By Ian Scoones India has seen unprecedented economic growth in recent years; yet with this comes a growing demand for resources and increased pressure on the environment. But how can…
Sustainable business in India: challenges for Rio+20
Beyond Rio Resource Centre
Research and expertise on the key Rio+20 issues in a new Beyond Rio Resource Centre. For more than 20 years the University of Sussex and the Institute of Development Studies…
The ‘Geeks’ Fight Back: Challenges for Science and Democracy
A mood of scientific self-righteousness has broken out in the UK. The ‘geeks’ – professional scientists committed to evidence-based policy – are on the march. What has brought this on?…
SUMMER SCHOOL: “WHAT IS RESEARCH FOR SUSTAINABILITY?”
Participants in the recent STEPS Summer School came to Brighton from all around the world, bringing diverse life experiences and disciplinary perspectives together to learn about, discuss and debate new…
Colloquium on global land grabbing, 11 June
STEPS Centre researchers will be among the speakers at the Critical Agrarian Studies Colloquium No. 4, which takes place in The Hague on 11 June 2012. After a few years…
A NEW ALLIANCE FOR FOOD SECURITY, OR A TWO-TRACK AFRICA?
In a new post on the Future Agricultures Consortium blog, Ian Scoones examines the ‘New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition’, announced at a high-profile conference in Chicago last week…
NUDGE, NUDGE
Ilse Oosterlaken, one of the participants in our summer school, has blogged about some of the lectures and discussions that have happened so far. One of Ilse’s blog posts reflects…
Debate: Who’s going to save the planet?
Who’s going to save the planet? IDS and STEPS Centre event at Brighton Fringe Festival 2012 by Ids (Uk) on Mixcloud A debate with Caroline Lucas MP and others…
About Us
The Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa was a research programme designed to deliver much-needed, cutting-edge science on the relationships between ecosystems, zoonoses, health and wellbeing, with the objective of helping people move…
Approach
The Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa programme brought together natural and social scientists, including environmental, biological, social, political, and human and animal health researchers. It was an integrated multidisciplinary –…