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SUMMARY:STEPS/Future Agricultures Seminar: Mohamed Elmi and Izzy Birch
DESCRIPTION:The politics of policy-making around pastoralism in Kenya\n \nHon. Mohamed Elmi Member of Parliament for Tarbaj constituency\, Kenya  and Former Minister for Northern Kenya and Other Arid Lands \nIzzy Birch Technical Adviser\, National Drought Management Authority\, Kenya (formerly Ministry of Northern Kenya and other Arid Lands) \nSTEPS Centre / Future Agricultures Consortium Seminar\nIn April 2008 the Government of Kenya created a ministry to focus on the distinct challenges and opportunities of the country’s arid lands. Long-neglected and misunderstood by central policy-makers\, these are areas on the one hand marked by insecurity and inequality\, but on the other possessed of substantial\, if latent\, endowments and strengths. \nThe speakers will reflect on the ministry’s experience of promoting policy and institutional reform in the interests of a predominantly pastoral region and discuss its relationships with a range of other policy actors. They will highlight the challenges of pursuing long-term change within the limits imposed by five-year administrations\, as well as the prospects for further consolidation of the reforms under Kenya’s new national and county governments. \nThe book Pastoralism and Development in Africa: Dynamic Change at the Margins is available to buy from Routledge (published 2012).
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/mohamed-elmi/
LOCATION:Institute of Development Studies\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Food & agriculture,Governance & policy
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20130520T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20130520T203000
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SUMMARY:Public debate: Fuel poverty\, climate change and social justice
DESCRIPTION:Public debate at the Jubilee Library\, Brighton\, UK. Part of the Brighton Fringe Festival 2013.\nFind out more about the 2013 STEPS Summer School \n  \nWatch the video of this debate (on YouTube) \nPanel: \n\nKirsty Alexander\, Head of Communications\, Nuclear Industry Association\nThurstan Crockett\, Head of Sustainability\, Brighton and Hove City Council\nDoug Parr\, Chief Scientist\, Greenpeace\nJim Watson\, Research Director\, UK Energy Research Centre\n\nChair: Alice Bell\, Research Fellow\, SPRU Science and Technology Policy Research\, University of Sussex \nAt a time of rising unemployment\, energy and food costs\, many families are struggling to heat their homes. But can fuel poverty be tackled without tackling climate change? And will tackling climate change – and other planetary boundaries such as water and land use – and keep the planet safe but make the poor poorer? \nThis debate will use the local issues such as fuel poverty and fracking to look at the global issues of environmental sustainability\, poverty and social justice. \n \nAbout the event\nThis debate is co-organised with SPRU – Science and Technology Policy Research at the University of Sussex. \nIt is part of a series of public events during the 2013 STEPS Centre Summer School on pathways to sustainability. \nOther events in this series: \n13 May: Michael Jacobs (Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment)\nPublic lecture: ‘Capitalism\, carbon and climate change’\nFulton A Lecture Theatre\, University of Sussex \n16 May: CANCELLED: Johan Rockström\, Stockholm Resilience Centre
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/public-debate-fuel-poverty-climate-change-and-social-justice/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20130516T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20130516T173000
DTSTAMP:20260404T022346
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Public lecture: Prof Johan Rockström\, Stockholm Resilience Centre
DESCRIPTION:Planetary boundaries and Sustainable Development Goals \nUnfortunately Johan Rockström\, Stockholm Resilience Centre\, will no longer be able to give this lecture.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/johan-rockstrom-lecture-may2013/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20130513T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20130513T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T022346
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SUMMARY:Public lecture: Prof Michael Jacobs\, Grantham Research Institute
DESCRIPTION:‘Capitalism\, carbon and climate change’ \nFulton A Lecture Theatre\nUniversity of Sussex\, Falmer\nBrighton \nPublic lecture\, followed by drinks reception\nAll welcome \nMichael 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 London. He is a former Special Adviser at the UK Treasury and 10 Downing St. \nAbout the lecture\nClimate change is now upon us: the science is incontrovertible.  But the economic downturn has turned public and political attention to more immediate concerns\, and climate policy in Britain and the EU is going into reverse. \nIn this keynote lecture\, Michael Jacobs will draw parallels between the financial crisis and the crisis of climate change\, both rooted in a failure of orthodox economic theory and political debate to understand the systemic risks built up by an under-regulated capitalism.  Tackling both crises will require a new way of thinking about economic value and economic policy\, and a reassertion of the role of politics in securing the public good. \nOther events\nThis lecture is part of a series of public events linked to the 2013 STEPS Centre Summer School on pathways to sustainability. \nSee the Spring Series events page for more details. \n \nOther events in this series: \n20 May: Fuel poverty\, climate change and social justice\nPublic debate with Jim Watson (UK Energy Research Centre)\, Kirsty Alexander (Head of Communications\, Nuclear Industry Association)\, Doug Parr (Chief Scientist\, Greenpeace) and Thurstan Crockett (Head of Sustainability\, Brighton & Hove City Council). Chaired by Alice Bell (SPRU – University of Sussex)\nJubilee Library\, Brighton \nThe previously advertised lecture by Johan Rockström on 16 May has been cancelled.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/public-lecture-prof-michael-jacobs-lse/
LOCATION:Fulton A Lecture Theatre\, University of Sussex\, Falmer\, Brighton\, BN1 9SJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy
ORGANIZER;CN="ESRC STEPS Centre":MAILTO:steps-events@ids.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20130513T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20130524T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T022346
CREATED:20121211T104647Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T230956Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS Centre Summer School 2013
DESCRIPTION:The next STEPS Summer School will be on 13-24 May 2013 at the University of Sussex\, Brighton\, UK. \nDownload the 2013 Summer School brochure and application details: \n\n2013 Summer School (pdf\, 344 kb)\n\nFor full information about the event\, see the 2013 STEPS Summer School page.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-centre-summer-school-2013/
LOCATION:Sussex University campus\, Falmer\, BN1 9RE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Understanding sustainability
ORGANIZER;CN="STEPS Centre":MAILTO:h.dudley@ids.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20130501T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20130502T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T022346
CREATED:20130415T123338Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T230248Z
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SUMMARY:DIG-IT Workshop: Dialogue on Inclusive Growth\, Innovation and Technology
DESCRIPTION:The 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. \nSTEPS Centre co-directors Andy Stirling and Ian Scoones and members\, Adrian Smith\, Adrian Ely are speaking at the workshop. \n\nRelevant resources from the STEPS Centre and Mariana Mazzucato\nFind out more on the workshop website\n\n  \n 
