After the UK Government’s Chief Scientific Adviser, John Beddington, called for scientists to be “grossly intolerant” of pseudo-science The point is that the basic aspirational principles of science offer the…
ANDY STIRLING ON SCIENCE & SCEPTICISM
EGYPT AND SUDAN: POLITICS AND WATER IN A NEW NILE STATE
Our STEPS Water Seminar on 22 February is with Ana Cascão from Stockholm International Water Institute, who’s recently returned from working in Egypt and Sudan. Ana is a political scientist…
WHAT DOES “ONE HEALTH” MEAN?
STEPS Centre researcher Paul Forster is blogging from the International One Health Congress in Melbourne. This is his second and final post from the Congress. Three full days on from…
ONE HEALTH, ONE WORLD?
Photo: SARS Mural, from Steel Monkey’s Flickr photostream (creative commons)STEPS Centre researcher Paul Forster is blogging from the International One Health Congress in Melbourne. This is the first of his…
SOLAR STOVES: MAKING THINGS PEOPLE ACTUALLY USE
Photo: Solar technology in the CIFRES carpark, by Adrian Ely By Adrian Ely, Manifesto project convenor In the car park of the International Centre for Training and Research in Solar…
DILEMMAS IN THE SEARCH FOR APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES
By Adrian Smith, STEPS Centre member This post is also available in Spanish at the Tecnologias Sociales blog. Observing national innovation policies around the world, one is struck by some…
SCIENCE AND DEMOCRACY: GATHERING MOMENTUM?
By Adrian Ely, Manifesto project convenor The Science and Democracy World Forum is part of a growing movement responding to the challenges of sustainability and development. At this year’s event…
FEEDING THE FUTURE? THE FORESIGHT REPORT ON FOOD AND FARMING
By John Thompson and Erik Millstone, STEPS Centre Food and Agriculture Co-Convenors A new report from the UK Government-commissioned study into Global Food and Farming Futures has called for urgent…
CALL FOR PAPERS: WATER AND SANITATION SYMPOSIUM 2011
The STEPS Centre’s Water and Sanitation Symposium on 22-23 March is entitled “Some for All? Pathways and Politics in Water and Sanitation since New Delhi, 1990”. We’ll be looking at…
4 BIG CHALLENGES FOR WATER AND SANITATION
Photo: Map of sanitation in Ndeke village, Zambia, from the CLTS Flickr photostreamWe live in uncertain times. If you’re looking for something that embodies the changing and conflicting forces of…