BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//STEPS Centre - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:STEPS Centre X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://steps-centre.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for STEPS Centre REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20130331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20131027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20140330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20141026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20150329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20151025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20160327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20161030T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150610T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150612T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T211256 CREATED:20170125T150404Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180322T170739Z UID:10600-1433923200-1434128400@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:Low Carbon Development in Africa DESCRIPTION:This event aimed to shape the research\, policy and practice agendas for low-carbon development in Africa. It was also the launch event for the STEPS Africa Sustainability Hub. \nLow Carbon Development in Africa workshop. Photo: STEPS Centre\nIn Sub-Saharan Africa\, two-thirds of people still lack access to electricity. Working for economic development and reducing poverty\, while addressing climate change\, is a complex and pressing challenge. \nTo debate ways forward\, this event in Nairobi brought together over 100 international delegates drawn from government\, industry\, universities and civil society. It was jointly hosted by the African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS)\, the STEPS Centre\, the African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS)\, the Stockholm Enviroment Institute Africa (SEI Africa)\, and Practical Action. \nThe workshop also marked the official launch of the STEPS Africa Sustainability Hub\, one of five hubs in the Pathways to Sustainability Consortium. \n\nWorkshop report\nDownload the workshop report (pdf 532 KB) \n\nProgramme\nProf Judi Wakhungu\, Cabinet Secretary for Environment\, Water and Natural Resources\, Kenya\, gave the keynote address on behalf of the Cabinet Secretary of the National Treasury on Kenya\, Hon. Henry Rotich. \nSessions covered at the workshop included: \n\nLow-carbon pathways out of energy poverty\nCase studies of research in Africa\nEnergy access\nKnowledge gaps and inclusion\nAfrican priorities for research\, policy and practice\n\nDownload the programme (pdf\, 360KB) \n\nMedia coverage and blog posts\nEvent Storify – a selection of tweets\, links and images from the workshop \nPress coverage\n\nSciDev.Net Low-carbon hubs could help solve Africa’s energy gap 3 July 2015\nOther coverage: Coastweek / ScienceAfrica / SpyGhana\n\nBlogs\n\nAfrica Sustainability Hub will promote low-carbon opportunities by David Ockwell\, 19 June 2015\nPro-poor\, low carbon energy conversations across the STEPS global consortium by Adrian Ely\, 16 June 2015\nSTEPS Africa Sustainability Hub launched in Nairobi by Ian Scoones\, 10 June 2015\nKenyan Finance Minister: STEPS Africa “a huge contribution” by Ian Scoones\, 10 June 2015\nKnowledge is power: towards low carbon energy in Africa by Nathan Oxley\, 10 June 2015\nWhy access to energy is crucial for economic growth and poverty reduction by Ian Scoones\, 10 June 2015\n\n  URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/low-carbon-development-in-africa/ CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy,Technology & innovation END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150610 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150613 DTSTAMP:20260403T211256 CREATED:20150604T153320Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170428T135516Z UID:7444-1433894400-1434153599@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:STEPS Africa launch - Low carbon Africa: Development Pathways out of Poverty DESCRIPTION:The STEPS Africa Sustainability Hub was officially launched on 12 June 2015 in Nairobi\, Kenya at a workshop entitled Low carbon Africa: Development Pathways out of Poverty. \nThe event brought together 100 international delegates drawn from government\, industry\, universities and civil society to explore and share ideas and approaches on pathways towards developing low carbon economies. \nThe African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS)\, the STEPS Centre\, the African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS)\, the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)\, and Practical Action jointly hosting the three-day workshop. It included high-level discussions on how to encourage low-carbon development and promote pro-poor energy development. \nThe keynote address and official opening was delivered by Judi Wakhungu on behalf of Hon. Henry Rotich\, Cabinet Secretary\, National Treasury. \nThe Africa Sustainability Hub is one of six hubs in the Pathways to Sustainability Global Consortium. It is a networked hub based at ACTS with partners ATPS and SEI Africa. \n\nFind out more about STEPS Africa \nFind out more about the Pathways to Sustainability