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/dig-it-workshop/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Technology & innovation
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20130425T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20130425T143000
DTSTAMP:20260404T022346
CREATED:20130321T152156Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220411T111958Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS Seminar: Boru Douthwaite on Using Theory of Change to Lever Change: Experience from the CGIAR
DESCRIPTION:‘Using Theory of Change to Lever Change: Experience from the CGIAR’  \nBoru Douthwaite\, Principal Scientist on the CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS) at WorldFish \nVideo\n \nAbout this seminar\nWorking with staff and stakeholders to think through how research can bring about development outcomes can change how projects and partnerships are planned\, implemented\, monitored and evaluated to increase their likelihood of success.  Experience from the CGIAR shows that realizing this potential depends on facilitation and timing more than theory and formats.  This seminar examines the important dos and don’ts of using theory of change to foster change from experience from two CGIAR programs. \nBoru Douthwaite was previously the former Innovation and Impact Director at the Challenge Program on Water and Food and a Senior Scientist at CIAT\, where he developed the Participatory Impact Pathways Analysis (PIPA) approach\, which is used by the STEPS Centre’s projects. \nThis seminar is being held jointly with the Centre for Development Impact.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/boru-douthwaite/
LOCATION:Institute of Development Studies\, Library Road\, Falmer\, Brighton\, BN1 9RE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Food & agriculture,Research methods
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20130417T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20130417T143000
DTSTAMP:20260404T022346
CREATED:20130322T133312Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220411T112032Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar: The STEPS Centre and the Participate Initiative - addressing fundamental questions in the post-2015 debate
DESCRIPTION:This 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. \nThe STEPS Centre is currently undertaking work around aligning the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS ) and post 2015 framework processes\, and Fellows in the Participation\, Power and Social Change team are leading the Participate: Knowledge from the Margins initiative\, which is providing high quality evidence on the reality of poverty at ground level\, bringing the perspectives of the poorest into the post-2015 debate. \nSpeakers: \n\nMelissa Leach – STEPS Centre director\nDanny Burns – Participate co-director\nJoanna Wheeler – Participate co-director\n\nRelevant resources:\n\nSTEPS Centre work on the Post-2015 agenda\nThe Participate project\nIDS Millennium Development Goals and Post-2015 Agenda research
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/seminar-steps-centre-and-participate-on-post-2015/
LOCATION:Room 221\, IDS\, University of Sussex\, BN1 9RE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Research methods
ORGANIZER;CN="Marion Clarke":MAILTO:m.clarke@ids.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20130416T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20130416T143000
DTSTAMP:20260404T022346
CREATED:20130322T093802Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T230415Z
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SUMMARY:The Entrepreneurial State and the Risk-Reward Nexus: Implications for Innovation and Inequality
DESCRIPTION:Mariana Mazzucato\, Professor of Economics and RM Phillips Chair in Science and Technology Policy\,  SPRU Science and Technology Policy Research\, University of Sussex \nMariana 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 money to the innovation process for the sake of future\, inherently uncertain\, returns? Are these the same types of economic actors who are able to appropriate returns from the innovation process if and when they appear? Who takes the risks and who gets the rewards? She argues that it is the collective\, cumulative\, and uncertain characteristics of the innovation process that make this disconnect between risks and rewards possible. When\, across these different types of actors\, the distribution of financial rewards from the innovation process reflects the distribution of contributions to the innovation process\, innovation tends to reduce inequality. When\, however\, some actors are able to reap shares of financial rewards from the innovation process that are disproportionate to their contributions to the process\, innovation increases inequality. The latter outcome occurs when certain actors are able to position themselves at the point where the innovative enterprise generates financial returns; that is\, close to the final product market or\, in some cases\, close to a financial market such as the stock market. These favored actors then propound ideological arguments\, with intellectual roots in the efficiency propositions of neoclassical economics\, that justify the disproportionate shares of the gains from innovation that they have been able to appropriate. These ideological arguments invariably favor shareholder contributions to the innovation process over both worker contributions and taxpayer contributions. \nFurther Reading\n\nThe Risk-Reward Nexus in the Innovation-Inequality Relationship Mariana Mazzucato and William Lazonick\, forthcoming in (Summer 2013) Industrial and Corporate Change\, special issue on: Finance\, Innovation and Growth (ed. M. Mazzucato)\nInnovation: let the good risk-takers get their reward\, blogpost by Mariana Mazzucato and William Lazonick for the Guardian’s Comment Is Free site\nThe Entrepreneurial State by Mariana Mazzucato\, Demos (2011) ISBN 978-1-906693-73-2
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/marianamazzucato/
LOCATION:Room G30\, Jubilee Building\, University of Sussex\, Brighton\, BN1 9SL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Governance & policy
ORGANIZER;CN="Harriet Dudley":MAILTO:h.dudley@ids.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20130227T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20130227T143000
DTSTAMP:20260404T022346
CREATED:20130225T102431Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T230439Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS Seminar: Alex Arnall\, University of Reading
DESCRIPTION:‘A climate of control: flooding\, displacement and planned resettlement in the Lower Zambezi River valley\, Mozambique’ \nAlexander Huw Arnall\nSchool of Agriculture\, Policy and Development\, University of Reading \nIn 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. However\, in many developing countries\, resettlement is a deeply political process that often results in unequal distribution of costs and benefits amongst relocated persons. \nThis seminar will examine these tensions in central Mozambique. It will use a political ecology approach to show how a dominant narrative of climate change-induced hazards for small-scale farmers in the Lower Zambezi River valley is contributing to their involuntary resettlement to higher-altitude\, less fertile areas of land. The findings add weight to the argument that a depoliticised interpretation of climate change can deflect attention away from underlying drivers of vulnerability and poverty\, as well as obscure the interests of governments that are intent on reordering poor and vulnerable populations.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-seminar-alex-arnall-university-of-reading/
LOCATION:Room 100\, Institute of Development Studies\, Library Road\, Falmer\, BN1 9RE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy,Governance & policy
