IDS Alumni event

On 30 June 2009 we held a Manifesto event with Institute of Development Studies alumni, as part of a two-day alumni reunion in Brighton, UK.

UK 1st students round table

27 May 2009 – Science, Society and Development MA students at the Institute of Development Studies and SPRU Science and Technology Policy Research took part in a Manifesto roundtable organised by…

Nepal round table

6 May 2009 – A Manifesto round table event was held as part of the Innovation Asia-Pacific Conference, organised by David Grimshaw of Practical Action Nepal. Have a look at the…

Padmashree Gehl Sampath on knowledge through IP

16 June 2009 – Dr Padmashree Gehl Sampath of the United Nations University gave a seminar entitled ‘Promoting Knowledge Generation through Intellectual property in Late Development’

Joanna Chataway on below the radar innovation

5 March 2009 – Joanna Chataway, Co-Director of the ESRC Innogen Research Centre, Development Policy and Practice, Open University gave a seminar entitled ‘Below the Radar’: A user and market…

John Harris asks what science is for?

25 February 2009 – Professor John Harris, Director of the Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation (iSEI), The University of Manchester, gave a STEPS Manifesto Seminar on What is Science…

Arie Rip on knowledge, research and innovation systems

19 February 2009 – Arie Rip, Professor of Philosophy of Science and Technology in the School of Management and Governance of the University of Twente, gave a Manifesto seminar entitled, Putting…

Andrew Barnett on agricultural research innovation

16  January 2009 – Dr Andrew Barnett, Director, Policy Practice Ltd gave a STEPS Manifesto seminar entitled Innovation – re-labelling research or a shift in paradigm: the current debate in…

Raphael Kaplinksy on innovation, poverty and inequality

11 July 2008 – Raphael Kaplinksy, Professor of International Development at The Open University gave a STEPS Manifesto seminar on innovation, poverty and inequality.