Global Consortium URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-africa-workshop/ LOCATION:Crowne Plaza Hotel\, Nairobi\, Kenya CATEGORIES:Understanding sustainability END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150514T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150514T140000 DTSTAMP:20260403T211256 CREATED:20150413T135804Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T215001Z UID:7245-1431608400-1431612000@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:STEPS Seminar: Nora McKeon on Food Security Governance DESCRIPTION:‘Food Security Governance: empowering communities\, regulating corporations’ \nSeminar with Nora McKeon. All welcome. \nTerra Nuova\, Board Member\, Roma 3 Masters in Human Development and Food Security\, Lecturer\, West African Network of Peasant and Agricultural Producers’ Organizations (ROPPA)\, Technical Adviser \nToday’s global food system generates hunger alongside of land grabs\, food waste\, health problems\, massive greenhouse gas emissions. Nora McKeon’s new book explains why we find ourselves in this situation and explores what we can do to change it. In her talk she will review how the international community (mis)handled food issues since WWII up to the food crisis of 2007-2008\, privileging short term national or private interests over long-term public goals of equity and sustainability. She will contrast how actors link up in corporate global food chains – in which producers\, consumers and the environment are the losers – and in the local food systems that are considered to be “alternative” but in fact feed most of the world’s population. She will explain how the financial and structural power of corporations\, allied to discourse that portrays their approach to meeting the world’s food needs as “modern” and “productive”\, allows them to set the rules to their advantage. She will point out the perils of “scientific evidence-based” decision-making when it intrudes on the terrain that properly belongs to political process and value-based debate. \nThe author will describe how people around the world are organizing to protect their access to resources and build better ways of food provision\, in what is increasingly referred to as a food sovereignty movement. The United Nations Committee on World Food Security – a uniquely inclusive global policy forum since its reform in 2009 – could be supportive of these efforts in pursuing its mandate to defend the right to food of the world’s population. The talk will conclude with a call to blow the whistle on speculative capitalism by building effective public policy instruments for accountable governance and extending their authority to the realm of regulating markets and corporations. \nAbout Nora McKeon \nNora McKeon studied history at Harvard and political science at the Sorbonne before joining the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations where she directed the organization’s relations with civil society. A major focus of her work was opening FAO up to civil society/social movements. URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-seminar-nora-mckeon-food-security-governance/ LOCATION:Convening Space\, Institute of Development Studies\, Library Road\, Falmer\, Brighton\, BN1 9RE\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Food & agriculture,Governance & policy,Seminars END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150513T173000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150513T203000 DTSTAMP:20260403T211256 CREATED:20150319T154703Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T215316Z UID:7154-1431538200-1431549000@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:Public lecture: Mike Hulme - '(Still) Disagreeing about Climate Change: What Way Forward?' DESCRIPTION:Mike Hulme\, King’s College London\nSTEPS Public Lecture\, followed by drinks reception – all welcome\nFulton A Lecture Theatre\, University of Sussex \n\n \n\nDownload a poster (pdf) \nClimate change is an environmental\, cultural and political phenomenon which is reshaping the way people think about themselves\, their societies and their Earthly futures. Climate change is therefore a major instance where scientific knowledge and symbolic imagination interact in multiple and complex ways. \nIn an earlier book\, Why We Disagree about Climate Change\, I considered the different ways people think about climate change in the contexts of science\, economics\, religion\, psychology\, risk communication\, development sociology\, and politics. In the six years since that book was published\, new developments have occurred in nature\, science\, politics and culture\, yet climate change continues to be an idea which both unites and divides us. In this talk I will consider why this is and what it tells us about the emerging narrative of the Anthropocene. My normative claim is that we need a variety of insights about climate and its cultural and political manifestations to offer a sufficient number of entry points for human actors to work creatively with the idea of climate change. \nAbout Mike Hulme \nMike Hulme is professor of climate and culture in the Department of Geography at King’s College London. His work explores the idea of climate change using historical\, cultural and scientific analyses\, seeking to illuminate the numerous ways in which climate