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  • 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...

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  • The Emancipatory Rural Politics Initiative: Launch Event

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

    Seminar & launch event with Ruth Hall (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies) and Ian Scoones (Institute of Development Studies/STEPS Centre). All welcome - registration is not required. Deepening inequalities, failed livelihoods, mass (under)employment, climate chaos, and racist anti-immigrant attacks characterise many settings across the world. Forms of ‘progressive neoliberalism’ have failed to stem...

  • Resilience 2017: Resilience Frontiers for Global Sustainability

    STEPS Centre members and our partners from the Pathways to Sustainability Global Consortium will be taking part in the Resilience 2017 conference in Stockholm on 20-23 August 2017. The conference will discuss resilience as a key lens for biosphere-based sustainability science. It will reflect back on the scientific progress made, and aim to set out...

  • Transformations 2017: Transformations in Practice

    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

    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. The 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...

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    4th BICAS Conference: New Extractivism, Peasantries and Social Dynamics, Moscow 2017

    Bacchus Room, New Orleans Marriott 555 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA, United States

    New Extractivism, Peasantries and Social Dynamics: Critical Perspectives and Debates BRICS Initiative in Critical Agrarian Studies fourth conference Moscow, 13-16 October 2017 A call for abstracts has been published, with a deadline of 15 June 2017. About the conference Over the past two decades, agrarian economies and food systems have been undergoing a profound restructuring...

  • Can we all learn about how to respond to global uncertainties from pastoralists at the margins?

    European University Institute Sala Triaria, Villa Schifanoia, Via Giovanni Boccaccio, Fiesole, Florence, Italy

    European University Institute, Fiesole, Florence, Italy Lecture by Ian Scoones at the European University Institute as part of the ERC-funded project Pastoralism, Uncertainty and Resilience: Global Lessons from the Margins. Find out more about this project Uncertainties are everywhere: climate change, financial crises, migration flows, infrastructure development, disease outbreaks and more. Yet contemporary institutions and...

  • Precaution in the Governance of Technology

    UCL Roberts 106 LT Roberts Building, Torrington Place, London, United Kingdom

    STEPS co-director Andy Stirling will give the Centre for Law and the Environment's 2017 Annual Lecture, entitled 'Precaution in the Governance of Technology'. Details: Tuesday 31 October 2017, 18:00 - 19:00 UCL Roberts 106 LT, Roberts Building, Torrington Place, London WC1E 7JE Speaker: Professor Andrew Stirling (University of Sussex) Chair: Professor Maria Lee (University College...

  • STEPS Seminar – Channing Arndt: ‘Faster Than You Think: The Global Energy Revolution and Developing Countries’

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

    STEPS Centre seminar with Channing Arndt, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute Institute of Development Studies, Room 221, 15 December 2017 An energy revolution is underway. Driven by an enormous and unexpected downward shift in the full cost of renewable generation technologies, global investment in renewable electricity generation has exceeded investment in conventional...

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  • Seminar: Ian Scoones – Can pastoralists help us respond to global uncertainties?

    Convening Space, Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom

    Seminar by Ian Scoones, Director, ESRC STEPS Centre and Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies. Watch video of this event Tuesday 9 January 2018 13:00 to 14:30 IDS Convening Space All welcome Part of the Complexity and Development seminar series Uncertainties are everywhere: climate change, financial crises, migration flows, infrastructure development, disease outbreaks...

  • How are the pathways to resilience in pastoralist areas of Eastern Africa evolving?

    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

    Webinar panel discussion organised by the Feinstein International Centre at Tufts University from 9 - 10am EST, 10 January 2018. Register here (Tufts website) Another ongoing and severe drought in East Africa has reopened debates on the viability of pastoralism, alternative livelihoods, and ways to support resilience. The Feinstein International Center has been studying these...

  • A Crisis of Expertise? Legitimacy and the challenge of policymaking

    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

    STEPS Co-Director Andy Stirling  will deliver the Keynote address on the final day of The 2018 Melbourne School of Government's conference, talking about expertise and democracy: from adversarial crisis to mutualistic renewal. ABOUT THE EVENT The economic, social and environmental governance challenges facing contemporary societies are growing in severity, scope and complexity; yet trust in...

    $150

  • Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation in Urbanising India

    National Agriculture Science Complex, Pusa Delhi, India This event in Delhi explores how urban authorities and other parts of civil society can improve their approaches to ecosystems and the services they provide in urbanising contexts. The event involves people involved in decision-making, research and practice related to urbanisation and ecosystems. The organisers aim to share...

  • International conference: ‘Authoritarian Populism and the Rural World’

    Institute of Social Studies The Hague, Netherlands

    17-18 March 2018 International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) The Hague Netherlands Authoritarian populism is on the rise, boosted by support from rural areas. This conference examines why, and explores the alternatives: the social and political processes in rural spaces that are resisting or responding to regressive, authoritarian politics. Organised by the Emancipatory Rural Politics...

  • When the Wolf Guards the Sheep: Green extractivism and confronting the industrial machine

    Room G22, Jubilee Building University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom

    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.   Drawing on case studies of Europe’s largest opencast coal mine, the Hambach...

