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 / 3TU Centre for Ethics and Technology The seminar uses the case of the ‘local content, local voice’ podcasting project on livestock management, implemented by Practical...

‘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 the Most of Mess: Reliability and Policy in Today's Management Challenges (forthcoming, Duke University Press). All welcome. STEPS Seminar - Emery Roe, June 2012 by...

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” The Global Research Forum on Sustainable Production and Consumption takes place on 13-15 June in Rio de Janeiro. It brings together individuals and organizations engaged...

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 Gulf: New Patterns and Practices of Science for Sustainability". The other speakers are Myanna Lahsen and Stephen Zehr. About the session: While scientists are warning...

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 and Technology) Lidia Brito (UNESCO) Melissa Leach (STEPS Centre) Johan Rockstrom (Stockholm Resilience Centre) Kevin Urama (African Technology Policy Studies Network) Informed by the STEPS...

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 of energy discussions through the day, drawing on conclusions from innovative delivery models, low carbon energy pathways, and feed in tariffs for energy access. A...

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 a Green Economy’. As part of the special panel “Green Economy under trial: lessons from alternative collective practices towards Sustainable Production and Consumption”, Adrian is...

‘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 change the Indian Bureaucracy - mostly focused on the water sector - using both a 'change from within' and a 'change from without' approach focused...

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 Development Network (LCEDN), titled Transitions to low carbon energy systems: which pathways to energy access for all?, will take place at the University of Sussex...

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 invite you to the 2nd International Conference on Science, Technology and Society Studies whose main theme will be "Technology, Innovation and Inclusive Development". The Conference...