change is deployed in public and political discourse. \nHis latest book is Can Science Fix Climate Change? A Case Against Climate Engineering (Polity) and is currently writing Cultured Weather: The Idea of Climate and What We Do With It (SAGE). He is also the author of Exploring Climate Change Through Science and In Society (Routledge) and Why We Disagree About Climate Change (Cambridge). \nDrinks reception \nThis public lecture will be followed at about 7.30pm by a drinks reception in the same venue. All participants at the lecture are welcome to stay for drinks afterwards. \nThis event is part of the annual STEPS Centre Summer School. It is the only public event on this year’s programme. \n  URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/mike-hulme-still-disagreeing-about-climate-change/ LOCATION:Fulton A Lecture Theatre\, University of Sussex\, Falmer\, Brighton\, BN1 9RH\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150508T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150508T163000 DTSTAMP:20260403T211256 CREATED:20150213T111141Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T215513Z UID:7021-1431093600-1431102600@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:Seminar: Low carbon innovation paths in Europe and Asia: Divergence or Convergence? DESCRIPTION:IDS/SPRU/STEPS Seminar \nThe current technological shift from high to low carbon development coincides with a geographical shift: the rapid expansion of green production and innovation capacity in China and India. This constellation gives rise to the question: to what extent\, how and why do the innovation paths in Europe and in Asia differ? \nThe seminar focuses on this question and presents the findings of new comparative research on renewable energy and electromobility. It is based on a joint project of the German Development Institute\, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi\, Tsinghua School of Public Policy and Management\, and Institute of Development Studies. \nParticipants: \n\nHubert Schmitz (IDS) What are the issues? Why are they important?\nRasmus Lema (Aalborg) Europe-Asia comparison: renewable energy\nTilman Altenburg (DIE/GDI) Europe-Asia comparison: electromobility\nAdrian Ely (SPRU-STEPS) Moderator URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/seminar-low-carbon-innovation-paths-europe-asia-divergence-convergence/ LOCATION:Room 144\, Jubilee Building\, University of Sussex\, Falmer\, BN1 9SL\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Governance & policy,Seminars,Technology & innovation END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150420T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150421T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T211256 CREATED:20170125T165031Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170125T165031Z UID:10622-1429516800-1429635600@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:Pathways to Sustainability in a Changing China DESCRIPTION:The Pathways to Sustainability in a Changing China conference marked the launch of the STEPS China Sustainability Hub\, and provided a valuable opportunity for STEPS Centre members\, colleagues from across China and international partners from our Global Consortium to share insights\, experiences and plans for future research and engagement. \n \nThe conference was hosted by Beijing Normal University School of Social Development and Public Policy in partnership with the STEPS Centre and under the auspices of the Ministry of Education’s 2011 Cooperative Platform on Innovation\, Governance and Development. \nFunding for this conference was provided by the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) through the Newton Fund. \n\n“变迁中的中国的可持续发展路径” 国际会议\n2015年4月20日—21日 \nSTEPS中心目前正致力于建立一个全球性的“可持续发展路径”研究联盟。作为这一行动中的一部分，我们与长期合作伙伴——北京师范大学——协作建立了北京可持续发展研究中心。 \n本次会议在教育部2011创新、治理与发展合作平台的支持下，由北京师范大学社会发展与公共政策学院和STEPS 研究中心合作主办。会议旨在从中国的视角探讨可持续发展路径，促进国际讨论。 \n本次国际会议将标志着北京可持续发展研究中心的正式启动，这也将为STEPS中心及其中国、国际合作伙伴提供宝贵的交流机会。 \n\nProgramme\n\nSTEPS-BNU Conference programme (PDF 168KB)\n\n We were delighted to have keynote speeches from Zhang Xiulan (Director\, BNU-SSDPP) and Melissa Leach (Director\, IDS; Former Director\, STEPS Centre). Sessions throughout the conference covered: \n\nInstitutional innovation and health reform in China\nSocial innovation in agriculture and natural resources\nAntimicrobial resistance\nLow Carbon Energy Transitions that Serve the Needs of the Poor\nFuture directions for seeds and agricultural development\nPoverty Reduction and Social Finance\nSustainable and equitable urban transformations\nEnvironment\, health and food safety\n\n\n \n Melissa Leach keynote at Pathways to Sustainability in a Changing China conference. from STEPS Centre\nConference video\nWatch the keynote speeches by Melissa Leach and Zhang Xiulan embedded below. Scroll down for links to parallel presentations. \n \nLinks to specific presentations: \nKeynote talks\nMelissa Leach and Zhang Xiulan – Pathways to Sustainability in a changing China \nPanel talks\nInstitutional innovation and Health Reform in China\nLewis Husain: Institutional innovation and health reform in China \nLijie Fang: New direction in social policy of China: the interaction between social services and social organizations \nYue Xiao: MCH and Family planning service delivery in China \nSocial innovation