By Julia Day Under what circumstances could the trajectory of GM crop development become beneficial for poor farmers? Erik Millstone explored this idea at recent Royal Society of Chemistry meeting,…
MILLSTONE ON THE ETHICS OF GM CROP DEVELOPMENT
STEPS CENTRE WATER SYMPOSIUM
By Julia Day An opportunity to break out of conventional thinking and forge new alliances has enticed more than 40 water and sanitation development experts gather in Brighton today for…
STEPS SYMPOSIUM: MULTIMEDIA
By Julia Day We had a great Symposium last week, with an engaged audience who were game enough to participate in some video interviews, answering one question: “If you had…
STEPS SYMPOSIUM: DEMOCRATISING INNOVATION
By Oliver Johnson The penultimate session of the STEPS Centre symposium – Democratising innovation: towards more accountable institutions – threatened to be a rather tired affair: afternoon slots are always…
STEPS SYMPOSIUM: IMPACT OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS
By Sara J Wolcott Hardly surprisingly, the implications of the Financial Crisis of 2008 was a sub-theme of the Symposium. Several participants noted that there seems to be less money…
STEPS SYMPOSIUM: PREACHING TO THE CHOIR?
By Sara J Wolcott One knows one has a good symposium when the participants are not afraid to ask challenging questions. Such as, what is the point of the New…
STEPS SYMPOSIUM: MOVING BEYOND THE NORTH-SOUTH DIVISION IN DEVELOPMENT
By Sara J Wolcott Brian Wynne wasn’t the only one who pointed it out, but he was particularly eloquent: he felt that when he analyzed and critiqued Northern institutions, he…
STEPS SYMPOSIUM: ARE WE AFRAID OF INNOVATION?
By Sara J Wolcott While not surprised that innovation was a major theme at the 2009 STEPS Centre Symposium, I was surprised to learn how little innovation is mentioned or…
STEPS SYMPOSIUM: INNOVATION, SUSTAINABILITY, DEVELOPMENT
By Julia Day We live in a time of transformations. The collapse of the Washington “consensus”, the financial crisis, the rise of China and other emerging economies and, of course,…
INNOVATION, SUSTAINABILITY, DEVELOPMENT: A NEW MANIFESTO
By Julia Day Our New Manifesto project is now live, with 13 new papers, a new microsite and a wiki-timeline mapping over 50 years of science and innovation for development….