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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 /...

‘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...

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”...

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...

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...

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...

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...

‘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...

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...

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...

'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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...