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  • Emancipatory rural politics I: contextualizing authoritarian populism and emancipatory rural politics

    Bacchus Room, New Orleans Marriott 555 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA, United States

    STEPS Member Amber Huff will chair a Panel Conference at The American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting 2018.   ABOUT THE EVENT Deepening inequalities, socioeconomic exclusion, persistent poverty, fractured identity and loss of esteem are all features of rural areas today. All of these characteristics have been associated to differing degrees with the crises of...

  • Emancipatory rural politics II: resisting, mobilizing and creating alternatives

    Bacchus Room, New Orleans Marriott 555 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA, United States

    The second Panel Conference at The American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting 2018.   ABOUT THE EVENT The current political conjuncture has given rise to new forms and manifestations of 'authoritarian populism' (Hall 1979, 1998) with wide-reaching implications (Scoones et al. 2017). In this session, we ask what alternative politics – and political-economic practices –...

  • Workshop: Maps, Measures and Narratives for Transdisciplinary ‘Grand Challenge’ Research

    Tuesday 1st May UCL Institute for Global Prosperity, London This full-day workshop will consider the capacity of research communities, such as but not limited to those supported by The Nexus Network, to deliver inter- and transdisciplinary research. The workshop offers an opportunity for those engaged in such research to explore and pilot innovative methods for...

  • STEPS Annual Lecture: Kate Raworth

    Jubilee Lecture Theatre University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom

    Economics as if we wanted to survive the 21st century The economist Kate Raworth, author of the bestselling book Doughnut Economics, gave the 2018 STEPS Annual Lecture at the University of Sussex. This is the only public event of the STEPS Summer School on Pathways to Sustainability. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow446ym9Tjc About Kate Raworth Kate Raworth is a...

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  • Report from Rojava: Revolution at a Crossroads

    Friends Meeting House Ship St, Brighton, United Kingdom

    This free public event features panellists Lloyd Russell-Moyle (MP, Kemptown Brighton), Elif Sarican (Kurdistan Students Union UK), Simon Dubbins (UNITE the union) and Janet Biehl (writer and artist, translator of 'Revolution in Rojava' and 'Sara: My Whole Life Was a Struggle') who discuss their experiences on delegations to northern Syria / Western Kurdistan and what...

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  • Public event: Meeting Energy – EASST 2018 conference panel

    Lancaster Town Hall Dalton Square, Lancaster, United Kingdom

    Lancaster Town Hall, Dalton Square Lancaster LA1 1PJ STEPS member Prof Andy Stirling (SPRU) is among the panel for this public event on energy, as part of the annual EASST conference. The other panellists are Gillian Kelly and João Camargo, and the meeting is chaired by Maggie Mort of Lancaster University. From the website: "With...

  • The Sustainable Development Goals: What are they and will they make a difference?

    STEPS Co-director Ian Scoones will be delivering a talk in ‘The Lyceum’ tent at Wilderness festival on Sat Aug 4 (hosted by the School of Global Studies at the University of Sussex) At the end of 2015, the world signed up to 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These were to be universal, covering all of...

  • Transformations to Sustainability programme workshop

    Fukuoka, Japan

    Researchers from two STEPS-related projects will attend this workshop, which brings together the projects of the Transformations to Sustainability (T2S) programme. The Pathways Network, now in its final year, will share findings and insights from its series of 'Transformation Labs' around the world. The TAPESTRY project, which began in 2018, explores how transformation may arise...

  • Pathways to Sustainability – Understanding Sustainability Challenges and Key Research Needs

    Nairobi, Kenya This event, hosted by the Africa Sustainability Hub, explored sustainable development challenges and priorities for the African continent. Topics include the role of research and partnerships, what research is needed, priority funding areas and opportunities for Africa. Media coverage of the event Video coverage NTV, Kenya - YouTube Capital FM news - YouTube...

  • ‘A New Politics From The Left’ – Book launch seminar with Hilary Wainwright

    Convening Space Institute of Development Studies, United Kingdom

    31 October 2018 at 1.00 – 2.30pm Convening Space, Institute of Development Studies, UK Chaired by John Gaventa, IDS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAOpMurI510 Millions of people passionately desire a viable alternative to austerity, authoritarianism and fear. They reject both corporate capitalism and an elite political system over which they have no control, but they are sceptical of the...

  • Decolonial Transformations: Imagining, Practising, Collaborating

    This event, arising from a collaboration between the University of Sussex and the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), aims to create a space for conversations and collaborations around the theme of Decolonial Transformations. Venue: University of Sussex, Falmer campus Register: Prior registration is necessary to attend. Event description: This workshop provides a space...

  • Discussion: Transformations to Sustainability

    Room 115, Jubilee Building, University of Sussex

    This event will discuss transdisciplinary methods, global collaborations and the politics of transformative action for sustainability, drawing on experiences from around the University of Sussex campus. Through making meaningful connections between a variety of areas and projects, we aim to understand the strengths of Sussex work on transformative change and identify opportunities to build on...

  • Argentine Congress of Open and Citizen Science (CIACIAR)

    CIACIAR (Congreso de Ciencia Abierta y Ciudadana en Argentina) was a one-day congress held at the University of San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina. The event was convened by CENIT and Cientópolis, and sponsored by STEPS Latin America. The event was attended by more than 200 people among researchers, scientists, disseminators of science and technology, and...