Understanding sustainability
Pathways to Sustainability and the Politics of Innovation
Arizona State University , United StatesMelissa Leach Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies Andy Stirling Professor of Science and Technology, University of Sussex Today’s environmentally anxious age is dependent upon the roles of science, technology, and innovation. These are not only complex and uncertain role dynamics, but they also circulate deeply contrasting narratives about whether or not they matter and...
STEPS Centre Summer School 2013
Sussex University campus Falmer, United KingdomThe next STEPS Summer School will be on 13-24 May 2013 at the University of Sussex, Brighton, UK. Download the 2013 Summer School brochure and application details: 2013 Summer School (pdf, 344 kb) For full information about the event, see the 2013 STEPS Summer School page.
STEPS/IDS Seminar: Jon Morris – Reimagining development 3.0 for a changing planet
Room 221, Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer, United KingdomReimagining development 3.0 for a changing planet Professor Jon Morris 24 July 2013 at 13.00 – 14.30 Room 221, Institute of Development Studies About the seminar: The need to ‘re-imagine’ development studies in today’s world arises because of sweeping changes which invalidate the earlier globalization emphasis which has guided social science involvement in applied policy. ...
STEPS Seminar: Bram Büscher on Transforming the Frontier: Peace Parks and the Politics of Neoliberal Conservation in Southern Africa
Room 221 Institute of Development Studies, Brighton, United KingdomSTEPS Seminar - Bram Büscher on transboundary peace parks in Southern Africa, October 2013 by Stepscentre on Mixcloud Bram 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. You can watch a video of Bram introducing his book on his website....
STEPS-JNU Symposium: Exploring Pathways to Sustainability
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. The 2014 Annual Symposium will focus on the theme of ‘pathways to sustainability’. Our participants will consider how particular mainstream, development interventions emerge...
Tackling trade-offs in the food-water-energy nexus: lessons for the SDGs
Overseas Development Institute 203 Blackfriars Road, London, United KingdomThis 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. Achieving 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)....
Andrew Simms – Cancel the Apocalypse: New Pathways to Sustainability
Fulton A Lecture Theatre, University of Sussex Falmer, Brighton, United KingdomPublic lecture organised by the Centre for Global Political Economy and the STEPS Centre at the University of Sussex Ever 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...
What works at the Nexus? Conference
Coin Street Conference Centre 108 Stamford St, LondonJoin 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. This is an opportunity for network members to meet, hear high-profile keynote speakers, discuss nexus challenges...