"India and Pakistan’s truculent cooperation: Is 50 years enough?" STEPS Water Seminar with Undala Alam, School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy at Queen's University, Belfast. Undala Alam's slides (Slideshare)

First Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Montreux, Switzerland. Contributions from STEPS Centre members: Michael Loevinsohn: New directions in environment-health research: implications for health systems Gerald Bloom: Beyond Scaling Up Blogs from Montreux

"Brand Aid: Shopping Well to Save the World". Lisa Ann Richey, Professor of International Development Studies, Roskilde University, Denmark. Video: Brand Aid seminar (blip.tv, 20min)

"State Science and its Discontents: Why India's Second Transgenic Crop Did Not Follow the Path of Bt Cotton" with Ronald J. Herring, Cornell University. Ronald Herring's slides (slideshare)

Innovation, Sustainability, Development: A New Manifesto roundtable event in Paris with STEPS Co-Directors Melissa Leach, Andy Stirling and Manifesto convenor Adrian Ely. Conservatoire national des arts et metiers (venue) Institut Francilien Recherche Innovation Société (co-hosts) Fondation Sciences Citoyennes (co-hosts) New Manifesto (French translation)

1st International One Health Congress, Melbourne, Australia. Speakers included Paul Forster, STEPS Centre researcher, who also participated in the discussion panel on Science, Policy and Political Action. Paul Forster's blogs from the One Health Congress

"Breaking Waters - Birth of a New Nile State" with Ana Cascão, Stockholm International Water Institute. Video: "Breaking Waters" seminar (YouTube, 45min)

"Limits to Growth" Forum, University of Sussex including "World Café" with Dr Adrian Ely, project convenor, on areas for action from Innovation, Sustainability, Development: A New Manifesto. Part of the University of Sussex Students' Union "Green Week". Full programme Video: Adrian Ely on Limits to Growth

Liquid Dynamics II -STEPS Centre Water and Sanitation Symposium Some for All? Pathways and Politics in Water and Sanitation since New Delhi, 1990 YouTube playlists Symposium presentations (view playlist on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALst1feLfec&list=PL3DFDAAC8A98B97C7 Mini-interviews with Mansoor Ali, Louisa Gosling, Kathy Eales, Jon Lane and Gourisankar Ghosh Keynote and plenary presentations Jon Lane's presentation Gourisankar Ghosh: Some...

International Conference on Global Land Grabbing at Institute of Development Studies. Conference programme

UKCDS workshop: "Exploring the Potential of Complexity Sciences in International Development", Wellcome Trust, London. Melissa Leach's presentation (Slideshare) UKCDS Meeting report (pdf) Ben Ramalingam's blog: reflections on the workshop Duncan Green's blog: So the world is complex - what do we do differently?

International Seminar on Innovation, Sustainability and Development, New Delhi. Hosted by NISTADS in collaboration with CDS-Trivandrum and the STEPS Centre. Funded by UKIERI, the Minstry of Science & Technology (India) and the Ministry of Environment (India). Full programme with links to video

"Green wins or green grabs? Contested pathways to sustainability in Africa" STEPS director Melissa Leach gave the 1st Annual Piers Blaikie Lecture on Environmental Politics. Venue: Thomas Paine Lecture Theatre, UEA. Video: Melissa Leach's lecture Event information (pdf)

A half-day seminar to reflect on the changing biotech sector in Bangalore over the past decade and to analyse important policy changes. Seminar programme Organised by the Center for Public Policy, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB), and the STEPS Centre, together with the Association of Biotechnology-Led Enterprises (ABLE). Sponsored through a grant to IIMB...

A two-day conference challenging companies in India to embrace 'sustainable' business models in order to effectively meet business, social and environmental risks. Conference programme and speaker profiles (pdf) Event details - IIMB website IIMB Facebook page about the conference Presentations from the conference (Scribd) More about the conference Panel discussions and keynote speeches will make...

Exploring the tools of social network analysis for competence building and inclusion in emerging clusters: Looking at Peruvian mangos and Colombian palm oil By Matias Ramirez, Senior Lecturer in Management at SPRU - Science and Technology Policy Research, Business and Policy makers in many developing countries have been increasingly drawn to the notion that sustained...

