Are there any secret millionaires in waste? The framings of real waste systems in Karachi and Dhaka. Modernisation and globalisation of waste systems and their divide with the real systems, with Mansoor Ali, Practical Action. Mansoor Ali's presentation (Slideshare) Description flyer (pdf)

The STEPS Centre and its affiliate partner Future Health Systems launched a series of activities that challenge the thinking behind prevailing concepts of “scaling up” in the health sector. Practical approaches for improving access to health care The STEPS Centre and its affiliate partner Future Health Systems are working to challenge the prevailing concepts of...

Video and materials from the launch event at the Royal Society in London are available on the New Manifesto website http://anewmanifesto.org/multimedia/manifesto-launch-video/

"Technologies for Social Inclusion in Latin America." STEPS Seminar with Juan Mariano Fressoli, Researcher, Instituto de Estudios sobre la Ciencia y la Tecnología, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Argentina. Mariano's presentation (Slideshare)

STEPS Centre session at World Water Week, Stockholmsmässan, Stockholm: Liquid Dynamics II: Linking quality and access for pro-poor sustainability.

STEPS Conference 2010: Pathways to Sustainability Agendas for a new politics of environment, development and social justice 23-24 September 2010 at the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex University. Video from the conference Keynote speeches Day 1: Melissa Leach, STEPS Centre Director - "Pathways to Sustainability: The STEPS Centre's Approach" Day 2: Arun Agrawal, University of...

"Shit and Citizenship: The Political Economy of Sanitation Investment in Brazil." STEPS Water Seminar with Alex Shankland, Institute of Development Studies and Ken Caplan, Director, Building Partnerships for Development. Video: "Shit and Citizenship" presentation (blip.tv, 43min) Alex Shankland and Ken Caplan's slides (Slideshare)

"India and Pakistan’s truculent cooperation: Is 50 years enough?" STEPS Water Seminar with Undala Alam, School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy at Queen's University, Belfast. Undala Alam's slides (Slideshare)

First Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Montreux, Switzerland. Contributions from STEPS Centre members: Michael Loevinsohn: New directions in environment-health research: implications for health systems Gerald Bloom: Beyond Scaling Up Blogs from Montreux

"Brand Aid: Shopping Well to Save the World". Lisa Ann Richey, Professor of International Development Studies, Roskilde University, Denmark. Video: Brand Aid seminar (blip.tv, 20min)