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  • STEPS Centre Summer School 2013

    Sussex University campus Falmer, United Kingdom

    The next STEPS Summer School will be on 13-24 May 2013 at the University of Sussex, Brighton, UK. Download the 2013 Summer School brochure and application details: 2013 Summer School (pdf, 344 kb) For full information about the event, see the 2013 STEPS Summer School page.

  • Public lecture: Prof Michael Jacobs, Grantham Research Institute

    Fulton A Lecture Theatre University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom

    'Capitalism, carbon and climate change' Fulton A Lecture Theatre University of Sussex, Falmer Brighton Public lecture, followed by drinks reception All welcome Michael Jacobs is a Visiting Professor at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics, and in the School of Public Policy at University College...

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  • Public debate: Fuel poverty, climate change and social justice

    , United States

    Public debate at the Jubilee Library, Brighton, UK. Part of the Brighton Fringe Festival 2013. Find out more about the 2013 STEPS Summer School   Watch the video of this debate (on YouTube) Panel: Kirsty Alexander, Head of Communications, Nuclear Industry Association Thurstan Crockett, Head of Sustainability, Brighton and Hove City Council Doug Parr, Chief Scientist, Greenpeace...

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  • STEPS/Future Agricultures Seminar: Mohamed Elmi and Izzy Birch

    Institute of Development Studies , United Kingdom

    The politics of policy-making around pastoralism in Kenya Hon. Mohamed Elmi Member of Parliament for Tarbaj constituency, Kenya  and Former Minister for Northern Kenya and Other Arid Lands Izzy Birch Technical Adviser, National Drought Management Authority, Kenya (formerly Ministry of Northern Kenya and other Arid Lands) STEPS Centre / Future Agricultures Consortium Seminar In April...

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  • Transition Pathways to Water Sensitive Cities

    Room 144, Jubilee Building University of Sussex, Falmer, United Kingdom

    Fjalar de Haan, Annette Bos, Briony Ferguson Research Fellows at Monash Water for Liveability Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Climate change, resource limitations, changing demographics, ageing infrastructure and evolving community values are putting pressure on urban water systems around the world. In response, the concept of a water sensitive city has emerged in science, policy and...

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  • International Workshop: New Models of Innovation for Development

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

    Innovation has been moving up the strategic agendas of business, government and international agencies working in developing countries.  New markets for innovative goods and services among those at the base of the pyramid, and new technologies – particularly information and communication technologies – are inducing and enabling new actors to become involved in innovation for...

  • STEPS/IDS Seminar: Jon Morris – Reimagining development 3.0 for a changing planet

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

    Reimagining development 3.0 for a changing planet Professor Jon Morris 24 July 2013 at 13.00 – 14.30 Room 221, Institute of Development Studies About the seminar: The need to ‘re-imagine’ development studies in today’s world arises because of sweeping changes which invalidate the earlier globalization emphasis which has guided social science involvement in applied policy. ...

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  • STEPS Seminar: Bram Büscher on Transforming the Frontier: Peace Parks and the Politics of Neoliberal Conservation in Southern Africa

    Room 221 Institute of Development Studies, Brighton, United Kingdom

    STEPS Seminar - Bram Büscher on transboundary peace parks in Southern Africa, October 2013 by Stepscentre on Mixcloud Bram Büscher talks about the themes covered in his recently published book, Transforming the Frontier: Peace Parks and the Politics of Neoliberal Conservation in Southern Africa (Duke University Press). All welcome. You can watch a video of Bram introducing his book on his website....

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  • The Politics of Integrated Water Resources Management in southern Africa

    Tasi 1 White Sands Hotel, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic Of

    Special session at the 14th WATERNET Symposium, White Sands Hotel, Dar Es Salaam This special session draws on ongoing research of the Norwegian Research Council Project ‘Flows and Practices. The Politics of IWRM in Africa’ a multi-country research consortium led by the International Environmental and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences See:  http://www.engopa.no/research-projects/flows-and-practices-the-politics-of-integrated-water-resources-management-in-africa Lyla...