Public event: Meeting Energy – EASST 2018 conference panel
Lancaster Town Hall Dalton Square, Lancaster, United KingdomLancaster 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, JapanResearchers 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...
Transforming Power Relations: Insights from the Transformations to Sustainability programme
Fukuoka, JapanA panel session at the World Social Science Forum 2018 in Fukuoka, Japan, which includes contributions from the Pathways Network.
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 Kingdom31 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 SussexThis 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...
Dalit women’s narratives of the Green Revolution in rural South India
Room 119, Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer, Brighton, United KingdomRoom 119, Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer BN1 9RE, UK Speakers: Divya Sharma (Research Fellow, SPRU) Saurabh Arora (Senior Lecturer, SPRU) Since the 1960s, the dominant narratives of the Green Revolution (GR) in India have focussed on state-led agricultural intensification through groundwater extraction, hybrid varieties of rice, synthetic agrochemicals and mechanisation. These narratives...
Can pastoralists help us to respond to global uncertainties?
College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering Peking University, Beijing, ChinaSeminar by Ian Scoones, ESRC STEPS Centre director, at the College of Environmental Sciences & Engineering, Peking University Uncertainties are everywhere: climate change, financial crises, migration flows, infrastructure development, disease outbreaks and more. Pastoralists - people living largely from livestock in dryland, montane and Mediterranean regions - have long experience of responding to intersecting uncertainties....
Understanding Uncertainty and Climate Change: Views from India
Convening Space, Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom**THE DATE OF THIS EVENT HAS CHANGED** Seminar with Lyla Mehta, Shilpi Srivastava and Lars Otto Naess Research Fellows, IDS The scale and impacts of climate change remain deeply uncertain. This is particularly true at the local level, where climate related uncertainties combined with accelerated growth trajectories often exacerbate social and political inequities and the...
STEPS Seminar – Bioleft: experimenting with an open source seed system in Latin America
Room 100, Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer, United KingdomRoom 100, Institute of Development Studies Brighton, UK Everyone welcome Speaker: Anabel Marin (CENIT/STEPS America Latina) This seminar reports on work carried out in the STEPS America Latina hub as part of the ‘Pathways’ Transformative Knowledge Network. In her talk, Anabel Marin will outline the sustainability challenges facing Argentinean agriculture and describe the processes of...
Agency and social-ecological system (SES) pathways: The Transformation Lab in the Xochimilco SES
Room 101, Institute of Development Studies University of Sussex, BrightonRoom 101, Institute of Development Studies, Brighton, UK 13:00 - 14:30 Speaker: Mario Siqueiros-García (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México/STEPS North America hub). All welcome Slides Agency and social-ecological system (SES) pathways: the Transformation Lab in the Xochimilco SES from STEPS Centre About the seminar Xochimilco is a wetland in the southern part of Mexico City. It...
Peter Newell: ‘Climate and development: A tale of two crises’ (Sussex Development Lectures)
Convening Space, Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer, Brighton, United KingdomLecture by Prof Peter Newell (School of Global Studies, University of Sussex). Peter Newell is a member of the STEPS Centre and a founding member of the Rapid Transition Alliance. This lecture is one of the Sussex Development Lectures. The theme of the current series (2018/19) is Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals - Synergies and...
STEPS Seminar: Mathilde Gingembre – Bringing moral economy into the study of land deals: reflections from Madagascar
Convening Space, Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer, Brighton, United KingdomSeminar organised by the Resource Politics and Rural Futures Clusters, in association with the STEPS Centre’s PASTRES project Convening Space, Institute of Development Studies Slides View the slides from this talk (Slidehare) Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qC0YlUR3Rg This seminar discusses the concept of moral economy as a critical lens to understand responses to corporate land access within agrarian...
