Welcome to the Development Studies Association annual conference and STEPS Symposium. We’re live here at the Sussex University campus in Brighton, UK, to join in the debate of this year’s…
DSA 2007 DAY 1: OPENING PLENARY
LIVE BLOG FROM DSA 2007
We will be blogging from the Development Studies Association Annual Conference next week, which kicks off at 2pm (BST) on Tuesday 18th Sept with opening addresses from Gordon Conway, DFID’s…
INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH CHINA
By ADRIAN ELY, STEPS Centre member Guangzhou, in South China, is one of the cities at the forefront of the country’s “ economic miracle”. The skyline is characterised as much…
CHINESE EXPORTS: DANGER, REGULATION AND SECURITY
By GERRY BLOOM, STEPS Centre member Over the past few months there have been a number of stories in the international media about dangerous exports from China. On the one…
FOOT-AND-MOUTH: TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS
By Erik Millstone, STEPS Centre member The new UK foot and mouth crisis highlights the need for the government to drag the veterinary medicines directorate into the 21st century, says…
STEPS SYMPOSIUM AT DSA 2007
The first STEPS Centre Symposium is being held alongside the Development Studies Association Annual Conference to tie in with this year’s theme of Connecting Science, Society and Development. The event…
GROWING CITIES “FACE CATASTROPHE”
The speed and scale of global urbanisation is so great most countries will not be prepared for the impact it will have, the UN has warned. Urban dwellers are due…
STEPS CENTRE LAUNCHES IN LONDON
25 June 2007: Over 160 attend STEPS Centre launch event at Portcullis House, Westminster We live in an era of unprecedented environmental and technological flux; apocalyptic predictions of climate change-induced…
STEPS LAUNCH VIDEO: PROF. JUDI WAKHUNGU
Watch the video of Prof. Judi Wakhungu, Executive Director of the African Centre for Technology Studies and chair of the STEPS Centre Advisory Board, set out why she is “excited…
CHINA REPORT: “THREE GORGES DAM – TRULY GORGEOUS!”
By ADRIAN ELY, STEPS Centre member Yes, that is a real quote from the official guidebook. China’s soaring energy demands require drastic measures if supply is to keep up with…