Understanding sustainability
Innovation for Sustainability in a Changing China: Exploring Narratives and Pathways
tbcAdrian Ely and Sam Geall, STEPS Centre / SPRU 14 April 2015 at 11am - 1pm Venue tbc China 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...
STEPS Africa launch – Low carbon Africa: Development Pathways out of Poverty
Crowne Plaza Hotel Nairobi, KenyaThe 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. The 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...
Transdisciplinary Methods for Developing Nexus Capabilities Workshop
SPRU Jubilee Building, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, United KingdomThe 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. The workshop will be shaped around two key questions: What different kinds and interconnections of method in contrasting contexts, form the most practical basis for...
STEPS Centre events at ‘Our Common Future’ conference
Various Paris, FranceFrom 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. Find out about our research...
The Politics of Nature: reimagining power, resistance and critique from above, below and within
Arts C 233, University of Sussex, Falmer, UK Speakers: Prof Dianne Rocheleau - Clark University Kathleen McAfee - San Francisco State University This 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....
Launch: South Asia Sustainability Hub
Inauguration: South Asia Sustainability Hub & Knowledge Network (SASH&KN) Launch of ‘Friends of Sustainability’ 28 January 2016 at 6pm – 9 pm New Delhi, India RSVP: [email protected] by 20 January 2016 Find out more Read more about the launch event Read more about the South Asia Sustainability Hub
Leverhulme Lecture: ‘The Degrowth hypothesis’
Room 221, Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer, Brighton, United KingdomLeverhulme Lecture: 'The Degrowth hypothesis' Giorgos Kallis, ICREA professor at ICTA, Autonomous University of Barcelona; visiting professor at SOAS Monday 8 February at 4-5.30pm Convening Space, Institute of Development Studies Brighton, UK If we are to radically reduce carbon emissions and material use, we have to abolish the pursuit of economic growth and develop institutions...
Seminar: Helene Ahlborg on power and politics in energy transitions
Global Studies Resource Centre Arts C175, University of Sussex, United KingdomTowards a conceptualization of power and micro-level politics in energy transitions STEPS Centre Seminar: Helene Ahlborg 12.00-1.30, Monday 11 April 2016 Room C175 (Global Studies Resources Centre meeting room), Arts C, University of Sussex Helene Ahlborg will share her research about rural mini-hydropower electrification in Tanzania and societal transformation. She will explain why and how...
How should we value nature in a human-dominated world?
Lecture by Professor Dame Georgina Mace, FRS University College London This lecture will be livestreamed on the Sussex Sustainability Research Programme (SSRP) website. followed by a drinks reception Chichester 1 Lecture Theatre University of Sussex, Falmer Campus Nature conservation has traditionally focussed on preservation and protection. But this approach is increasingly challenged as the impact...
Rapid Energy Transition
A conference on energy transitions at the Centre for Alternative Technology on 29 April 2016. Part of the 'Rapid Transitions' event series.