ORGANIZER;CN="STEPS Centre":MAILTO:h.dudley@ids.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20130206T174500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20130206T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T022346
CREATED:20130110T122842Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220411T113416Z
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SUMMARY:Public lecture: Prof Anne Glover\, Chief Scientific Advisor\, European Commission
DESCRIPTION:Prof Anne Glover \nChief Scientific Adviser to the President\, European Commission \n“What is the right balance between respecting evidence and living in the real world?” \nJubilee Lecture Theatre\, University of Sussex\nfollowed by drinks reception \nVideo\n \nThis keynote lecture\, open to all\, is part of the STEPS Centre’s symposium Credibility across cultures: expertise\, uncertainty and the global politics of scientific advice. \nProfessor Anne Glover is the European Commission’s first Chief Scientific Advisor\, appointed in 2011. Professor Glover served as Chief Scientific Advisor for Scotland from August 2006 to December 2011. She holds a Personal Chair of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Aberdeen\, and has honorary positions at the Rowett and Macaulay Institutes. She is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh\, a member of the Natural Environment Research Council\, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/prof-anne-glover-6-feb-2013/
LOCATION:Jubilee Lecture Theatre\, University of Sussex\, Falmer\, Brighton\, BN1 9SL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Governance & policy,Research methods
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130206
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130208
DTSTAMP:20260404T022346
CREATED:20120918T193344Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T230534Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS Centre Annual Symposium
DESCRIPTION: Credibility across cultures: expertise\, uncertainty and the global politics of scientific advice  \nScientific 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. At the same time\, in the wake of the global financial crisis and controversies such as ‘Climategate’\, the authority and legitimacy of experts is under greater scrutiny. And the explosion of social media opens up new channels for debate\, enabling\, and at times forcing\, experts to engage directly with more diverse audiences. \nWorldwide\, we see novel structures for scientific advice being put in place: both through new institutions like the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES); and the appointment of a UK-style ‘chief scientific adviser’ at the European Commission. These issues were also magnified in the run-up to the Rio+20 Earth Summit and in debates over what should succeed the Millennium Development Goals. Following Rio+20 in June 2012\, there has also been a renewed push to ensure that the latest research and evidence informs international policy discussions\, with new initiatives such as Future Earth and the UNESCO science advisory board. \nTackling the sustainability and development challenges of the 21st century will undoubtedly require the ‘best available’ scientific advice: to measure progress; to predict impacts; to identify solutions; and to evaluate options and pathways for decision-making. But what is ‘best advice’ – and how might this idea need to be re-thought – amidst the inherent complexities\, uncertainties and contestations of knowledge and value that pervade so many of today’s challenges? Many questions persist about how to build and maintain robust\, open and accountable processes of expert advice that can operate effectively across disciplines\, sectors\, social contexts and national boundaries. This critical task – of maintaining credibility across cultures – will be the focus of the 2012 STEPS Centre Annual Symposium.  \n\nSTEPS Symposium Programme (pdf 735kb)\nMore details can be found on the Symposium page.\n\nFor further queries contact h.dudley@ids.ac.uk\n\n\nFuture directions for scientific advice in Whitehall\nThis Symposium is part of a series of four events being held about ‘Future directions for scientific advice in Whitehall’\, organised by the The Institute for Government (IfG); The Alliance for Useful Evidence; The University of Cambridge Centre for Science and Policy (CSaP); SPRU and the ESRC STEPS Centre at Sussex University; and Sciencewise-ERC
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-centre-annual-symposium/
LOCATION:University of Sussex\, Falmer\, Brighton\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Governance & policy,Research methods
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20130122T000000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20130122T133000
DTSTAMP:20260404T022346
CREATED:20130107T102646Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T230633Z
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SUMMARY:Pathways to Sustainability and the Politics of Innovation
DESCRIPTION:Melissa Leach\n\nResearch Fellow\, Institute of Development Studies\n\nAndy Stirling\n\nProfessor of Science and Technology\, University of Sussex\n\nToday’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 to whom\, and what to do about them. \nThis talk will share how researchers at the Social\, Technological\, and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability Centre (STEPS) are thinking globally about sustainability challenges in ways that incorporate concern for equity\, social justice\, and the well-being of marginalized groups. Melissa Leach and Andy Stirling will illustrate a multiple\, flexible pathways approach showing how people produce particular narratives that frame these roles in diverse ways\, promote particular goals and values\, and justify particular responses. \nMelissa Leach directs the STEPS Centre\, an interdisciplinary research and policy center focusing on using science and technology to reduce poverty and improve social justice. Professor Andy Stirling co-directs STEPS with Leach and serves on multiple collaboration-based advisory boards emphasizing democracy\, sustainability\, and equity. \nTuesday\, January 22\, 2013 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. (lunch will be provided) Memorial Union\, Room 202 Alumni Arizona State University\, Tempe campus \nMore information on the Arizona website
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/pathways-to-sustainability-and-the-politics-of-innovation/
LOCATION:Arizona State University\, United States
CATEGORIES:Technology & innovation,Understanding sustainability
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20130115T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20130115T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T022346
CREATED:20121025T052823Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T230656Z
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SUMMARY:Experts\, publics and open policy