in agriculture and natural resources\nAdrian Ely: Social innovation in agriculture and natural resources \nGongbuzeren: Tibetan pastoral institutional responses to a changing socio-ecological system in China \nJoel Houdet: A cost-benefit analysis of mining in Karamoja \nLow carbon energy transitions that serve the needs of the poor\nRob Byrne: Low carbon energy transitions that serve the needs of the poor \nYixin Dai: Wind and Solar as energy transition in China \nGiuseppina Siciliano: Large dams in Southeast Asia and Africa: risks and opportunities \nSandra Pointel: Pro-poor low carbon energy access in Ghana – what role for China? \nJoel Houdet: Experiences from Africa \nAnti-microbial resistance\nGerry Bloom: Addressing resistance to antibiotics in plural health systems \nZhang Xiulan: Understanding the implementation of antibiotic regulations and other strategies in China \n Fang Jing: Reducing antimicrobial resistance: what can we do and how? \nDing Shijun: Knowledge of producers\, doctors and vets on pig antibiotic use \nFuture directions for seeds and agricultural development\nAnabel Marin: The future of seeds \nAndy Stirling: Alternative innovation pathways for seed development \nDing Shijun: Chinese seed firms ‘going abroad’ \nJames Keeley: AgriTT: Working in partnership for agricultural technology \n Yichun Song: Seed sovereignty\, sustainable agriculture and continuity \nPoverty reduction and social finance\nLi He: Needs and the questions of social finance based on the thinking of an environment project \nXu Hui: Social finance for for poverty alleviation: innovations since 2009 \nZhang Qian: Poverty trap and elite capture in pastoral areas of Inner Mongolia under climate change \nZhao Jia: Poverty reduction and social finance: reflections on the ‘Nong Shang Dai’ programme of creditease \nSustainable and equitable urban transformations\nYing Chen: Urbanization and sustainable development of cities in China \nZhao Zheng: China’s urban green development efficiency\, based on urban data analysis of Silk Road Economical Belt \nEnvironment\, health and food safety\nChao Cai: Food safety in China: two problems in focus \nFang Jing: Field building leadership initiative: advancing eco health in Asia \nLu Jixia: Historicizing sustainable livelihoods: a pathways approach to lead mining in rural central China \nDavid Tyfield: Towards sustainable and equitable urban transformations \n\nMasterclass\nThe conference was preceded by a one day Masterclass at BNU SSDPP\, involving early career researchers and students from BNU and other Chinese universities with STEPS Centre members and alumni. \nThe event explored the STEPS pathways approach and pathways methods and methodologies. Presentations were made to winners of the Sustainability Hub research proposal competition (see photo below). A South-South Cooperation Forum with international students at BNU contributions from STEPS Global Consortium partners from Africa and Argentina was also convened. \n \n\nBlog series\nReflections and learning from the conference \n\nAndy Stirling on New Pathways: Learning from China’s greenization\nMelissa Leach Made in China? Mutual learning in a global development era\nSandra Pointel Between ‘greenization’ and ‘citizenization’: Welcome to China’s New Normal\nSandra Pointel South-South Cooperation: Voices from Africa and Latin America resonate in China\n\n\nMedia coverage\nResearch hub helps China’s sustainable development\, China Daily\, 29 April 2015 \n\nMore information\nSTEPS China Sustainability Hub \n  URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/pathways-to-sustainability-in-a-changing-china/ CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy,Food & agriculture,Governance & policy,Health & disease,Technology & innovation,Urbanisation END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150420 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150422 DTSTAMP:20260403T211256 CREATED:20150409T133819Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150409T133819Z UID:11160-1429488000-1429660799@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:International Conference: Pathways to Sustainability in a Changing China DESCRIPTION:The conference will be hosted by Beijing Normal University School of Social Development and Public Policy in partnership with the STEPS Centre and under the auspices of the Ministry of Education’s 2011 Cooperative Platform on Innovation\, Governance and Development. \nWith long-term partners around the world we are now establishing a Pathways to Sustainability global consortium\, with six regional sustainability hubs\, including one in China\, working with Beijing Normal University and other institutions. \nThis invitation-only conference will mark the launch of the China sustainability hub and provide a valuable opportunity for members of the STEPS Centre to share insights and experiences with colleagues from across China and other international partners. \nFind out more about the conference. URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/bnuconference/ LOCATION:Room 2030\, Room 2030\, Beijing Normal University School of Public Policy and Management\, Beijing\, China ORGANIZER;CN="Harriet Dudley":MAILTO:h.dudley@ids.ac.