'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 has the resources needed to realise their human rights, while ensuring that humanity’s total use of resources remains within the means of the planet. The...

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 Deal Politics Initiative (LDPI) and the Cornell Department of Development Sociology. Among the confirmed keynote speakers is the new Director-General of the UN Food and...

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 Markets in Asia and Africa: Improving Quality and Access for the Poor. Chair Christian Baeza, Director of Health, Nutrition, and Population, World Bank Panellists David Peters,...

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 (SOAS) and the Institute of Development Studies / STEPS Centre. See a short report of the symposium, including video interviews with the speakers Download the...

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 of Development Studies all welcome Over the last twenty years, economic rationalities have become increasingly influential in global public health. The usual story found in...

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. Chair: Adrian Ely, Head of Impact & Engagement, STEPS Centre Panel: Mariano Fressoli, Researcher, University of Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina Mariana Mazzucato, Professor of Economics...

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 in the context of Civil Service Reform will begin on 20 November at the Institute for Government. This shared initiative of five partners – The...

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 College Mecklenburgh Square London WC1N 2AB 6.00 pm, followed by refreshments Limited places available. To register, email Harriet Dudley: [email protected] Chaired by Dr Camilla Toulmin...

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 below for an embedded video, which will appear when the seminar begins. The Green Economy Coalition brought together a diverse network - civil society and...

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 in the context of Civil Service Reform will begin on 20 November at the Institute for Government. This shared initiative of five partners – The...