To mark World Water Day we have published a range of thought-provoking new resources, and we are holding a seminar at IDS in the UK (details below) >>A new edition of the…
World Water Day 2012
Business and Biotech in Bangalore
Two events with India-based partners explored the recent history and future of Indian business and biotechnology. These events, held in February 2012, are part of our ongoing work on risk,…
Media coverage archive 2006-2011
STEPS Centre media coverage 2006-2011 Gates Tells G20 Innovation is the Key to Development, SciDev.net, 4 Nov 2011, STEPS member Adrian Ely comments A new colonial carve up? Ian Scoones…
Full list of STEPS projects
Animal Disease Re-emerging transmissible transboundary animal diseases: comparing Rift Valley Fever with BSE Avian Flu Avian ‘flu: The politics and policy processes of a global response Biochar Biochar and Anthropogenic…
Manifesto: translated versions
Innovation, Sustainability, Development: A New Manifesto was originally published in English, but the Manifesto project has involved discussions in many countries. We would like people around the world to be…
Newsletter archive
View archive from Summer 2011 onwards
Press release archive
2010 Press pack: Innovation, Sustainability, Development: A New Manifesto Press release: A Manifesto to make innovation deliver for development 15 June 2010 Opening presentation from launch event by STEPS director…
GM Crops 10 years on
by Ian Scoones, STEPS Centre co-director A decade ago there was much hope – and even more hype – about the potentials of GM crops. GM crops were going to…
Theme 4: Public participation and the politics of policy
This theme is part of the Biotechnology Research Archive. Governing biotechnologies in favour of ‘pro-poor’ outcomes is a challenge. The research contained in this section of the Biotechnology Research Archive…
Theme 3: The role of the private sector and corporate control
This theme is part of the Biotechnology Research Archive. This section of includes studies of biotechnology business in action, including detailed analyses of the role of the corporate sector –…