Melissa Leach, STEPS Centre director, will be among the speakers at a side event at this 5-day conference in Rio de Janeiro. The session is entitled "To Cross a Widening Gulf: New Patterns and Practices of Science for Sustainability". The other speakers are Myanna Lahsen and Stephen Zehr. About the session: While scientists are warning...

16 June 14.00-15.30 STEPS Centre and Stockholm Resilience Centre have convened a session  ‘Transforming Innovation for Sustainability’ within the two-day IIED ‘Fair Ideas’ event. Speakers: Glauco Arbix (Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology) Lidia Brito (UNESCO) Melissa Leach (STEPS Centre) Johan Rockstrom (Stockholm Resilience Centre) Kevin Urama (African Technology Policy Studies Network) Informed by the STEPS...

The STEPS Centre is contributing as a partner to the session Access to Energy: Beyond 2012 within the two-day IIED ‘Fair Ideas’ event. This session will build on the outcomes of energy discussions through the day, drawing on conclusions from innovative delivery models, low carbon energy pathways, and feed in tariffs for energy access. A...

Adrian Smith, STEPS Centre researcher, is presenting a paper at the conference of the International Society of Ecological Economists, whose topic is ‘Ecological Economics and Rio+20: Challenges and Contributions to a Green Economy’. As part of the special panel “Green Economy under trial: lessons from alternative collective practices towards Sustainable Production and Consumption”, Adrian is...

‘Change from within? An attempt to “transform” the untransformable’ Sara Wolcott, Future Health Systems and STEPS Centre Researcher The Center of Excellence for Change in Chennai, India, is trying to change the Indian Bureaucracy - mostly focused on the water sector - using both a 'change from within' and a 'change from without' approach focused...

Couldn't attend? You can view videos of all the presentations, see the powerpoints, photos, tweets and more via the event Storify.   The second international workshop of the Low Carbon Energy for Development Network (LCEDN), titled Transitions to low carbon energy systems: which pathways to energy access for all?, will take place at the University of Sussex...

The Planning and Policy Office of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation, Argentina, and the Institute for Science and Technology Studies - National University of Quilmes are pleased to invite you to the 2nd International Conference on Science, Technology and Society Studies whose main theme will be "Technology, Innovation and Inclusive Development". The Conference...

'A safe and just space for humanity: can we live within the doughnut?’ Kate Raworth, Senior Researcher, Oxfam Humanity’s challenge in the 21st century is to ensure that every person has the resources needed to realise their human rights, while ensuring that humanity’s total use of resources remains within the means of the planet. The...

The second international academic workshop on ‘Global Land Grabbing’ will be held on 17-19 October 2012 at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, USA.  This event is presented by the Land Deal Politics Initiative (LDPI) and the Cornell Department of Development Sociology. Among the confirmed keynote speakers is the new Director-General of the UN Food and...

A panel discussion on the dramatic spread of health markets in developing countries, and the role of the private sector. This event will also launch the new book Transforming Health Markets in Asia and Africa: Improving Quality and Access for the Poor. Chair Christian Baeza, Director of Health, Nutrition, and Population, World Bank Panellists David Peters,...

This colloquium will focus on critical perspectives on the ‘securitisation’ of water, land, food, energy and climate change debates. It is organised by the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) and the Institute of Development Studies / STEPS Centre. See a short report of the symposium, including video interviews with the speakers Download the...

Dr David Reubi, Centre for Global Health Policy, Sussex University ‘On the Economisation of Global Public Health: A Genealogy of Tobacco Taxes in International Health and Development’ Convening Space, Institute of Development Studies all welcome Over the last twenty years, economic rationalities have become increasingly influential in global public health. The usual story found in...

The STEPS Centre is convening an international panel on ‘Post-crisis STI policies for a green and fair economy: comparing approaches in North and South’ at the 10th international Globelics conference. Chair: Adrian Ely, Head of Impact & Engagement, STEPS Centre Panel: Mariano Fressoli, Researcher, University of Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina Mariana Mazzucato, Professor of Economics...

Seminar Series: Future directions for scientific advice in Whitehall November 2012 – February 2013 A series of four seminars asking how policymakers can make more effective use of scientific advice in the context of Civil Service Reform will begin on 20 November at the Institute for Government. This shared initiative of five partners – The...

Book launch PASTORALISM AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA: Dynamic Change at the Margins edited by Andy Catley, Jeremy Lind and Ian Scoones  29 November 2012 London House Large Common Room Goodenough College Mecklenburgh Square London WC1N 2AB 6.00 pm, followed by refreshments Limited places available. To register, email Harriet Dudley: [email protected] Chaired by Dr Camilla Toulmin...

Oliver Greenfield, convenor of the Green Economy Coalition will give a STEPS Centre Seminar, one in our current series focusing on the post-MDGs landscape. This event will be livestreamed: see below for an embedded video, which will appear when the seminar begins. The Green Economy Coalition brought together a diverse network - civil society and...

Seminar Series: Future directions for scientific advice in Whitehall November 2012 – February 2013 A series of four seminars asking how policymakers can make more effective use of scientific advice in the context of Civil Service Reform will begin on 20 November at the Institute for Government. This shared initiative of five partners – The...