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  • Seminar: Connor Cavanagh on responses to violent eviction

    Room 221, Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom

    Differentiated dispossession: ‘Hunter-gatherer’ responses to violent eviction from Embobut Forest Reserve, western Kenya Seminar by Connor Joseph Cavanagh Convening Space, Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer, UK Critical scholarship on global land and ‘green’ grabbing has begun to examine the politics of variegation in diverse ‘responses from below’, or the ways in which various...

  • 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.

    Free

  • Nexuses of the Urban (Nexus Network workshop)

    Sussex University campus Falmer, United Kingdom

    Nexuses of the Urban: Interactions between water, energy and food provision for sustainable cities University of Sussex, Brighton, UK This workshop is the latest in a series of events organised by the Nexus Network. It is fully booked, but you can follow the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #UrbanNexus. Background Cities are dynamically connected...

  • Bon appétit? A citizens’ jury on the future of food – in or out of Europe?

    The Duke of Cambridge, 30 Saint Peter's Street London N1 8JT Register to attend this event on Eventbrite Speakers include Erik Millstone (STEPS Centre/SPRU, University of Sussex) Joan Walley (former Labour MP) Prof Tim Lang (City University) Guy Watson (founder of Riverford Organic) Whether it’s the straight banana Euromyth, the high price of healthy food...

  • Can we govern the climate?

    Fulton A Lecture Theatre, University of Sussex Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom

    Public lecture by Prof Harriet Bulkeley, Professor of Geography at Durham University, on 16 May 2016 at the University of Sussex.

  • Future of food: burgers…or bugs?

    SILO Restaurant, 39 Upper Gardner Street Brighton, UK How and what we eat, the journey it’s been through and how much is left is over has a huge impact on the world's resources. With population growth, climate change, diet-related diseases and huge inequality in the food system, do we need to take a fresh look...

  • ‘Transformations’ events at the Hay Festival

    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. How Quickly Can We Change…Culture? 31 May 2016...

  • Reimagining development in Least Developed Countries: what role for the SDGs?

    Central London

    The challenges and opportunities that the Sustainable Development Goals create for least developed countries will be discussed at an event in London next month. The Least Developed Countries Independent Expert Group, the International Institute for Environment and Development and the ESRC STEPS Centre will host a dialogue on Monday, 13 June to discuss the challenges and...

  • Rapid transition in finance and economics: recent and historical perspectives

    Monsoon Room Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, UK See event page (Lady Margaret Hall website) This event is part of a series of Transformations events, organised by the New Weather Institute, the Centre for Global Political Economy at the University of Sussex, and the ESRC STEPS Centre. Charge: Free, but please register in advance by email...

  • Rapid transition in finance and economics: recent and historical perspectives

    Monsoon Room Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, UK See event page (Lady Margaret Hall website) This event is part of a series of Transformations events, organised by the New Weather Institute, the Centre for Global Political Economy at the University of Sussex, and the ESRC STEPS Centre. Charge: Free, but please register in advance by email...

  • Webinar: African Farmer game

    The African Farmer game will be presented at a webinar organised by CORE Group's Social and Behavior Change Working Group. Register online to attend this webinar. It will be held from 11am - 12pm Eastern Time. Presenters John Thompson, Senior Research Fellow, Rural Futures Cluster; Institute of Development Studies James Jackson, Designer/Developer; African Farmer Project...

  • STEPS: to a systemic ecology of mind – seminar with Ray Ison

    Convening Space, IDS Library Road, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom

    Convening Space, Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer, UK This seminar will cover a broad sweep of issues under the general rubric of building systemic governing capability in the context of the Anthropocene. Prof Ison's starting point will be to lay down a challenge as to whether those present have a systemic ecology of...

  • Andy Stirling on Nexus Methods (7th ESRC Methods Festival)

    ESRC Methods Festival, Room 3.16 University of Bath, UK STEPS co-director Andy Stirling (SPRU) is speaking on Nexus Methods as part of the 7th ESRC Methods Festival. The presentation is split into two parts: The depth, scope and diversity of 'nexus' challenges to methodology An illustrative practical response: the STEPS pathways approach and multicriteria mapping...

  • IDS 50: Sustainability transformations: the intersecting roles of state, market and society

    Room 100, Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer, United Kingdom

    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. The panel will open with an overview of the different ways...

  • Webinar: Transformative Knowledge Networks – solutions-oriented research in practice

    Tuesday, 5 July 2016 16:00 – 17:00 CEST (14:00 – 15:00 UTC) Research 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...

  • Tania Li: ‘What is politics?’

    Room 221, Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom

    STEPS Seminar, all welcome Convening Space, Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9RE Listen to the seminar Hear Tania Li's seminar below, including questions and answers with the audience. Abstract: My seminar will cover a broad sweep of issues under the general rubric of building systemic governing. In my discipline of anthropology,...

  • Kolya Abramsky: ‘Towards a Class-Based Approach to Global Energy Transition: Shifting Energy Demand, Expanding the Renewable Energy Sector and Phasing Out Fossil Fuel’

    Room 221, Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom

    STEPS Seminar - all welcome Convening Space, Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer, BN1 9RE Abstract: Terms such as “energy democracy” and “climate justice” have gained increasingly widespread usage and acceptance over the last 5 years. In order to give weight to these slogans, it is necessary to understand the class relations behind the...

