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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210618T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210618T173000
DTSTAMP:20260521T022847
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SUMMARY:Transformations Conference: Transformations from within: Towards a 2nd person epistemologies & methodologies
DESCRIPTION:This session is open to registered participants at the Transformations Conference 2021. \nPresenters: \nJesús M. Siqueiros\, Alex Penn; Lakshmi Charli-Joseph; Beth Cullen; Marina Apgar; Andrew Stirling \nAbstract: \nStructural\, systemic and enabling transformations towards sustainability require reconnecting to our local environment and the biosphere in general (i.e.\, Folke et al. 2011\, Scoones et al. 2020\, among others). With the aim of contributing to this notion\, for us the meaning of reconnecting is to acknowledge our position as scientists and society in general as embedded in a world that is experientially meaningful to us. We posit that transformations need to start with our recognition that we are not acting on a world that we are detached from\, but that it is a world in which we live\, we are part of it\, and shared among us meaningfully. \nWe posit that reconnecting to the biosphere needs radical approaches. In this spirit\, we suggest exploring the notion of 2nd person epistemologies and methodologies. We have worked on the idea of 2nd person perspective\, yet is still a primitive intuition that we broadly understand as one that: \n\nIntends to bring together the 3rd person methodologies of science with the 1st person meaningful experiences of the world as we live it –from within; and\nDemands to address others –human and non-human- as subjects\, recognising the authenticity of their experiences as living the system we share\, rather than approach them as mere objects of study\, alien to our existence.\n\nAs part of the STEPS Centre 2021 theme focused on Methods\, this Practice Session will be centred on the exploration of the notion of 2nd person epistemologies and methodologies.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/transformations-conference-transformations-from-within-towards-a-2nd-person-epistemologies-methodologies/
CATEGORIES:Understanding sustainability
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210618T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210618T093000
DTSTAMP:20260521T022847
CREATED:20210527T034648Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210617T093954Z
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SUMMARY:T-Lab: Transformation As Praxis - Responding To Climate Change Uncertainties In Marginal Environments In South Asia
DESCRIPTION:This session is open to registered participants at the Transformations Conference 2021. \nIn this session we present and open for debate experiences and challenges (methodological and conceptual) from carrying out project research on transformation from ‘below’ in marginal environments in South Asia marked by high levels of climate-related uncertainties and where transformative changes are being assembled and co-produced on the ground by hybrid and transformative alliances. \n\nThis session is linked to the TAPESTRY project. \nVIEW THE CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/transformation-conference-2021-transformation-as-praxis-responding-to-climate-change-uncertainties-in-marginal-environments-in-south-asia/
CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy,Research methods,Understanding sustainability
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210617T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210617T200000
DTSTAMP:20260521T022847
CREATED:20210525T031434Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220411T104701Z
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SUMMARY:Transformations Conference: Theories and Perspectives of Transformations
DESCRIPTION:This session is open to registered participants at the Transformations Conference 2021. \nA live Q&A session with the authors of the presentations in this Interactive Session will take place at the scheduled time. Registered participants can watch the pre-recorded presentations from 7/06/2021 until 31/08/2021. \nSpeakers: \n\nBruce Goldstein\nCristina Costa Salavedra\nNeha Mungekar\nPaulina Aldunce\nAndy Stirling\nRose Cairns\n\nThis session is linked to the STEPS Centre’s theme for 2021: Methods \nView Conference Programme
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/transformations-conference-theories-and-perspectives-of-transformations/
CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy,Research methods,Understanding sustainability
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DTSTAMP:20260521T022847
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LAST-MODIFIED:20210527T040342Z
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SUMMARY:Transformations conference: Transformative Responses to Climate Uncertainties in South Asia
DESCRIPTION:This session is open to registered participants at the Transformations Conference 2021. \nIn this session we present and open for debate experiences and challenges (methodological and conceptual) from carrying out project research on transformation from ‘below’ in marginal environments in South Asia marked by high levels of climate-related uncertainties and where transformative changes are being assembled and co-produced on the ground by hybrid and transformative alliances. \nPresentations: \n\nHans Adam: Arresting Environmental Collapse\, Restoring Resource-based Livelihoods: Transforming Koli Fisherfolk in and with Mumbai\nShilpi Srivastava: Dryland transformations: Reviving pastoralist livelihoods in Kutch\, India\nRanit Chatterjee: Integration of New and future Risks into Transformative Adaptation for Sustainability: Case of Milk Businesses in Kutch\nSynne Movik: Transformation as Praxis: Responding to climate change uncertainties in marginal environments in South Asia\n\nThis session is linked to the TAPESTRY project. \nView the Conference programme
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/transformations-conference-transformative-responses-to-climate-uncertainties-in-south-asia/
CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy,Pastoralism,Understanding sustainability
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210615T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210615T110000
DTSTAMP:20260521T022847
CREATED:20210614T052349Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210614T082620Z
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SUMMARY:SRI 2021: Showing leadership in sustainability science - Lessons from the Global South and beyond the academy
DESCRIPTION:The upcoming 2021 Sustainability Research & Innovation Congress (SRI) is hosting a session on leadership in sustainability science\, narrowing in on what lessons can be drawn from the Global South. Among the session’s speakers are two STEPS Centre colleagues: D. Parthasarathy\, co project leader of the TAPESTRY Project\, and Joanes Atela of the STEPS Africa Sustainability Hub. \nThe event will commence Tuesday 15 June 10:00 – 11:00 AM GMT +1 / 4:00 – 5:00 AM CT/CDT \nSpeakers:\n\nAnupama Nair\nJoanes Atela\nDeborah Darko\nSylvia Croese\nGladman Thondhlana\nD. Parthasarathy\nSarah Moore\nKatsia Paulavets\n\nSummary\nThis session will facilitate learning from experience in the leadership of international sustainability research from the Global South. \nInternational research initiatives on and for sustainability are multiplying\, in response to the growing recognition of the global\, interconnected nature of the challenges of sustainability. There is simultaneously an increasing demand for sustainability research to be done in collaboration with stakeholders or members of society concerned by specific problems (in configurations called ‘transdisciplinary research’)\, to increase the legitimacy and relevance of the research as well as the likelihood of its eventual uptake into policy and action. \nThese new demands give rise to a number of questions: What are the unique benefits of sustainability research designed and led from the Global South\, and/or with societal stakeholders? What are the experiences of Global South and non-academic researchers with leading roles in international\, transdisciplinary research for sustainability? What have the academic establishment got to learn from the Global South and non-academics about doing research for sustainability? How can research funders avoid inadvertently perpetuating inequalities and inequities in the global science system? \nThe discussion will be kicked off by a representatives of international research teams in two pioneering research programmes of the International Science Council: Leading Integrated Research for Agenda 2030 in Africa (LIRA 2030) and the Transformations to Sustainability (T2S) programme (a joint programme with the Belmont Forum and NORFACE). The audience will be invited to share their own reflections on experiences of leadership or participation in international or national research initiatives. \nThe outcome of the session will be a rich collection of insights and suggestions for models for more progressive and inclusive organization and funding of internationally collaborative science for sustainability. \nVisit the session page
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/sri2021-showing-leadership-in-sustainability-science-lessons-from-the-global-south-and-beyond-the-academy/
