'Civic Epistemology as a Research Tool: The Uses of Theory' - Sheila Jasanoff, Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies. Listen to audio clips of Sheila Jasnoff's seminar, read the report and join the debate on the blog

'An Institutional Perspective on the Valuation of Biodiversity' Arild Vatn, Department of Economics and Resource Management, Agricultural University of Norway. Read Arild Vatn's paper and listen to audio clips

Making Innovation Work for the Poor in a Globalised World Part of the Delivering Public Value from New Technologies series A joint seminar from STEPS and Practical Action. Focusing on increasing the recognition of the role of technology in human development, this day-long seminar put the emphasis on improving the choice people have about which...

Over 150 attend launch event at Portcullis House, London Melissa Leach's launch speech (pdf 63.2kb) Video: Judi Wakhungu, chair of STEPS Advisory Board, on why STEPS is vital right now Press release Speaker biographies ESRC deputy chief executive Glyn Davies' speech (pdf 12.5kb) Blog: join the debate The launch in pictures (our Flickr photostream) We...

STEPS Centre Symposium at the DSA Conference The first STEPS Centre Symposium was held alongside the Development Studies Association annual conference 2007 to tie in with the theme of ‘Connecting Science, Society and Development. The first STEPS Centre Symposium was held alongside the Development Studies Association Annual Conference to tie in with this year’s theme...

Will managing food systems for resilience maker us more food secure? Polly Ericksen, Global Environmental Change and Food Systems (GECAFS) at the Environmental Change Institute at Oxford University. Polly Ericksen's presentation (Slideshare) Blog post about the event

Bill Adams, Dept of Geography at the University of Cambridge, on the political ecology of biodiversity conservation. Bill Adam's presentation (on Slideshare) Read the blog Listen to the podcast Photos (on Flickr)

Looking back to look forward In 1987 a meeting of 50 social and natural scientists proved a defining moment in the development of farmer participation in agricultural research. In December 2007 the Future Agricultures Consortium in association STEPS and IDS hosted an international workshop, Farmer First Revisited, to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the...

Helena Paul, Econexus, and Les Levidow, Open University, on global biofuel crops; integrating an agri-energy industry, and driving dispossession. Read Helena Paul and Les Levidow's presentation (on Slideshare) Read the blog Listen to the podcast Photos (on Flickr)

Innovation, Sustainability, Development: A New Manifesto project seminar Geoff Oldham, former SPRU director, former chairman of the United Nations Advisory Committee on Science and Technology for Development, and for five years a UK Delegate to the UN Commission on IDS/SPRU collaboration in the Early Days: ‘The Sussex Manifesto and its Aftermath’. Read Geoff Oldham's presentation...