  • Who is the digital revolution for?

    Panel at the event: Ann Light, Kat Braybrooke, Tim Jordan, Caroline Bassett and Andrew Sleigh. Lighthouse, 28 Kensington Street Brighton, BN1 4AJ, UK This public event on 28 September 2016 explored how society and digital technology can shape each other for the common good. The event, part of the Brighton Digital Festival, is part of...

    Free

  • Is the future nuclear? Battle of Ideas debate with Andy Stirling

    Books

    Frobisher Auditorium 1 Battle of Ideas, Barbican Centre, London STEPS co-director Prof Andy Stirling (SPRU) will debate the role of nuclear power in the future of energy, at a debate hosted by the Battle of Ideas, the flagship festival run by the Institute of Ideas in London. The event is open to Battle of Ideas...

  • Emancipatory Transformations: Engaging Radical Democracy in Kurdistan

    A public event and workshop on 3-4 November in Brighton, UK focused on the remarkable political transformations happening in Rojava (Western/Syrian Kurdistan) in the midst of bloody conflicts and a humanitarian crisis. In the region, citizens are experimenting with ‘democratic confederalism’ and ideas from feminism and ecology as part of an ambitious project of radical...

  • Food Agendas in a Post-Brexit Future: BSUFN Symposium 2017

    Brighton , United Kingdom

    Brighton, UK (buy tickets) There has been much talk of the ways in which the United Kingdom leaving the European Union, or ‘Brexit’, will impact British farmers due to changes to the Common Agricultural Policy.  We believe that Brexit will have far reaching effects across the food systems in many ways, in the UK, Europe...

  • Sustainability in Turbulent Times

    Central London

    ‘Sustainability in turbulent times: How can research, policy and business meet global challenges?’ CUSP/Nexus Network/CECAN conference Venue: Central London Twitter: Follow the conference at #SITT2017 Over the next few years, the British exit from the EU, a new US administration, and unpredictable waves of populism and authoritarianism are likely to recast key environmental and social...

  • Transforming Innovation: Addressing Nexus Challenges with Radical Change

    Central London

    What kind of innovations are needed to address the interconnected 'nexus' of challenges related to water, food, energy and other resources in a changing world? This event in central London is organised by the Nexus Network, an ESRC funded initiative to support thinking about the interdependencies, tensions and trade-offs between nexus resources and issues. It...

  • STEPS Seminar: Where are the missing co-authors? Authorship practices in participatory research

    Room 221, Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom

    Join us for a STEPS Seminar with Louise Fortmann (University of California at Berkeley), on 3 April 2017 at the Institute of Development Studies. The increase in publications based on participatory research has raised questions about crediting the contributions of non-academic collaborators. Using qualitative and quantitative methods, trends and patterns in authorship and acknowledgment practices...

  • Rapid Transitions: how did we do that?

    Brighton , United Kingdom

    Join in on Twitter: #RapidTransitions In the face of environmental crises and global inequality, how can we work together for more sustainable futures? What can we learn from great transitions and transformations of the past? This event brought together activists, academics and practitioners to explore what we can learn from history and how we accelerate...

  • STEPS Seminar: Todd Crane – Interdisciplinary science and subjectivities in research for development

    Room 221, Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer, United Kingdom

    ‘Interdisciplinary science and subjectivities in research for development: What are the implications of methods and measures?’ STEPS Seminar - all welcome Socio-ecological research continues to grapple with how to represent social and biophysical phenomena in integrated and balanced ways. Methodological choices, especially regarding representation of the social, have important implications for the robustness of the...

  • Seminar – Ruth Hall: The Reinvention of Land Reform in South Africa: State, Market and Citizens

    Room 221, Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer, United Kingdom

    Institute of Development Studies seminar with Ruth Hall, Institute of Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), South Africa This event will be accompanied by a live audio stream and online discussion. Land reform, one of post-apartheid governments’ main transformatory programmes, has itself been transformed over the past twenty years, reflecting changing policy agendas and ideological...

  • STEPS Seminar: Charles Tonui on the co-management of mangrove forest in Gazi Bay, Kenya

    Room 221, Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer, United Kingdom

    ‘The Role of Community Based Organisations and Associations in Co-management of Forests in Kenya: The case of Mikoko Pamoja Community Based Organisation (MPCBO) and Gogoni-Gazi Community Forest Association (GOGACFA) in the Co-management of Mangrove Forest in Gazi Bay, Kenya’ STEPS Seminar with Charles Tonui, African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), Kenya. All are welcome to...

  • STEPS Annual Lecture: Achim Steiner

    Fulton A Lecture Theatre, University of Sussex Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom

    DOOMED TO FAIL OR BOUND TO SUCCEED? Sustainable Development and the Green Economy Agenda - Revisited Achim Steiner delivered the 2017 STEPS Annual lecture at the University of Sussex on 15 May. Steiner is former Executive Director of UNEP and now director of the Oxford Martin School at the University of Oxford. In April 2017...

    Free