society Debates: truth, politics and the knowledge society
By SHANTI MAHENDRA Members of the STEPS centre and several Indian scholars from Hyderabad, India discussed issues around what a ‘knowledge society’ means on 5-6 January. At the roundtable discussion…
TECHNOLOGY MYTHS DEBUNKED
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member A press release lands in the STEPS Centre’s in-box announcing: “It’s myth busting time. The myth that lightly regulated global finance capital can generate…
Knowledge Society Debates
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member In India, as in Europe, visions of a knowledge society have brought science, technology and innovation to the forefront of politics, democracy and public…
THOUGHTS FOR THE NEW YEAR
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member As we arrive back at our desks and contemplate bulging email in-boxes, why not put off a return to work just a little longer…
CLTS CONFERENCE: INSIGHTS ON SUSTAINABILITY AND SCALING UP
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member Melissa Leach, director of the STEPS Centre and several of the Centre’s members, opened the third and final day of the CLTS Conference with…
CLTS CONFERENCE: PHOTO ALBUM
Have a look at photos from the CLTS conference on our Flickr photostream
THE IMPACT OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL TURMOIL ON CHINESE VILLAGES
By XIAOYUN LIANG and ADRIAN ELY, STEPS Centre From 29 November to 2 December 2008, we went to two villages in Tianmen county, Hubei province, in the middle of China….
CLTS CONFERENCE: RAPID ZAMBIAN SUCCESS
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member An astounding story of success – and the potential of CLTS – came courtesy of Peter Harvey, chief, water and environmental sanitation, Unicef in…