Ian Scoones: ‘The SDGs: A new politics of transformation?’ (Sussex Development Lectures)
Convening Space, Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer, Brighton, United KingdomLecture by Prof Ian Scoones, STEPS Centre director. This lecture is one of the Sussex Development Lectures. The theme of the current series (2018/19) is Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals - Synergies and Tensions. About the lecture The SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) potentially offer an inclusive, integrated approach to development, centred on social justice, for...
The Future of the World is Mobile: What can we learn from pastoralists?
European University Institute Florence, Italy Listen to this event About this event Can the experience of pastoralists, who have long relied on mobility, help us address the challenges of global migration, cross-border trade and managing flows of information and commodities? Mobility is increasingly central to our societies. Nomadic practices and networks that enhance mobility are...
STEPS Uncertainty series: Ilene Grabel – When Things Don’t Fall Apart
Convening Space, Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer, Brighton, United KingdomIlene Grabel Professor of International Finance University of Denver Free entry, all welcome Watch video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T-vQb5Nja4 About the lecture In When Things Don’t Fall Apart, Ilene Grabel makes a simple but controversial claim, based on the work of the eminent social scientist Albert O. Hirschman. Grabel argues that as concerns global financial governance and development...
Matteo Caravani: Disciplinary Diversification in Karamoja: The Case of Charcoal
Room 221, IDS Library Road, Falmer, Brighton, United KingdomPASTRES/STEPS Seminar with Matteo Caravani, Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR) Room 221, Institute of Development Studies All welcome Following the Karamojong’s historical transition away from transhumant pastoralism – in what has been termed as the de-pastoralisation process – the regional economic reliance on off-farm activities has steadily increased. Colonial and post-colonial interventions have slowly...
STEPS Annual Lecture: Derek Wall – What would Elinor do (about climate change)?
Fulton Lecture Theatre A University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, United KingdomFulton A Lecture Theatre University of Sussex Falmer, Brighton, UK Watch video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYV7IpcCtTQ * * * About the lecture What would Elinor do (about climate change)? Elinor Ostrom was the first and so far only woman to win a Nobel Prize in economics. Her innovative work on ecological economics challenged the notion of 'the...
PASTRES seminar: Pastoralism in the Arabian Peninsula – Reflections on contemporary challenges and adaptations to land use rights
Room 100, Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer, United KingdomRoom 100, Institute of Development Studies Seminar with Dawn Chatty, co-hosted by the PASTRES project and the STEPS Centre All welcome Watch video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK53HSwe5PM&width=700&height=525 About the seminar Nomadic pastoralism in the Arabian Peninsula has undergone significant change over the past 150 years as a response to alterations in its relationship with central authority. Efforts to...
Why embracing uncertainty means rethinking development
Ester Boserup Prize Lecture by Ian Scoones, ESRC STEPS Centre / PASTRES project Watch video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGgGGxdDZBY Lecture details A1-01.01 Festauditoriet Bülowsvej 17, 1870 Frederiksberg C Copenhagen This lecture will draw on the European Research Council funded project, PASTRES (Pastoralism, Uncertainty, Resilience: Global Lessons from the margins) and will link to the ESRC STEPS Centre’s uncertainty...
Researching Pastoral Mobilities: Exploring Methods and Frameworks
18 – 21 June 2019 Friedensau University (Germany/Möckern) The “Pastoral Mobilities: Exploring Frameworks and Methods” writing workshop responds to the need to revisit our methodological infrastructure, as researchers of mobile pastoralism, to align with broader advancements in the understating of pastoral livelihoods and their environments, as well as with the contemporary empirics of research with...
The Politics of Uncertainty: Practical Challenges for Transformative Action
Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer, Brighton, United KingdomThis international academic symposium, held at the Institute of Development Studies in the UK, explored the theme of uncertainty - the STEPS Centre's theme for 2019. Book | Blog series | Podcast | Video | Background info Book The Politics of Uncertainty: Challenges of Transformation (Routledge, July 2020) is an Open Access book which further...