CATEGORIES:Governance & policy,Understanding sustainability
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20210205T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20210205T164500
DTSTAMP:20260521T022847
CREATED:20210129T104603Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Ethics of quantification
DESCRIPTION:14.00-16.45 CET\, online \nThis webinar features a panel including STEPS co-director Andy Stirling\, alongside Andrea Saltelli and Wendy Espeland. \nDetails & joining instructions \n\nAbout the event\nNumbers are at the core of the nexus between technoscience\, society and the new media. The potential of numbers to inflict harm is on par or superior to those of any other technologies\, when we consider both visible and invisible numbers\, e.g. the use of artificial intelligence and big data algorithms. And yet\, numbers are so deeply entrenched in our existence that we barely reflect on them critically any more. \nFollowing the publication of the Nature commentary last June on ‘Five ways to ensure that models serve society’\, which was focused on modelling\, we propose a broader discussion on the ethics and politics of quantification. How can we develop frameworks for observation\, critique and improvement of the social uses of quantification? \nChair: Ismael Rafols (CWTS\, Leiden Univ.) \nThis webinar is organized by CWTS Hub on Engagement and Responsibility in R&I. \nDetails & joining instructions
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/webinar-ethics-of-quantification/
CATEGORIES:Understanding sustainability
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200512T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200512T190000
DTSTAMP:20260521T022847
CREATED:20191017T151644Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200318T091719Z
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SUMMARY:*Postponed* STEPS Annual Lecture: Andrea J Nightingale
DESCRIPTION:* UPDATE\, 18 MARCH 2020 *\nWe are sorry that this event has been indefinitely postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. \n\nBounding unruly landscapes: future imaginaries and socioenvironmental change \n2020 STEPS Annual Lecture \nAndrea J Nightingale\nProfessor in the Department of Sociology and Human Geography\, University of Oslo \nFulton A Lecture Theatre\nUniversity of Sussex\nFalmer\, Brighton \nThis event will be open to the public and includes a drinks reception after the lecture. It is the only public event of the STEPS Summer School on Pathways to Sustainability. \n\nAbout the lecture\nAmidst anxieties about rapid rate environmental change and the best pathways to transformation\, the unruliness of life reasserts itself. Not only can environments collapse unexpectedly\, others persist despite intense pressures. Meanwhile\, new governance mechanisms exceed expectations\, while others become avenues for older relationships and practices of exploitation to re-emerge. Such dynamics point to the need for better conceptualisations of change if we are to confront the 21st century challenges of climate and environmental change. \nThrough examples from the Himalayas\, I focus on boundary un/making as a creative approach to the continuous (re)configurations of humans and non-humans that transpire in any attempts at governing. The complex\, often unpredictable political\, social\, cultural and ecological terrains that emerge in environmental governance offer insights into the dynamics of change. Drawing from scholars of science and political ecologists who have long pointed out that knowing is not somehow separate from the worlds we create\, and feminist work on power and recognition\, this lecture will look at how boundary-making reflects the operation of power across scales\, suggesting new approaches to tackling environmental issues. \nSpeaking through case studies from Nepal and elsewhere\, the lecture will work through the entanglements of forests\, user-groups\, geopolitics and efforts at responding to predictions of calamitous change to show how they are complicit in producing the dilemmas we face. It will show how environmental change programmes are caught up in the riotous\, inadvertent contradictions of environmental governance. Action\, imagination\, naming\, and everyday practices create lasting connections; they bring the world into being in a continuous and dynamic manner; in turn demanding that we take account of the more-than-human within our governing logics if global environmental challenges are to be confronted. \n\nAbout Andrea J Nightingale\nAndrea J. Nightingale is Professor of Human Geography\, University of Oslo and Senior Researcher at the University of Agricultural Sciences. Her interests cross between climate change adaptation and transformation debates; collective action and state formation; the nature-society nexus; political violence in natural resource governance; and feminist work on emotion and subjectivity in relation to development\, transformation\, collective action and cooperation. She has over 30 years of experience on natural resource governance in Nepal and a current research collaboration focused on state formation and climate change. She has also done research on in-shore fisheries management in Scotland. Her recent book is Environment and Sustainability in a Globalizing World\, Routledge\, 2019.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-annual-lecture-andrea-j-nightingale/
LOCATION:Fulton A Lecture Theatre\, University of Sussex\, Falmer\, Brighton\, BN1 9RH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Research methods,Resource politics,Understanding sustainability
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200511T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200522T170000
DTSTAMP:20260521T022847
CREATED:20191023T141342Z
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SUMMARY:[Postponed] STEPS Summer School 2020
DESCRIPTION:The ninth and final STEPS Summer School on Pathways to Sustainability was due to take place on 11-22 May 2020\, but has been postponed until the following year due to the coronavirus pandemic. \nParticipants will explore the theme of pathways to sustainability through a mixture of workshops\, lectures\, outdoor events and focused interaction with STEPS Centre members. The Summer School takes place on the University of Sussex campus\, near Brighton\, UK\, where STEPS is co-hosted by the Institute of Development Studies and the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU). \nFor more information\, please visit the STEPS Summer School web page.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-summer-school-2020/
LOCATION:Institute of Development Studies\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Research methods,Resource politics,Understanding sustainability
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191016T111000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191016T124500
DTSTAMP:20260521T022847
CREATED:20191002T134350Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191002T134350Z
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SUMMARY:Relational and Psychological Dimensions of Agency
DESCRIPTION:This is a session organised with members of the STEPS Global Consortium for the Transformations 2019 conference in Sanitago\, Chile. \n\nThe Relationship Between Social Capital and System Transformation. (Esther Carmen)\nProcedural Fairness as an Enabler of Transformative Collaboration. (Gail Francis)\nLoss and Change: Emotional Roots in Transformation and Collective Action. (Hallie Eakin\, Rebecca Shelton\, Lakshmi Charli-Joseph\, Jesus Mario Siqueiros Garcia\, David Manuel-Navarrete\, Beatriz Ruizpalacios)\nSailing into Transformational Change: Making Safe Spaces for Leadership Development on Homeward Bound. (Deborah Anne O’Connell\, Sophie Adams\, Kylie Lewis\, Fern Hames)\nSeeds of Transformation: Change Strategies Towards More Sustainable Seed Systems. (Almendra Cremasachi\, Anabel Marin\, Patrick van Zwanenberg)
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/relational-and-psychological-dimensions-of-agency/
CATEGORIES:Understanding sustainability
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190703T153000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190705T160000
DTSTAMP:20260521T022847
CREATED:20181120T141745Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200720T123952Z
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SUMMARY:The Politics of Uncertainty: Practical Challenges for Transformative Action