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150414T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150414T130000 DTSTAMP:20260403T211256 CREATED:20161111T165438Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T215601Z UID:7182-1429009200-1429016400@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:Innovation for Sustainability in a Changing China: Exploring Narratives and Pathways DESCRIPTION:Adrian Ely and Sam Geall\, STEPS Centre / SPRU\n14 April 2015 at 11am – 1pm\nVenue tbc \nChina is the global leader in renewable energy investment and has adopted ambitious targets for low carbon development. Given the environmental impacts of the country’s current development trajectories and China’s increasing role as a source of innovation \, progress towards these targets are of vital importance to the whole world. \nThis seminar will explore some of the key political narratives that have underpinned China’s policies in these areas\, and in wider debates around sustainable development. At the same time\, we outline emerging Chinese narratives around the concept of innovation\, and the ways these link to environmental objectives. Drawing on theoretical insights from work in the STEPS Centre (Leach et al 2010) that investigate the role of power in shaping narratives\, knowledge and action around specific ‘pathways to sustainability’\, we explore the ways in which dominant policy narratives in China are driving particular forms of innovation for sustainability\, and potentially occluding or constrainin g others. \nThis event is part of the Sussex China Seminar Series. Participants are asked to register in order to attend. URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/innovation-for-sustainability-in-a-changing-china-exploring-narratives-and-pathways/ LOCATION:tbc CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy,Seminars,Understanding sustainability END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150319T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150319T190000 DTSTAMP:20260403T211256 CREATED:20150219T233052Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T215840Z UID:7047-1426784400-1426791600@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:Public Roundtable: Nature As Commodity DESCRIPTION:Download poster (PDF)\nFishery bycatch offsetting in Canada\, catastrophe bonds in the US\, weather derivatives in Ethiopia… What is at stake with the financialisation of nature? Where do we go from here? \nPanel: \n\nMelissa Leach (Director\, Institute of Development Studies)\nHannah Mowat (Fern\, Belgium)\nLarry Lohman (The Corner House)\nAntonio Tricarico (Re:Common\, Italy)\nBram Büscher (Wageningen University)\n\nThis public roundtable discussion is organised by the Centre for Global Political Economy\, University of Sussex and the STEPS Centre\, and financially supported by Sussex University’s Doctoral School’s Researcher-Led Initiative (RLI) fund. It is linked to a conference exploring critical perspectives on the financialisation of nature. \nAll welcome – free entry \nShare this event with others \n\nFacebook event page\nDownload a printable poster (PDF) URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/roundtable-nature-as-commodity/ LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, Ship St\, Brighton\, BN1 1AF\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Governance & policy,Resource politics END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150319T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150320T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T211256 CREATED:20141028T132112Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T215946Z UID:6721-1426770000-1426870800@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:Critical Perspectives on the Financialisation of Nature - Theory\, Politics and Practice DESCRIPTION:University of Sussex\, 19-20th March 2015 \nHosted by the Centre for Global Political Economy & STEPS Centre \nUpdate (2 March 2015): A public roundtable on this topic will be held in Brighton on 19 March\, with contributions from Melissa Leach\, Hannah Mowat\, Larry Lohman\, Antonio Tricarico and Bram Büscher.\n \nDownload the conference programme (PDF) \nCarbon markets in China\, fishery bycatch offsetting in Canada\, catastrophe bonds in the US\, weather derivatives in Ethiopia\, betting on species extinction such as Norwegian sharks… \nThese are just a few examples of the commodification\, marketisation and financialisation of nature. In what ways can we best make sense of these developments? What practical\, political and theoretical innovations will allow us to better understand them\, engage with them and contest them? \nWe invite participants from any discipline to a 1.5 day intensive workshop bringing together doctoral and early career researchers to discuss\, theorise and critically reflect on the practical and political implications of the commodification\, marketisation and financialisation of nature. Papers should focus on questions including (but not limited to): \n\nWhat are the challenges\, contradictions and limits that arise from the creation of these new forms of market-based environmental products and services?\nWhat are the new materialities and commodities of nature that are created through these novel forms of governance?\nHow do these processes change the way we relate to nature\, govern nature\, live in nature and indeed are governed by nature?