DESCRIPTION:Seminar Series: Future directions for scientific advice in Whitehall\nNovember 2012 – February 2013 \nA 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. \nThis shared initiative of five partners – The Institute for Government (IfG); The Alliance for Useful Evidence; The University of Cambridge Centre for Science and Policy (CSaP); SPRU and the ESRC STEPS Centre at Sussex University; and Sciencewise-ERC – will stimulate fresh thinking and practical recommendations on future directions for scientific advice in Whitehall\, and will lead to the publication of a report and a final conference in London in April 2013. \nFor more information on each of the seminars\, and to register your attendance\, please follow the links below. \nSeminar 1: Culture clash – bridging the divide between science and policy\n20 November 2012 (18:00 – 19:30 followed by drinks)\, Institute for Government (IfG) \nIn this seminar\, which will be hosted by the IfG\, we look at how people and structures need to adapt to ensure best use of scientific advice. \nConfirmed speakers include: \n\nMark Henderson\, author of the Geek Manifesto\nChi Onwurah\, Shadow minister for innovation and science\, MP for Newcastle Central\n\nFor more information\, including the full line-up of speakers and how to register\, please follow the link here. \n\n\n\nSeminar 2: Broadening the evidence base: science and social science in social policy\n8 January 2013 (12:00 – 14:00 including lunch)\, Nesta \nThis seminar\, hosted by The Alliance of Useful Evidence\, will build on the recent series of ‘Making Policy Better’ seminars. \nConfirmed speakers include: \n\nProfessor Paul Wiles\, former Chief Scientific Adviser at the Home Office\nProfessor Paul Boyle\, Chief Executive\, ESRC\n\nFor more information\, including the full line-up of speakers and how to register\, please follow the link here. \n\n\n\nSeminar 3: Experts\, publics and open policy\n15 January 2013 (16:00 – 18:00 including networking)\, House of Lords \nThis seminar\, hosted by Sciencewise-ERC at the House of Lords\, will explore a range of questions\, including how do we draw lines and distinguish between the roles of open policy\, crowd-sourcing and public engagement? \nConfirmed speakers include: \n\nLord Krebs\, Chair\, House of Lords Science & Technology Committee (Chair)\nDr Jack Stilgoe\, Lecturer in Social Studies of Science\, UCL Department of Science & Technology Studies\n\nFor more information\, including how to register\, please follow the link here. \n\n\n\nSeminar 4: Credibility across cultures: the international politics of scientific advice\n6 & 7 February 2013 (starting with dinner on 6 February)\, University of Sussex \nThis two-day event\, which will be hosted by the STEPS Centre as its annual symposium\, will look at international lessons with relevance for scientific advice in the UK. \nConfirmed speakers include: \n\nProfessor Anne Glover\, Chief Scientific Advisor to the President\, European Commission\nProfessor Chris Whitty\, Director Research & Evidence and Chief Scientific Adviser\, DfID\n\nFor more information\, including the full line-up of speakers and how to register\, please follow the link here.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/experts-publics-and-open-policy/
LOCATION: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\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Governance & policy
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130110
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130112
DTSTAMP:20260404T022346
CREATED:20120928T122118Z
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SUMMARY:Pandemic Flu Controversies: A Workshop to discuss lessons\, policy implications and future challenges
DESCRIPTION:Since 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 in pandemic proportions over the coming months. None of these events to date have resulted in major human mortality on a scale some have predicted. The virus was either virulent but did not spread\, or spread but was mild. Yet the prospect of some future combination where pandemic spread and mass deaths is very real\, as recent laboratory research on H5N1 confirms. \nOver the last 15 years\, scientific advances in our understanding of the genetics\, epidemiology and ecology of flu viruses have been rapid and impressive. Yet our appreciation of the social\, political\, institutional and policy implications has been more limited. What lessons can we learn from the experiences of dealing with the potential global threat of highly pathogenic influenza? This workshop aims to bring together researchers\, practitioners and policy makers to discuss the issues around a series of relevant themes. \nThis workshop\, jointly hosted by the STEPS Centre and the Centre for Global Health Policy\, University of Sussex\, will be an invite-only workshop\, but many relevant materials and reources are available on our website. \n\nWorkshop programme (pdf)\nParticipants(pdf 132kb)\nPandemic Flu Controversies workshop report (pdf 115kb)\n\nWe have created a series of web pages associated with this workshop and our work in this area:\n1. Pandemic Influenza: Politics and Policy\n2. Pandemic Influenza: Resources\n3. Pandemic Influenza: Research themes \nPhoto gallery
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/workshop-pandemic-flu-what-have-we-learned/
LOCATION:IDS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Health & disease
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20130108T000000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20130108T140059
DTSTAMP:20260404T022346
CREATED:20121025T052500Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20121025T052500Z
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SUMMARY:Broadening the evidence base: science and social science in social policy
DESCRIPTION:Seminar Series: Future directions for scientific advice in Whitehall\nNovember 2012 – February 2013 \nA 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. \nThis shared initiative of five partners – The Institute for Government (IfG); The Alliance for Useful Evidence; The University of Cambridge Centre for Science and Policy (CSaP); SPRU and the ESRC STEPS Centre at Sussex University; and Sciencewise-ERC – will stimulate fresh thinking and practical recommendations on future directions for scientific advice in Whitehall\, and will lead to the publication of a report and a final conference in London in April 2013. \nFor more information on each of the seminars\, and to register your attendance\, please follow the links below. \nSeminar 1: Culture clash – bridging the divide between science and policy\n20 November 2012 (18:00 – 19:30 followed by drinks)\, Institute for Government (IfG) \nIn this seminar\, which will be hosted by the IfG\, we look at how people and structures need to adapt to ensure best use of scientific advice. \nConfirmed speakers include: \n\nMark Henderson\, author of the Geek Manifesto\nChi Onwurah\, Shadow minister for innovation and science\, MP for Newcastle Central\n\nFor more information\, including the full line-up of speakers and how to register\, please follow the link here. \n\n\n\nSeminar 2: Broadening the evidence base: science and social science in social policy\n8 January 2013 (12:00 – 14:00 including lunch)\, Nesta \nThis seminar\, hosted by The Alliance of Useful Evidence\, will build on the recent series of ‘Making Policy Better’ seminars. \nConfirmed speakers include: \n\nProfessor Paul Wiles\, former Chief Scientific Adviser at the Home Office\nProfessor Paul Boyle\, Chief Executive\, ESRC\n\nFor more information\, including the full line-up of speakers and how to register\, please follow the link here. \n\n\n\nSeminar 3: Experts\, publics and open policy\n15 January 2013 (16:00 – 18:00 including networking)\, House of Lords \nThis seminar\, hosted by Sciencewise-ERC at the House of Lords\, will explore a range of questions\, including how do we draw lines and distinguish between the roles of open policy\, crowd-sourcing and public engagement? \nConfirmed speakers include: \n\nLord Krebs\, Chair\, House of Lords Science & Technology Committee (Chair)\nDr Jack Stilgoe\, Lecturer in Social Studies of Science\, UCL Department of Science & Technology Studies\n\nFor more information\, including how to register\, please follow the link here. \n\n\n\nSeminar 4: Credibility across cultures: the international politics of scientific advice\n6 & 7 February 2013 (starting with dinner on 6 February)\, University of Sussex \nThis two-day event\, which will be hosted by the STEPS Centre as its annual symposium\, will look at international lessons with relevance for scientific advice in the UK. \nConfirmed speakers include: \n\nProfessor Anne Glover\, Chief Scientific Advisor to the President\, European Commission\nProfessor Chris Whitty\, Director Research & Evidence and Chief Scientific Adviser\, DfID\n\nFor more information\, including the full line-up of speakers and how to register\, please follow the link here.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/broadening-the-evidence-base-science-and-social-science-in-social-policy-2/