DESCRIPTION:This international academic symposium\, held at the Institute of Development Studies in the UK\, explored the theme of uncertainty – the STEPS Centre’s theme for 2019. \nBook | Blog series | Podcast | Video | Background info \n\nBook\nThe Politics of Uncertainty: Challenges of Transformation (Routledge\, July 2020) is an Open Access book which further explores the ideas discussed at the symposium. \nThe book features chapters by participants\, and an introduction by the editors (and symposium convenors)\, Ian Scoones and Andy Stirling. \nRead the book \n\nBlog series\nParticipants in the symposium reflect on the event in a series of blog posts. \n\nUncertain futures and the politics of uncertainty Richard Bronk\nUncertain superlatives Emery Roe\nWhen ignorance does more than you think Emery Roe\nSolidarity\, insurance\, emotions and uncertainty Mark Fenton-O’Creevy\nWhose risk? Whose responsibility? The politics and financialisation of uncertainty Nick Taylor\nEmbracing uncertainty: lessons from journeys and struggles Michele Nori\, Rose Cairns and Nathan Oxley\nInfrastructures of the imagination: uncertainty and the politics of prefiguration Martin Mahony and Silke Beck\nEnvisioning the future in the present: making sense of uncertainty Detlef Müller-Mahn\nHow can NGOs feel at home with uncertainty? Irene Guijt\n\nView the series \n\nPodcast\nThe STEPS Uncertainty Podcast is a series of four conversations recorded with participants after the symposium\, available as a podcast to stream or download. \nView/subscribe on iTunes \nEpisode #1: Finance & banking / insurance / governance\n \nWith Leon Wansleben (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies)\, Leigh Johnson (University of Oregon)\, Bernardo Rangoni (European University Institute)\, Ian Scoones (STEPS Centre) \n \nEpisode #2: Uncertainty in critical infrastructures / reliability / technology & innovation\n \nWith Patrick van Zwanenberg (CENIT\, Argentina)\, Emery Roe (University of California\, Berkeley)\, Andy Stirling (STEPS Centre) \n \nEpisode #3: Disease outbreaks / climate change / disasters\n \nWith Melissa Leach (Institute of Development Studies)\, Lyla Mehta (Institute of Development Studies)\, Mark Pelling (King’s College London)\, Marina Apgar (STEPS Centre) \n \nEpisode #4: Security & terrorism / migration\nWith Gabe Mythen (University of Liverpool)\, Dorte Thorsen (University of Sussex)\, Rose Cairns (STEPS Centre) \n \n\nVideo\nWatch a playlist of all videos from the symposium. \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/embed?listType=playlist&list=PLI8qkz1i11OQNKD34R5WJzu8bhYUuoa24[/embedyt]\n\nVideo clips\nWatch selected clips from the symposium at the links below. \nPanel contributions: ‘What is uncertainty\, and why does it matter?’ \n Silvio Funtowicz: What is uncertainty\, and why does it matter? \n Sheila Jasanoff: What is uncertainty\, and why does it matter? \n Dipak Gyawali: What is uncertainty\, and why does it matter? \nPanel contributions: ‘What happened to the Risk Society?’ \n Gabe Mythen: What happened to the Risk Society? \n Joy Zhang: What happened to the Risk Society? \n Dean Curran: What happened to the Risk Society? \nVideo of full sessions \n What is uncertainty\, and why does it matter? (panel + Q&A – 93 min) \n What happened to the Risk Society? (panel + Q&A – 96 min) \n Final discussion: fishbowl (reflections on the conference – 76 min) \n\nAbout the symposium\nThinking across diverse domains – from finance\, to climate\, to migration\, to disease\, to innovation\, to infrastructure\, to security – this symposium will explore the diverse ways incertitude is understood and responded to (or not). \nBy catalysing and developing richer and more nuanced understandings of incertitude\, the symposium aims to help enable more robust actions\, strategies and governance for these uncertain times. \nFor updates\, please subscribe to the STEPS Centre newsletter. \n\n \nFor more images from the event\, see the photo gallery on Flickr. \nSpeakers\nPlenary speakers include \n\nDean Curran\, University of Calgary\nSheila Jasanoff\, Harvard Kennedy School\nSilvio Funtowicz\, University of Bergen\nGabe Mythen\, University of Liverpool\nDipak Gyawali\, Nepal Academy of Science and Technology\nBrian Wynne\, Emeritus Professor\, University of Lancaster\nJoy Zhang\, University of Kent\nSilke Beck\, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research\nMelissa Leach\, Institute of Development Studies\nLyla Mehta\, Institute of Development Studies\n\n\nProgramme\n3 July \n15:00 Registration opens\n16:00 PLENARY 1: What is uncertainty\, and why does it matter? Sheila Jasanoff\, Silvio Funtowicz\, Dipak Gyawali\n18:00 Refreshments + publication ‘speed launches’\n19:00 Dinner \n4 July \n9:00 CLUSTER SESSION (parallel session\, each cluster meets in different rooms) – presentations from first two themes\n11:00 Tea & coffee\n11:30 CLUSTER SESSION – presentations from third theme\n12:30 Lunch\n14:00 CLUSTER SESSION – cross-theme discussion: How is uncertainty understood? New directions and challenges\n15:30 Tea & coffee\n16:00 PLENARY 2: What happened to the risk society: multiple modernities and a new politics of uncertainty? Joy Zhang\, Brian Wynne\, Dean Curran\, Gabe Mythen\n18:00 Dinner & drinks \n5 July \n9:00 CLUSTER SESSION – Synthesis: What have we learned? Big questions and challenges\n11:00 Tea & coffee\n11:30 Feedback from clusters\, summaries\, reflections\n13:30 Lunch\n14:30 PLENARY 3: Uncertainty and transformations\, challenges for science\, policy and politics Lyla Mehta\, Silke Beck\, Melissa Leach (+ reflections in ‘fishbowl’ format)\n16:00 Tea & coffee\, departures \n\nthemes and clusters\nThe symposium is organised into four Clusters. Each Cluster includes three themes\, convened by a researcher (the Theme Convenor) with expertise on that theme. \nIn each theme\, participants have been invited by the Theme Convenor to give presentations.  The document below gives abstracts for all 12 of the themes. \nDownload the  theme abstracts (PDF) \n– – \nCluster 1 \n\nFinance and banking (Leon Wansleben\, Max Plank Institute for the Study of Societies\, Cologne\, and Timo Walter\, University of Erfurt)\nInsurance and liability (Leigh Johnson\, University of Oregon)\nExperimental\, nodal\, adaptive governance (Bernardo Rangoni\, European University Institute\, Florence)\n\nDownload abstracts from Cluster 1 (PDF) \n– – \nCluster 2 \n\nTechnology policy\, regulation and precaution (Patrick van Zwanenberg\, CENIT\, Argentina)\nCritical infrastructures and reliability (Emery Roe\, UC Berkeley)\nExpanding cities (James Evans\, University of Manchester)\n\nDownload Abstracts from Cluster 2 (PDF) \n– – \nCluster 3 \n\nClimate change models and response (Lyla Mehta and Shilpi Srivastava\, Institute of Development Studies\, Sussex)\nDisease outbreaks and preparedness (Melissa Leach and Hayley MacGregor\, Institute of Development Studies\, Sussex)\nDisasters\, humanitarianism and emergencies (Mark Pelling\, King’s College London)\n\nDownload abstracts from Cluster 3 (PDF) \n– – \nCluster 4 \n\nMigration and mobility (Dorte Thorsen\, University of Sussex)\nConflict\, security\, terrorism and crime (Gabe Mythen\, University of Liverpool)\nCulture\, religion and perception (Rose Cairns\, SPRU\, University of Sussex)\n\nDownload abstracts from cluster 4 (PDF) \n\nBackground\nThis event is part of the STEPS Centre’s 2019 theme on Uncertainty. \nThinking across diverse domains – from finance\, to climate\, to migration\, to disease\, to innovation\, to infrastructure\, to security – this symposium will explore the diverse ways incertitude is understood and responded to (or not). \nBy catalysing and developing richer and more nuanced understandings of incertitude\, the symposium aims to help enable more robust actions\, strategies and governance for these uncertain times. In the ‘real world’ of policy and business\, the full depth and breadth of challenges presented by the unknown are rarely fully acknowledged – and virtually never embraced. But this does not stop them being a familiar aspect of the worlds of Nature\, politics and everyday life. \nDiverse framings\, degrees and contexts of ‘incertitude’ can be far more intractable and politically entangled than suggested by a technical language of ‘uncertainty’ or the reassuring methods around ‘risk’. \nWhen unfathomed dimensions and possibilities of ignorance are treated as neatly parameterised ‘uncertainty’\, then the resulting decisions can be seriously jeopardised by what has been excluded. When expectations are further closed down by the seductive aggregations of ’risk’ then the vulnerabilities are even more severe. There is no technical specialism so narrow that diverse equally expert views will not disagree\, generating pervasive ‘ambiguity’. \nBut highlighting these wilder and more unruly forms of incertitude is not just a counsel of fear. These conventional blinkers on the imagination can also obscure many positive hopes and possibilities. Surprises\, after all\, can be good as well as bad. Pervading economies\, societies\, environments and technologies\, the implications can be appreciated across a wide range of political cultures. \nThinking across diverse domains – from finance\, to climate\, to migration\, to disease\, to innovation\, to infrastructure\, to security – this symposium will explore the diverse ways incertitude is understood and responded to (or not). The aim is to catalyse and develop richer and more nuanced understandings of incertitude and so help enable more robust actions\, strategies and governance. \nIn particular\, the implications will be examined of complementing existing narrow ‘control-driven’\, managerialist frameworks\, with complementary ‘care-oriented’ approaches\, that are more open\, adaptive and responsive. Drawing on concepts and experiences from diverse disciplines and fields of practice\, attention will span implications equally for individual behaviours and organisational strategies\, as well as societal responses – with the politics of knowledge central throughout. \n\nThis symposium is the main event in the STEPS Centre’s Uncertainty theme in 2019. \nUncertainties can make it hard to plan ahead. But recognising them can help to reveal new questions and choices. What kinds of uncertainty are there\, why do they matter for sustainability\, and what ideas\, approaches and methods can help us to respond to them? \nFind out more about our theme for 2019 on our Uncertainty theme page.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/the-politics-of-uncertainty-practical-challenges-for-transformative-action/
