International Research Symposium Post-Automation? Exploring Democratic Alternatives to Industry 4.0 11-13 September 2019 Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex, Brighton, UK About the Symposium We are delighted to…
Call For Papers: International Research Symposium on Post-Automation
Open Science Map: Charting the development of Open Science practices in Latin America
Open Science represents a new approach in scientific knowledge based on collaborative work and new ways of spreading information using digital technologies. There are many benefits that come with open…
In South Africa’s land reform, class matters
In South Africa’s former ‘homelands’ the government is trying to ‘revive’ agriculture. These areas are a legacy of the 1913 and 1936 land acts, which reserved only 13% of the…
Are Elsevier corrupting open science in Europe?
Elsevier – one of the largest and most notorious scholarly publishers – are monitoring Open Science in the EU on behalf of the European Commission. Jon Tennant argues that they…
Dialogues along Plural Pathways: STEPS researchers and Summer School participants in conversation
Following the STEPS Summer School in May 2018, this blog post is a conversation convened by three participants, Nimisha Agarwal, Ankita Rastogi and Jessica Cockburn. It includes introductions to the…
Governing The Land-Water-Environment Nexus: Grant Awardees 2017-2018
The following researchers have received grants for 2017-2018 for research under the project Governing the Land-Water-Environment Nexus in Southern Africa. Eromose Ebhuoma Eromose Ebhuoma was awarded the degree of a PhD…
Livelihoods and the political economy of dairy in India and South Africa
This is the second of two blog posts comparing the dairy sector in India and South Africa, as part of research from the Governing the Land-Water-Environment Nexus in Southern Africa…
Divergent Dairy: comparing pathways in India and South Africa
As a significant agricultural commodity in both India and South Africa, what role can dairy play in spurring development?
Why we need Degrowth
In this post, Giorgos Kallis responds to a three-part critique by Andy Stirling of his ideas on the ‘Degrowth Hypothesis’. You can read Andy’s blog posts here: Part 1 /…
The challenges of creating new visions for sustainable urbanisation in India
by Poonam Pandey, from the Centre for Studies in Science Policy, Jawaharlal Nehru University. A two-day conference organised at Jawaharlal Nehru University, in collaboration with the STEPS centre, raised questions about how to…