LOCATION:NESTA\, London\, EC1\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20121212T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20121212T143059
DTSTAMP:20260404T022346
CREATED:20120918T194459Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20120918T194459Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS Seminar: Oliver Greenfield
DESCRIPTION: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.\n\nThis event will be livestreamed: see below for an embedded video\, which will appear when the seminar begins. \nThe Green Economy Coalition brought together a diverse network – civil society and private sector groups\, civil society\, UN agencies and academic organisations including the STEPS Centre- to produce a shared vision of a green and fair economy in the run-up to Rio+20.  Its advocacy work around ‘9 principles of a green economy’ continues at national and international levels. \nOliver will talk about the history of the Green Economy and explore what it means for the Green Economy Coalition\, and how this ambition\, set within the Post-Rio geopolitical context\, defines its work for the next three years. \nOliver’s talk will be the first joint event between the STEPS Centre and DIG-IT\, the Dialogue on Inclusive Growth\, Innovation and Technology. \n    \nLive video from your Android device on Ustream
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-seminar-oliver-greenfield-2/
LOCATION:Institute of Development Studies\, Library Road\, Falmer\, BN1 9RE\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20121129T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20121129T200059
DTSTAMP:20260404T022346
CREATED:20121025T075402Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20121025T075402Z
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SUMMARY:Book launch: Pastoralism and Development in Africa
DESCRIPTION:Book launch \nPASTORALISM AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA: Dynamic Change at the Margins \nedited by Andy Catley\, Jeremy Lind and Ian Scoones \n 29 November 2012\nLondon House Large Common Room\nGoodenough College\nMecklenburgh Square\nLondon WC1N 2AB \n6.00 pm\, followed by refreshments \nLimited places available. To register\, email Harriet Dudley: h.dudley@ids.ac.uk \nChaired by Dr Camilla Toulmin\nDirector\, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) \nDr Jeremy Lind (Institute of Development Studies\, University of Sussex) and Prof Hussein Mahmoud (Pwani University College\, Kenya) will present some key themes from the book. Prof Katherine Homewood (University College London) and Dr Zeremariam Fre (Executive Director\, Pastoral and Environmental Network for the Horn of Africa – PENHA) will respond.  Followed by open discussion. \nThis event is held in association with the Royal African Society. \n \nAbout the book  \nOnce again\, the Horn of Africa has been in the headlines. And once again the news has been bad: drought\, famine\, conflict\, hunger\, suffering and death. But the region is not characterised by disaster and catastrophe. If we shift our gaze from the capital cities to the regional centres and their hinterlands where pastoralists live\, then a very different perspective of dynamic change at the margins emerges. \nPastoralism and Development in Africa reveals a booming livestock export trade; a flourishing private sector; growing investment and expanding towns; and the emergence of a class of entrepreneurs commanding a profitable market. Through twenty detailed empirical chapters\, the book highlights diverse pathways of development\, going beyond the standard ‘aid’ and ‘disaster’ narratives. \nCopies of the book will be available to buy at a discount at the event. \nFor more information on the book\, see our page on Pastoralism and Development in Africa.  \nTo register to attend this event\, email Harriet Dudley\, STEPS Centre co-ordinator: h.dudley@ids.ac.uk
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/book-launch-pastoralism-and-development-in-africa-2/
LOCATION:London House Large Common Room\, Goodenough College\, Mecklenburgh Square\, London\, WC1N 2AB\, United Kingdom
ORGANIZER;CN="STEPS Centre":MAILTO:h.dudley@ids.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20121120T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20121120T193059
DTSTAMP:20260404T022346
CREATED:20121025T052134Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20121025T052134Z
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SUMMARY:Culture clash – bridging the divide between science and policy
DESCRIPTION:Seminar Series: Future directions for scientific advice in Whitehall\nNovember 2012 – February 2013 \nA 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. \nThis shared initiative of five partners – The Institute for Government (IfG); The Alliance for Useful Evidence; The University of Cambridge Centre for Science and Policy (CSaP); SPRU and the ESRC STEPS Centre at Sussex University; and Sciencewise-ERC – will stimulate fresh thinking and practical recommendations on future directions for scientific advice in Whitehall\, and will lead to the publication of a report and a final conference in London in April 2013. \nFor more information on each of the seminars\, and to register your attendance\, please follow the links below. \nSeminar 1: Culture clash – bridging the divide between science and policy\n20 November 2012 (18:00 – 19:30 followed by drinks)\, Institute for Government (IfG) \nIn this seminar\, which will be hosted by the IfG\, we look at how people and structures need to adapt to ensure best use of scientific advice. \nConfirmed speakers include: \n\nMark Henderson\, author of the Geek Manifesto\nChi Onwurah\, Shadow minister for innovation and science\, MP for Newcastle Central\n\nFor more information\, including the full line-up of speakers and how to register\, please follow the link here. \n\n\n\nSeminar 2: Broadening the evidence base: science and social science in social policy\n8 January 2013 (12:00 – 14:00 including lunch)\, Nesta \nThis seminar\, hosted by The Alliance of Useful Evidence\, will build on the recent series of ‘Making Policy Better’ seminars. \nConfirmed speakers include: \n\nProfessor Paul Wiles\, former Chief Scientific Adviser at the Home Office\nProfessor Paul Boyle\, Chief Executive\, ESRC\n\nFor more information\, including the full line-up of speakers and how to register\, please follow the link here. \n\n\n\nSeminar 3: Experts\, publics and open policy\n15 January 2013 (16:00 – 18:00 including networking)\, House of Lords \nThis seminar\, hosted by Sciencewise-ERC at the House of Lords\, will explore a range of questions\, including how do we draw lines and distinguish between the roles of open policy\, crowd-sourcing and public engagement? \nConfirmed speakers include: \n\nLord Krebs\, Chair\, House of Lords Science & Technology Committee (Chair)\nDr Jack Stilgoe\, Lecturer in Social Studies of Science\, UCL Department of Science & Technology Studies\n\nFor more information\, including how to register\, please follow the link here. \n\n\n\nSeminar 4: Credibility across cultures: the international politics of scientific advice\n6 & 7 February 2013 (starting with dinner on 6 February)\, University of Sussex \nThis two-day event\, which will be hosted by the STEPS Centre as its annual symposium\, will look at international lessons with relevance for scientific advice in the UK. \nConfirmed speakers include: \n\nProfessor Anne Glover\, Chief Scientific Advisor to the President\, European Commission\nProfessor Chris Whitty\, Director Research & Evidence and Chief Scientific Adviser\, DfID\n\nFor more information\, including the full line-up of speakers and how to register\, please follow the link here.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/culture-clash-bridging-the-divide-between-science-and-policy-2/
LOCATION:Institute for Government\, London\, SW1Y 5AA\, United Kingdom
ORGANIZER;CN="Institute for Government":MAILTO:events@instituteforgovernment.org.uk.