LOCATION:Institute of Development Studies\, Library Road\, Falmer\, Brighton\, BN1 9RE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Governance & policy,Understanding sustainability
ORGANIZER;CN="ESRC STEPS Centre":MAILTO:b.ayre@ids.ac.uk
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180321T140000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20180308T132613Z
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SUMMARY:When the Wolf Guards the Sheep: Green extractivism and confronting the industrial machine
DESCRIPTION:As part of the Politics of Nature reading group\, Dr Alexander Dunlap\, co-hosted by the CGPE and STEPS centre\, presents a seminar on the merits of an anarchist political ecology in assessing extractive projects and charting new directions in (re)imagining ecological\, unruly and dignified futures. \n  \n \n \nDrawing on case studies of Europe’s largest opencast coal mine\, the Hambach mine in Germany\, and wind parks in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec region (Istmo) of Oaxaca\, Mexico\, the seminar examines corporate/state strategies of greening resource extraction and repression. This seminar calls for scholars to challenge their statist and industrial subjectivities\, while developing strategies to deal with corporate/state counter-mobilizations to undermine the current trajectory of ‘progress’. This means working to maximize ecological and social harmony\, while aiming for total liberation against the imposition of market-based environmentalism\, ‘green extraction’ and corporate-state projects of social control\, ecocide and social death.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/wolf-guards-sheep-green-extractivism-confronting-industrial-machine/
LOCATION:Room G22\, Jubilee Building\, University of Sussex\, Brighton\, BN1 9RH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy,Governance & policy,Resource politics,Understanding sustainability
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20170830T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20170901T170000
DTSTAMP:20260521T022847
CREATED:20170615T103947Z
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SUMMARY:Transformations 2017: Transformations in Practice
DESCRIPTION:Members of the STEPS Centre\, along with colleagues from the Pathways to Sustainability Global Consortium\, will be attending the Transformations 2017: Transformations in Practice conference in August. \nThe Transformations conference is hosted by the Centre for Environmental Change and Human Resilience (CECHR) at the University of Dundee. It is the third in a biennial series of international interdisciplinary conferences that focuses on transformations towards sustainability. The organisers describe its aim as “addressing contemporary challenges and creating conditions for enhancing people’s wellbeing\, today and in the future\, while strengthening the Earth’s support system”. \nThere is a strong presence at the conference for the PATHWAYS Network\, a project co-led by STEPS which explores socio-ecological transformations in six sites worldwide – in India\, Argentina\, China\, the UK\, Kenya and Mexico. Sessions related to this project include: \nWednesday 30 August \n\n10.30 – 11.30 Urban Transformations in India: Emerging Pathways and Sustainable Alternatives – Pravin Kushwaha\, Pranav N. Desai and Dinesh Abrol (Room: 2S13)\n10.30 – 11.30 Alternative pathways to more sustainable food and agricultural systems – Anabel Marin\, Patrick van Zwanenberg and Almendra Cremaschi (Room: 2S16)\n\nThursday 31 August \n\n10.15 – 11.15 Promoting spaces for social-ecological transformation: The Transformation-lab in Xochimilco social-ecological system – Lakshmi Charli-Joseph\, Hallie Eakin\, Jesús Mario Siqueiros-García and Manuel-Navarrete (Room: 2S15)\n10.15 – 11.15 Whose voice matters? An empirical study on green transformation in China – Chulin Jiang (Room: 2S17)\n\nFriday 1 September \n\n11.15 – 12.15 Sustainable Agri-Food Systems – Connecting Local\, National and Global Transformations – Adrian Ely\, Elise Wach and Rachael Taylor (Room: 2S12)\n11.15 – 12.15 Transforming sustainable energy access – David Ockwell and Joanes Atela (Room: 2S14)\n12.30 – 13.30 Being good citizens: a political discourse analysis in China’s green transformation – Lichao Yang and Chulin Jiang (Room: 2S12)\n14.30 – 15.30 Transforming from the inside out: Gaining traction in entrenched sustainability challenges in Mexico City – Hallie Eakin\, Luis A. Bojorquez-Tapia\, David Manuel-Navarrete and Andres Baeza-Castro (Room: 2S13)\n\nOther STEPS contributions\nOther contributions from STEPS members and partners include Lyla Mehta\, who is co-author of a paper on ‘Examining interactions between uncertainty and transformation’\, and Shibaji Bose\, Upasona Ghosh and Shilpi Srivastava\, who have submitted the paper ‘Transformation in Practice: Using photovoice to open up spaces for lived experiences and social change in India’ – drawing on the project on Climate change and uncertainty from above and below. \n\nMoRE details\nThe latest version of the programme can be downloaded from the conference website.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/transformations-2017/
LOCATION:Forum Theatre\, Level 1\, Arts West  The University of Melbourne\, Parkville campus\, Forum Theatre\, Level 1\, Arts West The University of Melbourne\, Parkville campus\, Melbourne\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Research methods,Understanding sustainability
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20160705T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20160705T160000
DTSTAMP:20260521T022847
CREATED:20160628T080415Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T163153Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Transformative Knowledge Networks – solutions-oriented research in practice
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, 5 July 2016 \n16:00 – 17:00 CEST (14:00 – 15:00 UTC) \nResearch on global change and sustainability increasingly goes hand in hand with calls for profound change and social transformation – but what do we know about these processes in different\, concrete contexts of application? What can social science-led research contribute to generating solutions and transformative change towards sustainability and social justice? \nJoin researchers from the Transformations to Sustainability programme for a webinar discussion on solutions-oriented research in practice. Find out more about how the networks intend to contribute to transformative change towards sustainability and social justice\, ask questions and share ideas on solutions-oriented research involving co-design and co-production. \n \nThe webinar includes contributions from STEPS member Adrian Ely\, involved in the Transformative Pathways to Sustainability project with the STEPS Global Consortium. \nRegister to join the discussion \nSpeakers include: \n\nMathieu Denis\, Executive Director\, International Social Science Council (ISSC).\nAdrian Ely\, Transformative pathways to sustainability: learning across disciplines\, contexts and cultures (PATHWAYS) network; STEPS Centre (Social\, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability)\, United Kingdom.\nAshish Kothari\, Academic-Activist Co-Produced Knowledge for Environmental Justice (ACKnowl-EJ) network; Kalpavriksh Environment Action group\, India\nHeila Lotz-Sisitka\, Transgressive Social Learning for Social-Ecological Sustainability in times of Climate Change (T-LEARNING); Rhodes University\, South Africa\n\nThe discussion will be moderated by Susi Moser\, Senior Advisor to the Transformations to Sustainability programme. \nThe Transformations to Sustainability (T2S) programme supports research to help advance transformations to more sustainable and equitable societies around the globe. \nA full programme and biographies of all speakers will be available soon.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/webinar-transformative-knowledge-networks-solutions-oriented-research-in-practice/
CATEGORIES:Understanding sustainability
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160705T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160705T130000
DTSTAMP:20260521T022847
CREATED:20160623T123247Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T163207Z
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SUMMARY:IDS 50: Sustainability transformations: the intersecting roles of state\, market and society
