This event will launch a new copy of the IDS Bulletin on Water and Sanitation, 'Some for All? Pathways and Politics Since New Delhi in 1990'. We will host a debate on the pathways taken (or not taken) since the New Delhi statement at the end of the UN Water Decade in 1990. Looking back...

IDS Seminar, Thursday 22 March, 13.00-14.30, IDS Convening Space Some for all? Politics and pathways in water and sanitation  Taking place on World Water Day, this seminar will launch the new IDS Bulletin, 'Some for All?' Politics and pathways in water and sanitation. Discussion will examine why progress towards providing safe water and improved sanitation since the original...

Come and help celebrate the launch of our Pathways to Sustainability book series, published by Routledge/Earthscan. This event is free and open to all - we especially hope to welcome people attending the Planet Under Pressure conference next door. Drinks and nibbles will be provided. The venue is the Connaught Room of the Ramada Docklands Hotel,...

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 of Agriculture in independent Zimbabwe in 1980 and former head of the Commercial Farmers Union), Peter Freeman (UK Overseas Development Administration representative in Zimbabwe in...

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 Education conference.  

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 materials from the event will be available afterwards on the TEDx website. Other speakers include Mick Moore (IDS), David Birch, James Woudhuysen, Mariana Mazzucato, Peter...

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, workshops and public events, participants will discuss how pathways to sustainability are being pursued in different settings. The Summer School will explore current thinking in...

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 with Professor Tim Jackson by Ids (Uk) on Mixcloud Lecture details Prof Tim Jackson (University of Surrey, author of Prosperity without Growth) will give a...

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 of the Brighton Fringe Festival. Climate change, famine, financial turmoil. With the future looking bleak, will the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio...

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 complexity, how can and are institutions developing to actively navigate pathways for workable and equitable societal transformations? What are the research strategies necessary for enabling...