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20121111T104500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20121111T114559
DTSTAMP:20260404T022346
CREATED:20121022T101946Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20121022T101946Z
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SUMMARY:Panel at Globelics 2012: science\, technology & innovation and the green economy
DESCRIPTION: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.\nChair: \nAdrian Ely\, Head of Impact & Engagement\, STEPS Centre \nPanel: \n\nMariano Fressoli\, Researcher\, University of Quilmes\, Buenos Aires\, Argentina\nMariana Mazzucato\, Professor of Economics and RM Phillips Chair in Science and Technology Policy\, SPRU\, University of Sussex\, UK\nRajeswari Raina\, Scientist\, National Institute for Science\, Technology and Development Studies\, India\nWatu Wamae\, RAND-Europe\n\nSummary: \nThe UN Rio+20 conference in June 2012 was framed around themes of the green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication and the institutional framework for sustainable development. \nAgainst a background of impending collapse in the Eurozone\, the contested nature and prioritisation of these various objectives presented severe political challenges to the associated multilateral efforts to foster more sustainable industrial systems. The Rio+20 conference itself delivered little in the way of formal commitments\, with many blaming the economic crisis for an unwillingness to invest in clean technologies and the capabilities needed to harness them. \nAt national and regional levels\, however\, governments are trying – in different ways – to support the kinds of learning and innovation necessary to build green economies capable of delivering competitiveness and growth within environmental limits. \nThis panel aims to bring together researchers from Latin America\, Europe\, Asia and Africa to discuss the diverse contributions that science\, technology and innovation (STI) policies can play in fostering such green economies\, but also to investigate the equity and social justice implications of some of the policies that have so far been followed. \nAs well as offering opportunities for learning across jurisdictions\, the panel will allow reflection around the potential for future concerted action at the international level. \n 
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/globelics-2012-2/
LOCATION:Globelics 2012\, Hangzhou\, China
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20121108T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20121108T143059
DTSTAMP:20260404T022346
CREATED:20121023T182833Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20121023T182833Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS Seminar: Dr David Reubi - On the Economisation of Global Public Health
DESCRIPTION:Dr David Reubi\, Centre for Global Health Policy\, Sussex University \n‘On the Economisation of Global Public Health: A Genealogy of Tobacco Taxes in International Health and Development’ \nConvening Space\, Institute of Development Studies\nall welcome \nOver the last twenty years\, economic rationalities have become increasingly influential in global public health. The usual story found in the literature generally reduces the economisation of international health to the increasing predominance of neo-liberal doctrines advocating privatisation\, deregulation and liberalisation and bemoans their detrimental effect on health. \nWhile not disputing the importance and often damaging impact of neo-liberalism on international health\, this presentation will aim to show that there is another side to the economisation of global health. To do so\, it will examine the genealogy of one economic strategy – taxation – which has become central to current international initiatives to curb smoking in the Global South. \nBy examining the role of health economics\, the problematisation of tobacco in developing countries and the work of the World Bank\, this genealogy will show that: not all economic rationalities at work in global health partake in the neo-liberal project; not all economic policies now ubiquitous in international health are market-oriented; and the relation between economics and global health is not necessarily unidirectional and detrimental to the latter. \nBy doing so\, the article contributes to the critique of the inflationary use of neo-liberalism as explanation for change and calls for other stories about the economisation of global health to be told.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-seminar-dr-david-reubi-on-the-economisation-of-global-public-health-a-genealogy-of-tobacco-taxes-in-international-health-and-development-2/
LOCATION:Convening Space\, Institute of Development Studies\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20121026T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20121026T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T022346
CREATED:20120925T095634Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20120925T095634Z
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SUMMARY:Not another nexus? Critical thinking on the ‘new security convergence’ in energy\, food\, climate and water
DESCRIPTION: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. \nSee a short report of the symposium\, including video interviews with the speakers \nDownload the event announcement (pdf\, 539kb) \nWorking paper: Not another Nexus? Critical Thinking on the New Security Convergence in Energy\, Food\, Climate and Water\nSTEPS Working Paper 75\, November 2014 \nIs security the new vocabulary of the post-2015 MDG world? If so\, what does this tell us about the institutional and political character of the development industry today? What does it mean to securitise water\, food\, energy and the climate?  Is this securitisation enhancing local people’s wellbeing and rights or is it allowing new actors to increase processes of enclosure and commodification of existing limited natural resources?  Is securitisation ultimately reducing or increasing the insecurities of poor and marginalised people? \nSpeakers include:  \n\nLarry Swatuk  (Waterloo University\, Canada) A Nexus for Whom? Water resources\, social justice and environmental insecurity\nItay Fishhendler (The Hebrew University\, Israel ) Who is securitizing the environmental discourse\, why and what are its potential implications?\nRichard A Matthew (Schools of Social Ecology and Social Science at the University of California at Irvine\, USA )  Climate change\, security and development\n\nFormat \nPresentations will be followed by a ‘fishbowl’ discussion with several panellists from academia\, policy and practice\, which will encourage audience participation.  The proceedings of the colloquium will be used to write a Working Paper. All participants will be invited to contribute to the writing process\, which will be led by the colloquium’s organisers. \nRegistration \nParticipation is free. However\, because of restricted numbers\, we request you to register by October 16. \nTo register\, please email water@soas.ac.uk including your name\, affiliation\, and your focus interest/question regarding the ‘nexus’ theme. Registrations will be confirmed not later than 19 October. Lunch and drinks will be provided. \nLocation \nThe Institute of Education and SOAS are located right next to each other. \nNunn Hall is located on Level 4 of the IOE (directions and maps). \nThe drinks reception will be held in the Staff Common Room is on the first floor of College Buildings – Old Building (see campus map). \nOrganisers \nThis event is organised by Peter Mollinga\, Laura Hammond and Anna Lindley (SOAS) and Lyla Mehta\, Jeremy Allouche and Alan Nicol (IDS / STEPS Centre) \n 