DESCRIPTION:Part of the Institute of Development Studies 50th Anniversary Conference: States\, Markets and Society\, this panel session will examine the politics of sustainability transformations through different cases\, drawing on the work of the STEPS Centre and the emerging STEPS Global Pathways to Sustainability Consortium. \nThe panel will open with an overview of the different ways ‘transformations’ are understood\, and how sustainability transformations require a focus on coalition building across diverse actors. This will be followed by three case study presentations from three different regional settings and on three different sustainability challenges (waste and water\, low-carbon energy\, and agri-food) examining how\, over time\, state\, market and society have interacted in the construction of pathways – promoting some and sidelining others – and how a wider political economy analysis has helped to illuminate which combination of factors are important in facilitating transformations to sustainability. \nChair: Ian Scoones\, IDS and Director of the ESRC STEPS Centre \nPanellists \nRitu Priya\nCentre of Social Medicine and Community Health\, Jawaharlal Nehru University\, New Delhi\, India \nCosmas Ochieng\nAfrican Centre for Technology Studies\, Kenya \nAnabel Marin\nCONICET\, CENIT\, Argentina \nAttendance\nThis event is only open to participants with tickets to the IDS 50 Conference. Registration information is here. \n\nAbstracts\nRitu Priya: Water and waste: Developmental conflicts\, contestations and dialogue towards urban sustainability transformations in India \nState-led development of urban water and waste disposal systems\, uncritically adopting Euro-American technological systems\, resulted in chronic urban water shortages and limited waste disposal capacities. Since the 1990s\, both problems have compounded to crisis point due to escalating urbanisation and consumption patterns. Consequently\, a plurality of citizen/civil society-led initiatives emerged: rights-based policy and legal contestations\, culturally attuned techno-social innovations\, ‘green technology’ promotion\, social innovations in decision-making\, and adaptive community innovations. However\, conventional techno-social systems continue to be dominant\, perpetuated through public–private partnerships. This presentation shares learning and questions from grass-roots initiatives on the politics of sustainable transformations. \nCosmas Ochieng: Innovation and transformation histories in the Kenyan solar sector: Lessons for low-carbon development pathways in Kenya \nAccess to modern energy services remains a significant challenge in Kenya\, with only 30 per cent of households having access to electricity. The Kenyan government has tried to address this problem through a range of policies focused on accelerating access to ‘green and inclusive’ sources of energy\, especially geothermal\, wind\, hydro and solar power. Arguably\, the adoption and use of these technologies has been most successful in the solar sector. This presentation examines the ‘innovation history’ of the Kenyan solar market over the last three decades with a view to shedding light on how the tri-partite relationship between the state\, markets and society impacts low-carbon development pathways in Kenya. \nAnabel Marin: The politics of access to seed in Argentinian agriculture \nArgentina is currently in the middle of contentious and currently stalled debates about the reform of intellectual property (IPR) law for seeds. IPR regimes govern transformation pathways in important ways because strict property rights can undermine the scope to support more diverse\, sustainable agricultural futures. This paper will discuss important opportunities for a different system of property rights for seeds that emerges from the particularities of the country. These opportunities are related to the presence of a strong domestic seed industry using a distinctive business model that is different to that of large MNCs. Alliances between domestic business interests and activists are forming with shared interests in creating more sustainable agricultural futures\, with an alternative IPR regime shaping pathways. \n  \n\n\nMore about transformations\nBook: The Politics of Green Transformations\nMultiple ‘green transformations’ are required if humanity is to live sustainably on planet Earth. Recalling past transformations\, this book examines what makes the current challenge different\, and especially urgent. \nContributing authors \nErik Millstone\, Andy Stirling\, Matthew Lockwood\, Adrian Smith\, Adrian Ely\, Mariana Mazzucato\, Stephen Spratt\, Hubert Schmitz\, Ian Scoones\, Melissa Leach and Peter Newell. \nOrder the book from Routledge \n\nTransformations event series\nWhen in the past have societies made rapid transitions\, and what were the circumstances that drove them? What can we learn from these times\, positively and negatively to enable the transition we need to make today in the face of climatic upheaval and fossil fuel dependence? \nThe Transformations series\, co-organised by the New Weather Institute and the STEPS Centre\, aim to change the conversation about transition in the UK. Through informed public discussion and engagement we will gather opinions\, capture outcomes and stimulate debate about how to facilitate the speed and scale of the transition. \nSee the Transformations event series page for more details.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/sustainability-transformations-the-intersecting-roles-of-state-market-and-society/
LOCATION:Room 100\, Institute of Development Studies\, Library Road\, Falmer\, BN1 9RE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Governance & policy,Understanding sustainability
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160531T203000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160602T220000
DTSTAMP:20260521T022847
CREATED:20160523T124111Z
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SUMMARY:'Transformations' events at the Hay Festival
DESCRIPTION:At the Hay Festival in Wales\, three discussion events in our ‘Transformations’ series will investigate how change happens in different arenas\, and how rapid and just transitions can be achieved to create more sustainable futures. Tickets can be purchased online in advance from the Hay Festival website. \nHow Quickly Can We Change…Culture? \n31 May 2016 at 8.30pm\nwith Clare Brass\, Molly Conisbee and David Boyle \nHow Quickly Can We Change… Economics? \n1 June 2016 at 8.30pm\nAndrew Simms\, Victoria Chick and Richard Murphy \nHow Quickly can we Change… the Built Environment? \n2 June 2016 at 8.30pm\nHoward Johns\, Lindsay Mackie\, John Barrett\, Andrew Simms \nMore info \nFind out more about the ‘Transformations’ series of events.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/transformations-events-at-the-hay-festival/
CATEGORIES:Governance & policy,Understanding sustainability
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160429T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160429T160000
DTSTAMP:20260521T022847
CREATED:20160323T140357Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T211440Z
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SUMMARY:Rapid Energy Transition
DESCRIPTION:Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT)\, Machynlleth\, Wales\nFriday 29th April – 9.00am to 4.00pm \nDownload event poster (PDF) \nThe world is not short of transitions in action. But policy and academic debates often come up against scepticism that such rapid change is achievable. \nDrawing on current and historical examples of radical change\, the conference aims to provide concrete ideas about how we can accelerate transitions to the more sustainable zero carbon future demanded by December’s UN COP21 summit in Paris. \n \nVideo: What gives you hope? \nDespair is often a barrier to action\, so Mike Erskine made a film with participants at the event about what gives them hope for more sustainable futures. \n \nZero Carbon Conversations: What gives you hope? from Mike Erskine on Vimeo. \nSpeakers \nSpeakers include: \n\nAndrew Simms – Catalysing Change\nCharlie Wilson – Lessons from history for technological transition\nGeoff Hammond – Realizing transitions pathways\nBrenda Boardman\, ECI Oxford – 20% people 80% energy demand reduction\nHoward Johns – Energy Revolution\nRuth Stevenson – Community Renewables\nChristopher Blake – Renew Wales\nPaul Allen – Zero Carbon: Making it Happen\n\nThe event is free of charge to attend. Lunch is not provided but can be bought from the CAT restaurant. \nThis conference is part of the Transformations event series. \n\nVenue\nCentre for Alternative Technology is in Machynlleth\, Powys. Visit the CAT website for address & contact details. \nAbout the Transformations series\n \nWhen in the past have societies made rapid transitions\, and what were the circumstances that drove them? What can we learn from these times\, positively and negatively to enable the transition we need to make today in the face of climatic upheaval and fossil fuel dependence? \nThe Transformations series\, co-organised by the New Weather Institute and the STEPS Centre\, aim to change the conversation about transition in the UK. Through informed public discussion and engagement we will gather opinions\, capture outcomes and stimulate debate about how to facilitate the speed and scale of the transition. \nSee the Transformations event series page for more details. \nFor more about the series\, contact Peter Newell: P.J.Newell@sussex.ac.uk \n 
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/rapid-energy-transition/
CATEGORIES:Understanding sustainability
ORGANIZER;CN="CAT/STEPS Centre":MAILTO:paulallencat [at] googlemail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160427T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160427T170000
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CREATED:20160412T092828Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T211534Z
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SUMMARY:How should we value nature in a human-dominated world?