Transformation Laboratories as spaces for co-designing social-ecological transformation: learning from different contexts and approaches
The workshop will propose tools not only to academics but also to policy makers, practitioners, activists and everyone who is interested in designing multi-stakeholder spaces of transformation in the context of sustainability challenges in general and in extractive sectors such as mining and agriculture in particular.
Negotiating Epistemological Frameworks and Normative Commitments Across a Transformative Knowledge Network
This is a session organised by the Pathways network for the Transformations 2019 conference in Sanitago, Chile.
Relational and Psychological Dimensions of Agency
This is a session organised with members of the STEPS Global Consortium for the Transformations 2019 conference in Sanitago, Chile.
Exhibition: ‘Hidden Paths’
ONCA Gallery 14 St George’s Place, Brighton, United KingdomONCA Gallery 14 St George’s Place, Brighton, BN1 4GB, UK 12.00 - 18.00 daily 16-20 October 2019 Free entry, donations to gallery welcome Global climate strikes are calling for ‘system change, not climate change’, but what does this mean? Extreme weather, automation, political instability, inequality: these crises are connected in deep and often invisible ways....
Applying Technologies of the Self in Transformation Labs to Mobilize Agency
This is a presentation from members of the Pathways network as part of the Parallel T-Practice Sessions at the Transformations 2019 conference in Sanitago, Chile.
Why embracing uncertainty means rethinking development and reimagining the future
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wkL_5h1-o4 CRC Future Rural Africa Lecture Series Universität Bonn, GIUB Lecture by Ian Scoones, Institute of Development Studies/ESRC STEPS Centre/ERC PASTRES project This talk makes the argument for putting uncertainty at the centre of thinking and practice in development. This means rejecting a linear, technocratic framing and embracing the implications of uncertainty for today’s complex,...
[Postponed] STEPS Summer School 2020
Institute of Development Studies , United KingdomThe ninth and final STEPS Summer School on Pathways to Sustainability was due to take place on 11-22 May 2020, but has been postponed until the following year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Participants will explore the theme of pathways to sustainability through a mixture of workshops, lectures, outdoor events and focused interaction with STEPS Centre members....
*Postponed* STEPS Annual Lecture: Andrea J Nightingale
Fulton A Lecture Theatre, University of Sussex Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom* UPDATE, 18 MARCH 2020 * We are sorry that this event has been indefinitely postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Bounding unruly landscapes: future imaginaries and socioenvironmental change 2020 STEPS Annual Lecture Andrea J Nightingale Professor in the Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo Fulton A Lecture Theatre University of Sussex...
ONLINE SEMINAR: Sango Mahanty – ‘Rupture: Conceptualising Nature-Society Transformation’
This event is the first in a series of online talks on the STEPS Centre’s ‘Natures’ theme. Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHjQyVEXB-c About this event Rupture: Conceptualising Nature-Society Transformation* Sango Mahanty Resources, Environment and Development Program, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University *Based on a forthcoming paper with Sarah Milne, Keith Barney, Phuc Xuan To,...
Webinar: Transformations in and beyond Covid-19 in India and Bangladesh
11.00 UTC · 12.00 UK · 16.30 India · 17.00 Bangladesh Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u87JAXv5HZo About this event Flyer (PDF) This event is convened by the TAPESTRY project. The coronavirus outbreak has disrupted almost all aspects of life in India and Bangladesh. Apart from the immediate impacts on victims of the virus, the lockdowns imposed by governments...
Contested Natures: POLLEN 2020 conference
Contested Natures: Power, Possibility, Prefiguration Third Biennial Conference of the Political Ecology Network (POLLEN) 22-25 September 2020 Brighton, UK #POLLEN20 The Third Biennial Conference of the Political Ecology Network, Contested Natures: Power, Politics, Prefiguration, was held online from 22 – 25 September 2020. Visit the conference platform Video: Keynote sessions Use the playlist below to...