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/not-another-nexus-critical-thinking-on-the-new-security-convergence-in-energy-food-climate-and-water-2/
LOCATION:Nunn Hall\, Institute of Education\, 20 Bedford Way\, London\, WC1H 0AL\, United Kingdom
ORGANIZER;CN="SOAS and IDS/STEPS Centre":MAILTO:water@soas.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20121017T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20121017T140059
DTSTAMP:20260404T022346
CREATED:20121002T090444Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20121002T090444Z
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SUMMARY:Transforming health markets in Asia and Africa
DESCRIPTION: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. \nChair \n\nChristian Baeza\, Director of Health\, Nutrition\, and Population\, World Bank\n\nPanellists \n\nDavid Peters\, Director of Health Systems Programs\, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health\nGerry Bloom\, Research Fellow\, Institute of Development Studies\, UK (tbc)\nGina Lagomarsino\, Managing Director\, Center for Health Market Innovations\, Results for Development\n\n \nAttending the event \nIf you would like to attend\, you will need to register via the sign-up page. \nWatch the event on video \nThis event will be streamed live online and can be viewed from anywhere in the world. To watch\, please register to attend online at the sign-up page to receive the appropriate link to the livestream. \nVideos captured from the event will also be made available on the DC Health Systems Board website. \nMore about the event \nAs noted in a recent commentary in Nature\, there has been a dramatic spread of health markets in much of Asia and Africa over the past couple of decades. This has substantially increased the availability of health-related goods and services in all but the most remote localities\, but it has created problems with safety\, efficiency and cost. The effort to bring order to these chaotic markets is almost certain to become one of the greatest challenges in global health. \nThis event will showcase recent findings on the role of the private sector in health in developing countries. \nIn particular\, the event will launch the new book\, Transforming Health Markets in Asia and Africa: Improving Quality and Access for the Poor (a discount code will be available for event participants wishing to purchase a copy). The book documents the problems associated with unregulated health markets and presents innovative approaches that have emerged to address them. Commentaries will focus on the role of informal providers in delivering health services and explore opportunities for academics\, governments\, NGOs\, social entrepreneurs and businesses to deliver effective services for the poor. \nThe book is published as part of the STEPS Centre’s Pathways to Sustainability (Routledge/Earthscan) book series.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/transforming-health-markets-in-asia-and-africa-2/
LOCATION:Results for Development\,  1100 15th Street\, NW\, Suite 400\, Washington\, DC\, 20005\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121017
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121020
DTSTAMP:20260404T022346
CREATED:20121001T104606Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20121001T104606Z
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SUMMARY:Global Land Grabbing II: An international conference on large-scale land deals
DESCRIPTION:The second international academic workshop on ‘Global Land Grabbing’ will be held on 17-19 October 2012 at Cornell University in Ithaca\, NY\, USA.  \nThis 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 Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Brazilian academic\, José Graziano da Silva. \nThis conference is a follow up to the highly successful 2011 conference\, Global Land Grabbing\, held 6-8 April at the Institute for Development Studies at the University of Sussex\, Brighton\, England. \nSTEPS Centre affiliate partner\, Future Agricultures Consortium\, is one of the event organisers. To find out more\, visit the event website. \nThe Future Agricultures website will carry selected blogs\, video and other media outputs from the event.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/global-land-grabbing-ii-an-international-conference-on-large-scale-land-deals-2/
LOCATION:Cornell University\, Ithaca\, NY\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20121010T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20121010T143059
DTSTAMP:20260404T022346
CREATED:20121001T104548Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20121001T104548Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS Seminar: Kate Raworth\, Oxfam
DESCRIPTION:‘A safe and just space for humanity: can we live within the doughnut?’ \nKate Raworth\, Senior Researcher\, Oxfam \nHumanity’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 framework of planetary boundaries and social boundaries sets this out in a simple but compelling way\, and helps to highlight the sources of humanity’s pressure on the planet. \nCould this framework provide a useful compass for designing Global Development Goals post 2015? And could it be used to guide sustainable development at a national or even local level? \nThis seminar will be live streamed on this page. See below for an embedded video: \n \nLive stream by Ustream
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-seminar-kate-raworth-oxfam-2/
LOCATION:Institute of Development Studies\, Falmer\, Brighton\, United Kingdom
ORGANIZER;CN="STEPS Centre":MAILTO:steps-centre@ids.ac.uk
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121001
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121003
DTSTAMP:20260404T022346
CREATED:20120918T184315Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20120918T184315Z
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SUMMARY:2nd International Conference on Science\, Technology and Society Studies and 4th Fair of Sustainable Technologies