DESCRIPTION:Lecture by Professor Dame Georgina Mace\, FRS\nUniversity College London \nThis lecture will be livestreamed on the Sussex Sustainability Research Programme (SSRP) website. \nfollowed by a drinks reception\nChichester 1 Lecture Theatre\nUniversity of Sussex\, Falmer Campus \nNature conservation has traditionally focussed on preservation and protection. But this approach is increasingly challenged as the impact of human activities on land and in the sea continues to spread and intensify. At the same time\, people depend on nature for material goods and services\, as well as for health\, recreation and inspiration. How has the focus of conservation shifted from preserving biodiversity components (primarily species & habitats) and their spatial patterns\, to maintaining form and function\, adaptability and resilience for the future? \nThis lecture is organised by the Sussex Sustainability Research Programme. \nRSVP to ssrp@sussex.ac.uk \n 
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/how-should-we-value-nature-in-a-human-dominated-world/
CATEGORIES:Understanding sustainability
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160411T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160411T133000
DTSTAMP:20260521T022847
CREATED:20160309T105801Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T211615Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar: Helene Ahlborg on power and politics in energy transitions
DESCRIPTION:Towards a conceptualization of power and micro-level politics in energy transitions \nSTEPS Centre Seminar: Helene Ahlborg 12.00-1.30\, Monday 11 April 2016\nRoom C175 (Global Studies Resources Centre meeting room)\, Arts C\, University of Sussex \nHelene Ahlborg will share her research about rural mini-hydropower electrification in Tanzania  and societal transformation. She will explain why and how electrification processes simultaneously reinforce social inequality and enhance social mobility. \nAhlborg studies the co-development of technology and society and how the provision of electricity services\, based on small-scale renewable energy resources\, impacts on people’s lives and transforms rural communities. She also looks at how the local context and relations of power influence the electrification process and impact on the long–term viability of the energy system. \nHelene belongs to the interdisciplinary research group STEEP-RES (Socio-Technical-Ecological Evaluations of Potential Renewable Energy Systems) at Chalmers University of Technology\, Göteborg\, Sweden. Find out more about Helene Ahlborg. \nEveryone welcome!
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/seminar-helene-ahlborg-on-power-and-politics-politics-in-energy-transitions/
LOCATION:Global Studies Resource Centre\, Arts C175\, University of Sussex\, BN1 9SJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy,Seminars,Understanding sustainability
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160208T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160208T173000
DTSTAMP:20260521T022847
CREATED:20160203T102126Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T212309Z
UID:8256-1454947200-1454952600@steps-centre.org
SUMMARY:Leverhulme Lecture: 'The Degrowth hypothesis'
DESCRIPTION:Leverhulme Lecture: ‘The Degrowth hypothesis’\nGiorgos Kallis\, ICREA professor at ICTA\, Autonomous University of Barcelona; visiting professor at SOAS \nMonday 8 February at 4-5.30pm\nConvening Space\, Institute of Development Studies\nBrighton\, UK \nIf we are to radically reduce carbon emissions and material use\, we have to abolish the pursuit of economic growth and develop institutions and structures that secure social sustainability under conditions of economic contraction. \nHosted by the Centre for Global Political Economy at the University of Sussex and the STEPS Centre.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/leverhulme-lecture-the-degrowth-hypothesis/
LOCATION:Room 221\, Institute of Development Studies\, Library Road\, Falmer\, Brighton\, BN1 9RE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy,Understanding sustainability
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20160128T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20160128T210000
DTSTAMP:20260521T022847
CREATED:20160111T161327Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T212452Z
UID:8197-1454004000-1454014800@steps-centre.org
SUMMARY:Launch: South Asia Sustainability Hub
DESCRIPTION:Inauguration: South Asia Sustainability Hub & Knowledge Network (SASH&KN) \nLaunch of ‘Friends of Sustainability’ \n28 January 2016 at 6pm – 9 pm\nNew Delhi\, India \nRSVP: trcssjnu@gmail.com\nby 20 January 2016 \n\nFind out more\nRead more about the launch event \nRead more about the South Asia Sustainability Hub
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/launch-south-asia-sustainability-hub/
CATEGORIES:Understanding sustainability
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150910T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150910T160000
DTSTAMP:20260521T022847
CREATED:20150904T154741Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T214247Z
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SUMMARY:The Politics of Nature: reimagining power\, resistance and critique from above\, below and within
DESCRIPTION:Arts C 233\, University of Sussex\, Falmer\, UK \nSpeakers:\nProf Dianne Rocheleau – Clark University\nKathleen McAfee – San Francisco State University \nThis interactive workshop is organised by the Centre for Global Political Economy and the STEPS Centre. It follows the conference ‘Resource Politics: transforming pathways to sustainability’. Attendance is free\, but registration is required. Lunch is included. \nRegistration \nIf you would like to attend\, register before 8 September 2015 by sending an email to Andrea Brock: a.brock@sussex.ac.uk
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/the-politics-of-nature-reimagining-power-resistance-and-critique-from-above-below-and-within/
CATEGORIES:Resource politics,Understanding sustainability
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150708T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150710T170000
DTSTAMP:20260521T022847
CREATED:20150703T201206Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T214706Z
UID:7547-1436342400-1436547600@steps-centre.org
SUMMARY:STEPS Centre events at 'Our Common Future' conference
DESCRIPTION:From 8 – 10 July\, STEPS Centre members will be participating in the international conference Our Common Future Under Climate Change in Paris. The conference comes ahead of the UN’s COP21 conference in December. It looks at the state of knowledge about\, and the range of responses to\, climate change. \nFind out about our research and engagement work around COP21 and Our Common Future \n\n  \nBreakdown of events featuring STEPS members \nWednesday 8 July at 17.30 \nAdrian Ely and Rob Byrne: ‘Building pro-poor\, low carbon innovation systems through international and indigenous efforts’\, by Adrian Ely\, Rob Byrne and David Ockwell \n\n4413(a) – Technology\, transformations and capabilities in developing countries\nUPMC Jussieu – ROOM 309 – Block 24/34\n\nThursday 9 July at 15.00 \nPeter Newell: ‘The political economy of contending pathways to de-carbonisation’ \n\n4409(a) – Climate Governance: Driving Societal Transformations\nUPMC Jussieu Ampi Herpin\n\nThursday 9 July at 16.30 \nSam Geall and Adrian Ely: Low carbon innovation in China \n\n3333 – China’s climate policies and low-carbon innovation\nUNESCO Fontenoy – ROOM XI.\n\nFriday 10 July at 14.00 \nAdrian Ely: STEPS work in China and Africa \n\n4417 – Transforming Society and Science for Sustainability – Addressing Challenges in Transdisciplinary Research\nUNESCO Bonvin – ROOM XIV.\n\n 
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-at-our-common-future/
LOCATION:Various\, Paris\, France
CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy,Understanding sustainability
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150629T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150630T170000
DTSTAMP:20260521T022847
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SUMMARY:Transdisciplinary Methods for Developing Nexus Capabilities Workshop
