Pandemic Flu Controversies: A Workshop to discuss lessons, policy implications and future challenges
IDS , United KingdomSince the first human deaths from H5N1 were recorded in Hong Kong in 1997, avian influenza has spread across the world, concentrating in southeast Asia. Billions of dollars have been spent on control measures, contingency plans and policy measures. In 2009 another influenza virus, H1N1 (popularly named ‘swine’ flu), was recorded in Mexico, and spread...
Experts, publics and open policy
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, AustraliaSeminar 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 in the context of Civil Service Reform will begin on 20 November at the Institute for Government. This shared initiative of five partners – The...
Pathways to Sustainability and the Politics of Innovation
Arizona State University , United StatesMelissa Leach Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies Andy Stirling Professor of Science and Technology, University of Sussex Today’s environmentally anxious age is dependent upon the roles of science, technology, and innovation. These are not only complex and uncertain role dynamics, but they also circulate deeply contrasting narratives about whether or not they matter and...
STEPS Centre Annual Symposium
University of Sussex Falmer, Brighton, United KingdomCredibility across cultures: expertise, uncertainty and the global politics of scientific advice Scientific advice has never been in greater demand; nor has it been more contested. From climate change to cyber-security, poverty to pandemics, food technologies to fracking, the questions being asked of experts by policy makers, the media and the public continue to multiply....
Public lecture: Prof Anne Glover, Chief Scientific Advisor, European Commission
Jubilee Lecture Theatre University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, United KingdomProf Anne Glover Chief Scientific Adviser to the President, European Commission "What is the right balance between respecting evidence and living in the real world?" Jubilee Lecture Theatre, University of Sussex followed by drinks reception Video This keynote lecture, open to all, is part of the STEPS Centre’s symposium Credibility across cultures: expertise, uncertainty and...
STEPS Seminar: Alex Arnall, University of Reading
Room 100, Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer, United Kingdom‘A climate of control: flooding, displacement and planned resettlement in the Lower Zambezi River valley, Mozambique’ Alexander Huw Arnall School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading In recent years, the potential role of planned, internal resettlement as a climate change adaptation measure has been highlighted by national governments and the international policy community....
The Entrepreneurial State and the Risk-Reward Nexus: Implications for Innovation and Inequality
Room G30, Jubilee Building University of Sussex, Brighton, United KingdomMariana Mazzucato, Professor of Economics and RM Phillips Chair in Science and Technology Policy, SPRU Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Sussex Mariana presents a new framework, called the Risk-Reward Nexus, to study the relationship between innovation and inequality. She asks: What types of economic actors (workers, taxpayers, shareholders) make contributions of effort and...
Seminar: The STEPS Centre and the Participate Initiative – addressing fundamental questions in the post-2015 debate
Room 221 IDS, University of Sussex, United KingdomThis seminar is an opportunity for discussion between different areas of work at the Institute of Development Studies aiming to address some of the fundamental questions surrounding the creation of a post-2015 development framework. The STEPS Centre is currently undertaking work around aligning the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS ) and post 2015 framework processes, and Fellows in...
STEPS Seminar: Boru Douthwaite on Using Theory of Change to Lever Change: Experience from the CGIAR
Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom‘Using Theory of Change to Lever Change: Experience from the CGIAR’ Boru Douthwaite, Principal Scientist on the CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS) at WorldFish Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM6mpqTrFLM About this seminar Working with staff and stakeholders to think through how research can bring about development outcomes can change how projects and partnerships are planned,...
DIG-IT Workshop: Dialogue on Inclusive Growth, Innovation and Technology
, United StatesThe DIG-IT Workshop on Inclusive Growth, Innovation and Technology promotes a unique forum for discussion of alternative and interdisciplinary frameworks to improve our understanding of the nexus between innovation, technological change, growth and inequalities within and between regions. STEPS Centre co-directors Andy Stirling and Ian Scoones and members, Adrian Smith, Adrian Ely are speaking at...