DESCRIPTION: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”. \nThe Conference will be held together with the 4th Fair of Sustainable Technologies organized by the International Movement Water and Youth and the Argentinean Technologies for Social Inclusion Network (RedTISA). \nMain speakers include: \n• Hernán Thomas – Director\, Institute for Science and Technology Studies -National University of Quilmes (IESCT-UNQ\, Argentina) \n• Dinesh Abrol – Researcher\, National Institute for Science\, Technology and Development Studies\, Nueva Delhi (NISTADS\, India) \n• Adrian Smith – Researcher\, STEPS-Centre\, University of Sussex (United Kingdom) \n• Renato Dagnino – Director\, Group of Innovation Policies Analysis\, Federal University of Campinas (UNICAMP\, Brasil) \n• Susan Cozzens – Professor\, School of Public Policy\, Georgia Tech (U.S.) \nBoth events will take place on October 1st and 2nd 2012 in FOETRA headquarters\, located at Hipólito Yrigoyen 3171\, Buenos Aires City. \nFor more information please go to: http://www.jornadastid2012.org \nTo pre-register\, enter: http://www.jornadastid2012.org/p/pre-inscripcion.html \nPlease contact us to: info@redtisa.org
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/2ndinternational-conference-on-science-technology-and-society-studies-and-4th-fair-of-sustainable-technologies-2/
LOCATION:United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120910
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120912
DTSTAMP:20260404T022346
CREATED:20120803T095702Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20120803T095702Z
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SUMMARY:Low Carbon Energy for Development Network 2nd International Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Couldn’t attend? You can view videos of all the presentations\, see the powerpoints\, photos\, tweets and more via the event Storify. \n  \nThe 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 in Brighton in the UK on the 10th and 11th September 2012. The registration deadline is 30 August (please note the change of date). \nThis event is intended to identify and discuss priority questions that need to be answered to meet the UN goal of “Sustainable energy for all”. Reflecting on the outcomes and implications of Rio+20\, the workshop will have a particular focus on the extent to which low carbon development can simultaneously address concerns around energy access\, poverty reduction\, human development and economic growth. \nThe workshop is international in both its scope and significance and it will be hosted by the STEPS Centre and SPRU – Science & Technology Policy Research and at the University of Sussex\, and is supported by the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). \nThe event will involve participants drawn from across a wide array of academic communities\, government departments\, private sector organisations and NGOs\, as well as a range of countries. \nWorkshop goals\nIntended outcomes include the forging of new south-north partnerships for addressing the research priorities emerging from the workshop and will be designed to address a series of questions\, such as: \n\n\nIn addition to the technical issues of low carbon energy technologies\, what are the challenges to achieving energy access for all?\nWhat are the links between energy technologies\, energy services\, development and poverty reduction?\nWhat are the implications for energy access of rapid urbanisation and what can we do as researchers\, policy makers and practitioners to ensure the provision of sustainable energy for the urban poor?\nWhat financing mechanisms work\, and what else needs to be done to make finance work for the poor?\n\n\nPlanned sessions include:\n\nThe development benefits of low carbon energy access: what is the evidence?\nTransformative energy pathways: the political economy of low carbon energy access\nGroup consultations on the evidence and the challenges\nLow carbon energy technology transfer\, development and poverty reduction\nFinancing sustainable energy for all: what works\, and what needs to change?\nPlenary discussion identifying follow-on workshops\, partnerships and research priorities\n\nSee the event website for the full programme\, further details and how to register online. \nFollow the story of the event via Storify and the hashtag #LCEDN2 \nContact:\n \nBettina Zenz\,\nProject Coordinator\,\nSPRU – Science and Technology Policy Research\nFreeman Centre\nUniversity of Sussex\nFalmer BN1 9QF\nT: (01273) 878166\nE: b.zenz@sussex.ac.uk \nSTEPS work on energy and climate change: \n\nRob Byrne explains our energy and climate change domain work\nProject: Find out about our project on low carbon technology uptake in developing countries
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/low-carbon-2/
LOCATION:United States
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SUMMARY:STEPS Seminar: Sara Wolcott
DESCRIPTION:‘Change from within? An attempt to “transform” the untransformable’ \nSara Wolcott\, Future Health Systems and STEPS Centre Researcher \nThe 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 on enhancing human agency and tackling hierarchical structures. While it is far too early to label their approach as ‘successful’\, their work is impacting relationships between public officials and villagers within the context of an Integrated Water Resource Management Programme.  This seminar\, based on a short values-based evaluation and largely informal observations\, highlights their processes and asks what lessons can be learned for other change-efforts especially within the public sector. \nAll welcome.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-seminar-sara-wolcott-2/
LOCATION:KNOTS meeting area\, Institute of Development Studies\, Library Road\, Falmer\, Brighton\, BN1 9RE\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Ecological Economics and Rio+20
DESCRIPTION: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’. \nAs part of the special panel “Green Economy under trial: lessons from alternative collective practices towards Sustainable Production and Consumption”\, Adrian is presenting a paper entitled “Grassroots innovation movements and green economies: dilemmas\, framings\, possibilities”. \nThe other speaker is Stefanie Baasch (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research).
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/ecological-economics-and-rio20-2/
LOCATION:Windsor Guanabara Hotel\, Rio de Janeiro\, Brazil
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SUMMARY:Fair Ideas - Access to Energy: Beyond 2012
DESCRIPTION:The STEPS Centre is contributing as a partner to the session Access to Energy: Beyond 2012 within the two-day IIED ‘Fair Ideas’ event. \nThis 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 diverse panel will debate what really needs to be done to bring Sustainable Energy for All to national and local levels in a meaningful and inclusive way so as to significantly improve impacts for the poorest. \nSpeakers: \n\nLiz Carlile (IIED) – chair\nAnders Wijkman\, (Club of Rome / Tällberg Foundation) – tbc\nSheila Oparaocha (ENERGIA\, Netherlands)\nStefan Schurig (World Future Council\, Germany)\nMichelle Pressend (Economic Justice Network\, South Africa)\nFabby Tumiwa (Institute for Essential Services Reform\, Indonesia)\n\nParticipation in the Fair Ideas event is free\, but you are encouraged to register in advance: see www.fairideas.org for the full programme and registration details.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/fair-ideas-access-to-energy-beyond-2012-2/
LOCATION:Pontifícia Universidade Católica\, Rio de Janeiro\, Brazil
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