DESCRIPTION:The Nexus Network workshop on ‘Transdisciplinary Methods for Developing Nexus Capabilities’\, led by STEPS Co-Director Andy Stirling\, will be held at the University of Sussex\, UK on 29-30 June 2015. \nThe workshop will be shaped around two key questions: \n\nWhat different kinds and interconnections of method in contrasting contexts\, form the most practical basis for enabling transformative action to address Nexus challenges?\nHow can such encompassing Nexus methodologies best enable academic\, government\, business and civil society actors to develop appropriate skills\, training and research capabilities?\n\nStimulus paper by Andy Stirling\, STEPS Centre Co-Director\n\nIn the stimulus paper for the workshop\, Professor Andy Stirling and colleagues from the Nexus Network set out the context for the Transdisciplinary Methods for Developing Nexus Capabilities workshop. Please take a look at the full paper before applying to take part in the workshop: NexusNetwork_MethodsWorkshop_June2015_StimulusPaper_forparticipants \nApply to take part in the workshop\nWe would like to invite around 60 people from research\, business\, policy and civil society organisations\, to take part in the workshop and who come with an expertise and experience of interdisciplinary approaches. We anticipate a large amount of interest in this workshop which is why we ask you apply with some additional information to allow us to select the workshop participants. A priority will be placed on participants with experience in developing cross-disciplinary methods; to give a balance between sectors and to encourage early career participation. \nFor more information on topics\, speakers and the full agenda please go to the Workshop page. \nApplication deadline\nPlease complete your application by attend by 5 pm on Friday 8 May 2015. \n \nSelection notification\nWe will you know by end of May if your application has been successful or if you have been added to the waitlist.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/methodsworkshop/
LOCATION:SPRU\, Jubilee Building\, University of Sussex\, Falmer\, Brighton\, BN1 9SL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Research methods,Understanding sustainability
ORGANIZER;CN="Deborah Charman":MAILTO:d.l.charman@sussex.ac.uk
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150610
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150613
DTSTAMP:20260521T022847
CREATED:20150604T153320Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS Africa launch - Low carbon Africa: Development Pathways out of Poverty
DESCRIPTION:The STEPS Africa Sustainability Hub was officially launched on 12 June 2015 in Nairobi\, Kenya at a workshop entitled Low carbon Africa: Development Pathways out of Poverty. \nThe event brought together 100 international delegates drawn from government\, industry\, universities and civil society to explore and share ideas and approaches on pathways towards developing low carbon economies. \nThe African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS)\, the STEPS Centre\, the African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS)\, the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)\, and Practical Action jointly hosting the three-day workshop. It included high-level discussions on how to encourage low-carbon development and promote pro-poor energy development. \nThe keynote address and official opening was delivered by Judi Wakhungu on behalf of Hon. Henry Rotich\, Cabinet Secretary\, National Treasury. \nThe Africa Sustainability Hub is one of six hubs in the Pathways to Sustainability Global Consortium. It is a networked hub based at ACTS with partners ATPS and SEI Africa. \n\nFind out more about STEPS Africa \nFind out more about the Pathways to Sustainability Global Consortium
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-africa-workshop/
LOCATION:Crowne Plaza Hotel\, Nairobi\, Kenya
CATEGORIES:Understanding sustainability
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150414T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150414T130000
DTSTAMP:20260521T022847
CREATED:20161111T165438Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T215601Z
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SUMMARY:Innovation for Sustainability  in a  Changing China: Exploring  Narratives and Pathways
DESCRIPTION:Adrian Ely and Sam Geall\, STEPS Centre / SPRU\n14 April 2015 at 11am – 1pm\nVenue tbc \nChina is the global leader in renewable energy investment and has adopted ambitious targets for low carbon development. Given the environmental impacts of the country’s current development trajectories and China’s increasing role as a source of innovation \, progress towards these targets are of vital importance to the whole world. \nThis seminar will explore some of the key political narratives that have underpinned China’s policies in these areas\, and in wider debates around sustainable development. At the same time\, we outline emerging Chinese narratives around the concept of innovation\, and the ways these link to environmental objectives. Drawing on theoretical insights from work in the STEPS Centre (Leach et al 2010) that investigate the role of power in shaping narratives\, knowledge and action around specific ‘pathways to sustainability’\, we explore the ways in which dominant policy narratives in China are driving particular forms of innovation for sustainability\, and potentially occluding or constrainin g others. \nThis event is part of the Sussex China Seminar Series. Participants are asked to register in order to attend.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/innovation-for-sustainability-in-a-changing-china-exploring-narratives-and-pathways/
LOCATION:tbc
CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy,Seminars,Understanding sustainability
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20141127
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20141128
DTSTAMP:20260521T022847
CREATED:20141008T082344Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T221447Z
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SUMMARY:What works at the Nexus? Conference
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the first Nexus Network conference: What works at the nexus? New connections in food\, energy\, water and environment on Thursday 27 November from 9.30 am to 5.30 pm at the Coin Street Conference Centre in London. \nThis is an opportunity for network members to meet\, hear high-profile keynote speakers\, discuss nexus challenges from a variety of perspectives\, and find out about possibilities for collaboration. \nThe meeting is open to everyone interested in nexus issues\, from academia\, policy organisations\, business\, practitioners and civil society. The event is free but we do ask you to register to secure your place as we expect to be oversubscribed. If you are not able to come in person\, we hope to webcast the event to allow you to take part- more details to follow. \nSECURE YOUR PLACE: Register via eventbrite \nThe STEPS Centre is a lead partner in The Nexus Network\, a new ESRC-funded initiative bringing together researchers\, policy makers\, business leaders and civil society to improve decision making on food\, energy\, water and the environmen \n——————————————————————————– \nAgenda \n09:30 Registration and coffee \n10:00 Navigating the nexus\nProf. James Wilsdon\, Director\, The Nexus Network (chair & introduction) \nKeynote: Prof. Ian Boyd\, Chief Scientific Adviser\, Defra \nPanel:\nProf. Lyla Mehta\,Research Fellow\, Institute of Development Studies\nProf. Ian Bateman\, Professor of Environmental Sciences & Director\, CSERGE\,University of East Anglia\nDr Jake Reynolds\, Director of Business Platforms\, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership \n——————————————————————————– \n11:15 Coffee break \n——————————————————————————– \n11:45 The business of the nexus\nDr Gemma Cranston\, Programme Manager\, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (chair) \nAnna Swaithes\, Head of Water and Food Security Policy\, SABMiller\nDamian Crilly\, Manager\, Environment & Business\, Environment Agency\nAdrian Greet\, Mars \n——————————————————————————– \n13:00 Lunch with poster session for small projects and thinkpieces \n——————————————————————————– \n14:00 Governing the nexus\nProf. Jane Elliott\, Chief Executive\, ESRC (Chair & introduction) \nPanel:\nDr Gemma Harper\, Defra Chief Social Researcher and Deputy Director of Evidence & Analysis\nProf. Michael Bradshaw\, Professor of Global Energy\, Warwick Business School\nProf. Quentin Grafton\, Professor of Economics & Director of the Centre for Water Economics\, Environment and Policy (CWEEP)\, Australian National University\nDr. Heide Hackmann\, Executive Director\, International Social Science Council \n——————————————————————————– \n15:15 Tea break \n——————————————————————————– \n15:45 The global politics of the nexus\nDr Rose Cairns\, Network Coordinator\, The Nexus Network (chair) \nKeynote: Prof. Jacqueline McGlade\, Chief Scientist\, United Nations Environment Programme \nThomas Lingard\, Global Advocacy Director\, Unilever\nProf. Andy Stirling\, Professor of Science & Technology Policy\, University of Sussex & Co-Director of ESRC STEPS Centre\nNick Hildyard\, The Corner House (tbc) \n——————————————————————————– \n17:15 Closing remarks \nMartin Cooke\, Chair\, The Nexus Network Advisory Group\nProf. James Wilsdon\, Director\, The Nexus Network \n17:30 Drinks reception and close
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/works-nexus-conference/
LOCATION:Coin Street Conference Centre\, 108 Stamford St\, London\, SE1 9NH
CATEGORIES:Understanding sustainability
ORGANIZER;CN="Rose Cairns":MAILTO:R.Cairns@sussex.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20141008T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20141008T190000
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SUMMARY:Andrew Simms - Cancel the Apocalypse: New Pathways to Sustainability