\nHow does the marketisation or financialisation of nature relate to other forms of accumulation and the wider political economy?\nWhat kinds of (new) power relations are (re)produced through the making of environmental markets\, and what social and environmental justice issues are brought to light or develop in response to these (neoliberal?) phenomena?\n\nParticipants will be required to submit full papers in advance of the workshop and are expected to read each other’s work beforehand to enable in-depth engagement with one another’s arguments. The sessions will be chaired by academics working in the field who will also provide feedback on papers. Moreover\, the workshop will bring together activists and academics for a panel discussion\, reflecting on the interlinkages between activism and research on the financialisation of nature. \nSpeakers \nPresenters will include: \nConfirmed speakers \n\nProf James Fairhead (Chair in Social Anthropology\, University of Sussex)\nLarry Lohmann (The Corner House)\nHannah Mowat (FERN)\nProf Peter Newell (STEPS/Centre for Global Political Economy\, University of Sussex)\nProf Ian Scoones (STEPS/Institute of Development Studies)\n\nInvited speakers (tbc) \n\nJutta Kill\nProf John O’Neill\nCatherine Corson\n\nRegistration is free and food will be provided. We have some funding for accommodation and travel for a limited number of doctoral researchers. Details about applying for this funding will be sent out once abstracts have been selected. \nThis event is financially supported by Sussex University’s Doctoral School’s Researcher-Led Initiative (RLI) fund. URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/critical-perspectives-financialisation-nature-theory-politics-practice/ LOCATION:University of Sussex\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Resource politics END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150317T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150317T143000 DTSTAMP:20260403T211256 CREATED:20150311T162521Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T220104Z UID:7135-1426597200-1426602600@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:The inclusive turn of neoliberal conservation? Opportunities and threats of REDD+ in Tanzania DESCRIPTION:Seminar by STEPS visiting fellow Andreas Scheba \nThe rise of new markets\, or market-like instruments\, in the realm of nature conservation is a key feature of global discourse and strategies around the ‘green’ economy. Innovative ways of measuring\, valuing and trading nature have emerged that enjoy increasing support among public and private stakeholders. At the same time\, critical scholarship has warned against the problematic and contradictory logic of what they call ‘neoliberal conservation’\, raising valid questions of: How does pricing nature contribute to its protection? Who benefits from the new commodities? Who loses? What has politics got to do with it? \nThis seminar will investigate these questions in the context of REDD+ in Lindi\, Tanzania. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in two remote\, forest-dependent villages\, I will discuss how and why neoliberal conservation emerges and manifest itself in a deprived rural context; and what effects it has on forest governance\, rural livelihoods and conservation practice. \nThe role of discourse\, politics and power over forest resources will be critically examined\, both currently and in a historical perspective. The findings of my analysis will lead me to argue for an ‘inclusive’ turn in neoliberal conservation that offers both opportunities and challenges for sustainable democratic futures. \nAndreas Scheba is an Austrian born\, early-career researcher who recently completed his PhD in Development Policy and Management at the University of Manchester. His doctoral thesis examined the politics and development effects of REDD+ in the Lindi region of Tanzania\, for which he conducted ethnographic research in two remote\, forest-dependent villages. URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/the-inclusive-turn-of-neoliberal-conservation-opportunities-and-threats-of-redd-in-tanzania/ LOCATION:Room 221\, Institute of Development Studies\, Library Road\, Falmer\, Brighton\, BN1 9RE\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Resource politics,Seminars END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150310T123000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150310T140000 DTSTAMP:20260403T211256 CREATED:20150309T122226Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T220138Z UID:7111-1425990600-1425996000@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:Seminar: Mission-Oriented Public Investments? DESCRIPTION:Mission-Oriented Public Investments? State Investment Banks & Picking-Winner Policies\n\nSpeakers: Mariana Mazzucato and Caetano Penna \nDiscussants: Martin Bell and Stephany Griffith-Jones \nThis event is jointly hosted by the STEPS Centre and IDS Business and Development Centre \n\nLive Streaming Tuesday 10 March 2015 12:30 to 14:00 \nRefreshments will be provided from 12:00 IDS Convening Space \n\nThis seminar focuses on the rise of state investment banks (SIBs) as lead funders of ‘mission-oriented’ innovation in various countries’ agendas regarding ‘smart’ (innovation-led) growth\, arguing that the market failure justification for public finance does not capture