By Oliver Johnson The penultimate session of the STEPS Centre symposium – Democratising innovation: towards more accountable institutions – threatened to be a rather tired affair: afternoon slots are always…
STEPS SYMPOSIUM: DEMOCRATISING INNOVATION
STEPS SYMPOSIUM: ARE WE AFRAID OF INNOVATION?
By Sara J Wolcott While not surprised that innovation was a major theme at the 2009 STEPS Centre Symposium, I was surprised to learn how little innovation is mentioned or…
STEPS SYMPOSIUM: INNOVATION, SUSTAINABILITY, DEVELOPMENT
By Julia Day We live in a time of transformations. The collapse of the Washington “consensus”, the financial crisis, the rise of China and other emerging economies and, of course,…
INNOVATION, SUSTAINABILITY, DEVELOPMENT: A NEW MANIFESTO
By Julia Day Our New Manifesto project is now live, with 13 new papers, a new microsite and a wiki-timeline mapping over 50 years of science and innovation for development….
NEW PROJECT: BEYOND BIOSAFETY
By Julia Day, STEPS Centre member The STEPS Centre is launching a new pilot project, Beyond Biosafety, aimed at opening up debates about biosafety. The project focusses on Kenya and…
VIDEO: MANIFESTO SEMINAR – DR GEHL SAMPATH
Have a look at a short clip of Padmashree Gehl Sampath’s STEPS Centre Manifesto seminar on ‘Promoting Knowledge Generation through Intellectual property in Late Development’ as part of the Innovation,…
MANIFESTO SEMINAR: DR. PADMASHREE GEHL SAMPATH ON IP
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member See photos from this event (Flickr link) We’re delighted to have Dr Padmashree Gehl Sampath of the United Nations University with us today to…
A NEW MANIFESTO: STUDENT ROUNDTABLE REPORT
By ELISA AROND, Research Assistant for the Innovation, Sustainability, Development: A New Manifesto project A group of students and Visiting Fellows gathered at the Institute of Development Studies in Brighton…
INNOVATION, SUSTAINABILITY, DEVELOPMENT: A NEW MANIFESTO – THE STUDENTS’ VIEW
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member With British summertime underway in the usual fashion (horizontal rain battering the windows) a 16-strong group of MA and DPhil students and visiting fellows…
GM CROPS: JUNE LAUNCH
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member On June 10 the STEPS Centre is launching a Biotechnology Research Archive and a new paper on Bt Cotton by Dominic Glover at a…