By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member The annual STEPS Centre Symposium is underway here in Sussex with 70 delegates gathered to debate this year’s theme, Reframing Resilience. Despite the slightly…
STEPS SYMPOSIUM 08: REFRAMING RESILIENCE
STEPS SEMINAR: BIOFUELS, CLIMATE CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member For presentation, podcast and photos from this event see the STEPS Seminars page: During the past few years, bio-energy and especially liquid biofuels have…
GM FOOD: SAFETY, SECURITY AND SOVEREIGNTY
STEPS member Adrian Ely has written an article on the regulation of genetically modified foods for “Food Ethics”, the magazine of the Food Ethics Council. Drawing on and extending upon…
WORLD WATER WEEK: SANITATION SCANDAL
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member Sanitation was dubbed “one of the biggest scandals of all time” by the UN’s water chief this week as World Water Week got underway…
WORLD WATER WEEK
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member At a time when billions of people live without sustainable access to safe drinking water or suffer ill health due to poor sanitation, when…
ANOTHER SIDE TO CHINA’S OLYMPIC DREAM
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member The eyes of the world are focussed firmly on China as the Olympic Games get into full swing. A television audience of a…
THE BIG BIOFUEL DEBATE RUMBLES ON
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member Biofuels have little impact in cutting greenhouse gas emissions so governments should concentrate instead on lowering energy consumption to fight climate change, according to…
RISKING REGULATORY CAPTURE AT THE UK’S FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member “The delivery of safe food and health governance is challenging and contested, and knowledge and institutions independent of vested interests are essential for public…
BRAZIL: WHAT LIES BEHIND THE NATURAL KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY?
By ADRIAN SMITH, STEPS Centre member The tone of the launch of Demos’ Brazil, the Natural Knowledge Economy report by Kirsten Bound, was aimed at boosting innovative activities and potential…
AVIAN ‘FLU: THE POLITICS AND POLICY PROCESSES OF A GLOBAL RESPONSE
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member When the potential of a flu pandemic derived from Avian Influenza emerged, alarm bells rang across the world. The prospect of a major public…