the increasingly active role that such banks are playing in shaping and creating markets. \nIt will also look at mission-oriented investments by other types of public funding agencies — sometimes branded as ‘picking winner’ policies—with a particular focus on the need for metrics to evaluate such investments in a way that captures the market shaping (vs. fixing) role of public investments. \nAbout the Speakers\nMariana Mazzucato is a Professor in the Economics of Innovation in the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU)\, University of Sussex. Her work focuses on the economics of innovation; finance and economic growth; and the role of the State in modern capitalism. She advises policy makers globally on how to achieve ‘smart’ – innovation led – and more inclusive economic growth. \nHer recent book\, The Entrepreneurial State: debunking private vs. public sector myths\, challenges the image of the lethargic\, regulating state versus the dynamic business sector\, showing how some of the most high risk and courageous investments that led to revolutions in IT\, biotechnology and nanotechnology\, were sparked by public sector institutions. She is winner of the New Statesman SPERI Prize in Political Economy and in 2013 the New Republic called her one of the ‘3 most important thinkers about innovation’. \nCaetano C.R. Penna obtained his PhD in Science and Technology Policy from the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU)\, University of Sussex\, in 2014; his MA in Technology Governance from the Ragnar Nurkse School of Innovation and Governance\, TUT\, Estonia in 2009\, and his BA in Economics and Political Economy from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) in 2006. \nDr Penna was a Research Fellow in Finance and Innovation at SPRU until November 2014\, where he played a leading role in linking two research projects led by Professor Mariana Mazzucato (INET’s Financing Innovation and Ford Foundation’s Finance and The Entrepreneurial State). Together with Mazzucato\, he has developed the video project Rethinking the State. He is a founding partner of BabelTeam Internet Business Solutions\, and has previously worked at the Investor Relations department of Petrobras\, the Brazilian oil company. \nDiscussants\nMartin Bell\, an historian and economist\, is an Emeritus Professor at SPRU\, University of Sussex. His research has been concerned with processes of building industrial innovation capabilities in Asian\, Latin American and African economies. He focuses in particular on the roles of these capabilities in the long-term evolution of innovation systems in these countries\, and on the influence of those paths on both the structural diversification of their economies and their possible transitions towards more sustainable futures. \nStephanie Griffith Jones is an economist working on global capital flows\, with particular focus on flows to emerging markets\, macro-economic management of capital flows in Latin America\, Eastern Europe and sub-Saharan Africa\, proposals for international measures to diminish volatility of capital flows and reduce the likelihood of currency crises\, analysis of national and international capital markets and international financial reform. URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/seminar-mission-oriented-public-investments/ LOCATION:Room 221\, Institute of Development Studies\, Library Road\, Falmer\, Brighton\, BN1 9RE\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Governance & policy ORGANIZER;CN="Harriet Dudley":MAILTO:h.dudley@ids.ac.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150223T123000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150223T140000 DTSTAMP:20260403T211256 CREATED:20150210T144611Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T220211Z UID:7007-1424694600-1424700000@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:Seminar: Sustainable Development at a Crossroad: Transformation of the Industrial State during a Perfect Storm DESCRIPTION:STEPS/SPRU seminar \nNicholas A. Ashford\, PhD.\, JD. \nProfessor of Technology and Policy and Director of the Technology and Law Program\nMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). \nThe most important barriers to achieving a transformation to a more sustainable industrial system is lock-in or path dependency due to (1) the failure to envision\, design\, and implement policies that achieve co-optimization\, or the mutually reinforcing – rather than the compromising – of societal goals (economic welfare\, environmental quality\, and employment/earning capacity) and (2) entrenched economic and political interests that game (and gain from) the present system and advancement of its current trends. System-wide change requires system-wide thinking and action. \nSound legislative and programmatic changes\, and an independent judiciary\, are compromised by gridlock\, corruption\, and diversionary tactics while the debates we should be having are sidestepped by the media and self-serving political maneuvering. Sustainable development requires both technological and institutional changes\, while ‘opening up the participatory and political space’ to enable new voices to contribute to integrated systems thinking and solutions. Societal innovations and transformation are also needed but they are insufficient by themselves