Golden Rice grain compared to white rice grain in screenhouse of Golden Rice plants / IRRI Guest blog by Sally Brooks, Researcher and Associate Tutor at the University of York, and…
‘Golden Rice’ and the GM crop debate
TV interview: Social Innovations
Kevin Urama, executive director of the African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) and Adrian Ely, STEPS Centre head of impact and engagement, talk about social innovations and prosperous societies to Kenyan…
Exposing the political journey of climate change evidence from Exeter to Africa
The Met Office’s modelling IBM supercomputer Stephen Whitfield, PhD student, Institute of Development Studies (Knowledge, Technology and Society Team) For someone more used to the quiet productivity and relative inconspicuousness…
Future Earth takes flight with inaugural scientific committee
Global sustainability research programme Future Earth has announced its inaugural science committee, with ESRC STEPS Centre director Melissa Leach serving as vice chair. Future Earth is major 10-year international research…
How can the G8 solve hunger?
By Ian Scoones. Next weekend the leaders of the G8 gather in Northern Ireland for their annual summit. This year it’s hosted by the UK, and Prime Minister David Cameron…
The GM debate should not be closed down to what is rational, but opened up to multiple rationalities…. A response to Chris Whitty and colleagues
By Stephen Whitfield, PhD student, Institute of Development Studies (Knowledge, Technology and Society Team) Genetically modified rice / BASF In a recent commentary published in Nature, Chris Whitty…
Public debate: Fuel poverty, climate change and social justice
Watch our lively public debate on fuel poverty, climate change and social justice. With Doug Parr, Jim Watson, Thurstan Crockett and Kirsty Alexander, chaired by Alice Bell. Watch the video (on YouTube) See photos…
Bird Flu: Panic, Pandemics and Planning
A steady stream of reports about bird flu infection cases in China over the past month has given way in the past couple of days to panicked confirmations of deaths (27 as of today) and…
DIG-IT Workshop: Dialogue on Inclusive Growth, Innovation and Technology
The DIG-IT Workshop on Inclusive Growth, Innovation and Technology – co-sponsored by the STEPS Centre – promoted a unique forum for discussion of alternative and interdisciplinary frameworks to improve our understanding…
Democracy in the Anthropocene?
Planetary boundaries / Illustration from Global Change magazine STEPS Centre director Melissa Leach recently wrote in the Huffington Post: “When the cover of the Economist famously announced ‘Welcome to the…