This event will launch a new copy of the IDS Bulletin on Water and Sanitation, 'Some for All? Pathways and Politics Since New Delhi in 1990'. We will host a debate on the pathways taken (or not taken) since the New Delhi statement at the end of the UN Water Decade in 1990. Looking back...

IDS Seminar, Thursday 22 March, 13.00-14.30, IDS Convening Space Some for all? Politics and pathways in water and sanitation  Taking place on World Water Day, this seminar will launch the new IDS Bulletin, 'Some for All?' Politics and pathways in water and sanitation. Discussion will examine why progress towards providing safe water and improved sanitation since the original...

Come and help celebrate the launch of our Pathways to Sustainability book series, published by Routledge/Earthscan. This event is free and open to all - we especially hope to welcome people attending the Planet Under Pressure conference next door. Drinks and nibbles will be provided. The venue is the Connaught Room of the Ramada Docklands Hotel,...

Film screening followed by a panel discussion with the film's director, Simon Bright, chaired by Ian Scoones (STEPS Centre co-director). The panel will also include Denis Norman (the first Minister of Agriculture in independent Zimbabwe in 1980 and former head of the Commercial Farmers Union), Peter Freeman (UK Overseas Development Administration representative in Zimbabwe in...

Andy Stirling, STEPS Co-director, is charing a workshop entitled Engaging Stakeholders in setting Research Agendas and Creating Visions for European Futures, at this Danish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Higher Education conference.  

Adrian Ely, Head of Impact and Engagement at STEPS, will be speaking at TEDx Sussex University about uncovering hidden pathways to sustainability. The event is ticket-only, but video and other materials from the event will be available afterwards on the TEDx website. Other speakers include Mick Moore (IDS), David Birch, James Woudhuysen, Mariana Mazzucato, Peter...

View information on the 2013 Summer School Our first Summer School on "Pathways to Sustainability" will be held at the University of Sussex, Brighton, UK. Through a programme of lectures, workshops and public events, participants will discuss how pathways to sustainability are being pursued in different settings. The Summer School will explore current thinking in...

Video Watch the video of Tim Jackson's lecture on this page Audio interview: Tim Jackson talks to Adrian Ely about the green economy Where is the green economy? An interview with Professor Tim Jackson by Ids (Uk) on Mixcloud Lecture details Prof Tim Jackson (University of Surrey, author of Prosperity without Growth) will give a...

Listen to the audio recording of this event The STEPS Centre and the Institute of Development Studies are hosting a public debate, "Who's going to save the planet?", as part of the Brighton Fringe Festival. Climate change, famine, financial turmoil. With the future looking bleak, will the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio...

Towards (knowledge-generation) strategies for navigating complex change: a cross-sectoral perspective Sara Wolcott Future Health Systems and STEPS Centre Researcher Given the current context of rapid change, multiple crises and increasing complexity, how can and are institutions developing to actively navigate pathways for workable and equitable societal transformations? What are the research strategies necessary for enabling...

The Geek Manifesto shows how people with a love of science can get political, to create a force our leaders can no longer afford to ignore. A public debate, hosted by SPRU (Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Sussex). Doors and drinks: 5.30pm Debate: 6pm - 7.30pm Panellists include Mark Henderson, the book's author,...

Technology Design, Socio-Technical Networks and the Creation of Individual Human Capabilities: The Case of a 'Local Content, Local Voice' Podcasting Project in Zimbabwe Ilse Oosterlaken Delft University of Technology / 3TU Centre for Ethics and Technology The seminar uses the case of the ‘local content, local voice’ podcasting project on livestock management, implemented by Practical...

‘How will we know when the messes in finance, health care and development are being better managed?’ Emery Roe discussed applications and extensions of the framework in his book Making the Most of Mess: Reliability and Policy in Today's Management Challenges (forthcoming, Duke University Press). All welcome. STEPS Seminar - Emery Roe, June 2012 by...

Adrian Smith, STEPS Centre researcher, is giving the keynote speech on the third day of this workshop. The title is: “Grassroots Innovation Movements and Sustainable Green Economies: Dilemmas, Framings, Possibilities” The Global Research Forum on Sustainable Production and Consumption takes place on 13-15 June in Rio de Janeiro. It brings together individuals and organizations engaged...

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...