DESCRIPTION:Public lecture organised by the Centre for Global Political Economy and the STEPS Centre at the University of Sussex \nEver get the feeling that things are falling apart? You’re not alone. From bad banks to global warming it can all look hopeless\, but what if everything could turn out\, well\, even better than before? What if the only thing holding us back is a lack of imagination and a surplus of old orthodoxies? \nIt’s a topsy-turvy world in which a country can import the same amount of ice-cream\, toilet paper and other goods to trading partners as it exports\, and where top bankers are paid millions for destroying economic value\, while hospital cleaners create value many times their pay. \nIn fascinating and iconoclastic detail – on everything from the cash in your pocket to the food on your plate and the shape of our working lives – Cancel the Apocalypse describes how the relentless race for economic growth is not always one worth winning\, how excessive materialism has come at a terrible cost to our environment\, and hasn’t even made us any happier in the process. \nSimms believes passionately in the human capacity for change\, and shows how the good life remains in our grasp. While global warming and financial meltdown might feel like modern day horsemen of the apocalypse\, Simms shows how such end of the world scenarios offer us the chance for a new beginning. \nAndrew Simms is the author of several books\, including Ecological Debt\, The New Economics and the bestselling Tescopoly. He is the chief analyst on the environment at Global Witness\, and was NEF’s policy director for over a decade\, founding its work programme on climate change\, energy and interdependence. He trained at the London School of Economics and was described by New Scientist Magazine as\, ‘a master at joined-up progressive thinking.’ The Independent newspaper listed him as one of the UK’s top 100 environmentalists and London’s Evening Standard included him in their Power 1000 as one of the capital’s most influential people.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/andrewsimms/
LOCATION:Fulton A Lecture Theatre\, University of Sussex\, Falmer\, Brighton\, BN1 9RH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Seminars,Understanding sustainability
ORGANIZER;CN="Harriet Dudley":MAILTO:h.dudley@ids.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20140911T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20140911T130000
DTSTAMP:20260521T022847
CREATED:20140812T140216Z
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SUMMARY:Tackling trade-offs in the food-water-energy nexus: lessons for the SDGs
DESCRIPTION:This Overseas Development Institute event will be chaired by former STEPS Director Melissa Leach and includes a contribution from our Water & Sanitation theme convenor Lyla Mehta. \nAchieving poverty eradication and sustained progress in development will depend upon the use of natural resources as we enter a new era of post-2015 sustainable development goals (SDGs). The longer-term sustainability of natural resources\, threatened by population and income growth\, can be a low priority for many policy-makers in developing countries faced by the immediate challenges of poverty and low productivity. But how these development objectives are achieved can enhance sustainability\, through appropriate policies and practices. In particular\, it requires the integration of policy\, planning and implementation across sectors – especially food\, water and energy. National interpretation and implementation of SDG targets will also require integration across these sectors. \nThis event will examine how certain developing countries have tackled the trade-offs inherent within the food-water-energy nexus\, balancing environmental concerns with the need for development\, and it will reflect on the importance of integrating across sectors for the implementation of the SDGs. New research conducted as part of ODI’s Development Progress project will be discussed\, including: \n\nCase studies on sustainable energy and development in Viet Nam and Brazil\nA case study on sustainable agricultural techniques in Burkina Faso\nA case study on water resource management in China\nA report on development progress and the food-water-energy nexus over the past two decades\n\nThe launch will include a public event with a panel of experts\, followed by an invited roundtable to allow for further inputs and more in-depth discussion. \nFollow #envprogress on Twitter for live coverage. \nMore details and registration (ODI website)  \n 
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/tackling-trade-offs-food-water-energy-nexus-lessons-sdgs/
LOCATION:Overseas Development Institute\, 203 Blackfriars Road\, London\, SE1 8NJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Understanding sustainability
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20140210T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20140211T170000
DTSTAMP:20260521T022847
CREATED:20140122T074210Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS-JNU Symposium: Exploring Pathways to Sustainability
DESCRIPTION:Our 2014 Annual Symposium\, ‘Exploring pathways to sustainability’\, is being co-organised with the Centre for Studies in Science Policy at Jawaharlal Nehru University\, New Delhi and will be held on 10-11 February at JNU. \nThe 2014 Annual Symposium will focus on the theme of ‘pathways to sustainability’. Our participants will consider how particular mainstream\, development interventions emerge as part of self-reinforcing trajectories for change\, and the implications of these pathways for both environmental integrity and social justice. Together\, participants will examine a range of contemporary issues including urbanisation and environmental health\, climate change\, securisation and grassroots innovation. Over two days we intend to explore future trajectories of change and possibilities for switching to more sustainable alternative pathways. \nDue to available space\, the event is invitation-only. \n\nFull details: Exploring Pathways to Sustainability symposium
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-jnu-symposium-exploring-pathways-sustainability/
CATEGORIES:Understanding sustainability
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20131016T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20131016T143000
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CREATED:20130430T092958Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS Seminar: Bram Büscher on Transforming the Frontier: Peace Parks and the Politics of Neoliberal Conservation in Southern Africa
DESCRIPTION:STEPS Seminar – Bram Büscher on transboundary peace parks in Southern Africa\, October 2013 by Stepscentre on  Mixcloud \n\nBram Büscher talks about the themes covered in his recently published book\, Transforming the Frontier: Peace Parks and the Politics of Neoliberal Conservation in Southern Africa (Duke University Press). All welcome. \nYou can watch a video of Bram introducing his book on his website. \nAbout Bram:\nAssociate Professor of Environment and Sustainable Development at the Institute of Social Studies\, Erasmus University. I also hold appointments as a visiting Associate Professor at the Department of Geography\, Environmental Management and Energy Studies of the University of Johannesburg and a Research Associate at the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology of Stellenbosch University \nAbout the book:\nInternational peace parks—transnational conservation areas established and managed by two or more countries—have become a popular ways of protecting biodiversity while promoting international cooperation and regional development. In Transforming the Frontier\, Bram Büscher shows how cross-border conservation neatly reflects the neoliberal political economy in which it developed. \nDrawing on extensive research in Southern Africa with the Maloti-Drakensberg Transfrontier Conservation and Development Project\, Büscher explains how the successful promotion of transfrontier conservation as a “win-win” solution happens not only in spite of troubling contradictions and problems\, but indeed because of them. This is what he refers to as the “politics of neoliberal conservation\,” which receives its strength from effectively combining strategies of consensus\, anti-politics\, and marketing. Drawing on long-term\, multi-level ethnographic research\, Büscher argues that transfrontier conservation projects are not as concerned with on-the-ground development as they are purported to be. Instead\, they are reframing environmental protection and sustainable development to fit an increasingly contradictory world order. \n 
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/bram-buscher/
LOCATION:Room 221\, Institute of Development Studies\, Brighton\, BN1 9RE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Governance & policy,Understanding sustainability
ORGANIZER;CN="Harret Dudley":MAILTO:h.dudley@ids.ac.uk
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