Pandemic Flu Controversies: A Workshop to discuss lessons, policy implications and future challenges
IDS , United KingdomSince 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...
Experts, publics and open policy
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, AustraliaSeminar 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...
Pathways to Sustainability and the Politics of Innovation
Arizona State University , United StatesMelissa Leach Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies Andy Stirling Professor of Science and Technology, University of Sussex Today’s environmentally anxious age is dependent upon the roles of science, technology,...
STEPS Centre Annual Symposium
University of Sussex Falmer, Brighton, United KingdomCredibility across cultures: expertise, uncertainty and the global politics of scientific advice Scientific advice has never been in greater demand; nor has it been more contested. From climate change to...
Public lecture: Prof Anne Glover, Chief Scientific Advisor, European Commission
Jubilee Lecture Theatre University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, United KingdomProf Anne Glover Chief Scientific Adviser to the President, European Commission "What is the right balance between respecting evidence and living in the real world?" Jubilee Lecture Theatre, University of...
STEPS Seminar: Alex Arnall, University of Reading
Room 100, Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer, United Kingdom‘A climate of control: flooding, displacement and planned resettlement in the Lower Zambezi River valley, Mozambique’ Alexander Huw Arnall School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading In recent...
The Entrepreneurial State and the Risk-Reward Nexus: Implications for Innovation and Inequality
Room G30, Jubilee Building University of Sussex, Brighton, United KingdomMariana Mazzucato, Professor of Economics and RM Phillips Chair in Science and Technology Policy, SPRU Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Sussex Mariana presents a new framework, called the...
Seminar: The STEPS Centre and the Participate Initiative – addressing fundamental questions in the post-2015 debate
Room 221 IDS, University of Sussex, United KingdomThis 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...
STEPS Seminar: Boru Douthwaite on Using Theory of Change to Lever Change: Experience from the CGIAR
Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom‘Using Theory of Change to Lever Change: Experience from the CGIAR’ Boru Douthwaite, Principal Scientist on the CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS) at WorldFish Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM6mpqTrFLM About...
DIG-IT Workshop: Dialogue on Inclusive Growth, Innovation and Technology
, United StatesThe 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...