to transcend technical\, economic\, financial\, and political lock-in. However\, technology is neither the major barrier nor the solution. Financial and political reform is key to accomplishing both. \nInsights from Prof Ashford’s recent book with Ralph Hall: Technology\, Globalization\, and Sustainable Development: Transforming the Industrial State (2011\, Yale University Press) will inform the presentation. URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/sustainable-development-at-a-crossroad-ashford/ LOCATION:Arts A04\, University of Sussex\, Falmer\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Seminars END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150219T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150219T180000 DTSTAMP:20260403T211256 CREATED:20150217T102838Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T220234Z UID:7037-1424368800-1424368800@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:'India's Risks' book launch DESCRIPTION:Book launch: ‘India’s Risks: Democratizing the Management of Threats to Environment\, Health and Values’\n \nWith Professor M V Rajeev Gowda\, Honorable Member of Parliament and Professor Ian Scoones\, STEPS Centre\, Institute of Development Studies\, University of Sussex UK \nThursday 19 February at 6.00 – 7.30 pm at The British Council\, New Delhi \nLive streamed video coverage (starts 6.30pm Delhi time) \n \nProf M V Rajeev Gowda will be introducing his new book\, co-edited with Raphaelle Moor\, in conversation with a range of eminent panellists: \n\nProfessor Shiv Visvanathan\, Professor and Vice Dean\, Centre for the Study of Science\, Society and Sustainability\, Jindal School of Government and Public Policy\, O.P. Jindal University\nMr Keshav Desiraju\, Secretary\, GOI Ministry of Consumer Affairs\, Food and Public Distribution\nDr Nafees Meah\, Director – Research Councils UK\, India\n\nIn association with the British Council. \nEnquiries/RSVP: Lakshyata.sinha@britishcouncil.org \n\n  \nAbout the book \nA prospective superpower\, India is still grappling with a host of risks that threaten to hamper its progress. These range from environmental threats caused by GM crops and pollution; dangers to health from HIV/AIDS and maternal mortality; safety concerns about natural hazards\, nuclear power\, and industrial disasters; and challenges to livelihoods and values. \nSome of the issues that this volume explores are: what counts as an ‘acceptable’ risk\, and who decides? How should divergent perceptions of risks be reconciled? And\, where is the line between science and politics? Advocating a more multidimensional approach to managing risks\, the authors challenge many of the dominant perspectives in India. \nThe field of risk research\, which has emerged over the last 40 years in the West\, has been relatively unexplored in India. In an effort to bridge this gap\, this volume brings together Indian and Western scholars and practitioners across the fields of psychology\, anthropology\, law\, politics\, sociology\, public health\, philosophy\, science\, and architecture\, who offer insights on the theory of risk\, lessons from the West\, and the realities of risk in India. \nBuy the book online \nRead more about ‘India’s Risks’ \n  URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/indias-risks-book-launch/ CATEGORIES:Governance & policy END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150211T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150211T140000 DTSTAMP:20260403T211256 CREATED:20150209T141016Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T220314Z UID:7003-1423659600-1423663200@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:Seminar: Providing scientific advice to the UK Parliament | Dr Chandrika Nath DESCRIPTION:Dr Chandrika Nath\, Deputy Director\, Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology \nDr Nath is Deputy Director of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST)\, Parliament’s in-house source of scientific advice. In this talk Dr Nath will describe how POST works\, and how research evidence is incorporated into the parliamentary process. She will also talk briefly about POST’s work to support evidence-informed policy making in developing countries. \nDr Nath heads POST’s physical sciences team (covering defence\, security and telecommunications) and oversees POST’s international work. Prior to joining POST she worked at the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge and has a doctorate in Particle Physics from Oxford University. URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/nath/ LOCATION:Room G22\, Jubilee Building\, University of Sussex\, Brighton\, BN1 9RH\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Governance & policy ORGANIZER;CN="Adrian Ely":MAILTO:a.v.ely@sussex.ac.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150203T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150203T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T211256 CREATED:20150123T171457Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T220353Z UID:6952-1422954000-1422982800@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:Realising the Transition: Addressing the challenges of low carbon energy and development in Africa DESCRIPTION:The ‘Rising Powers\, Clean Energy and the Low Carbon Transition in Southern Africa’ team\, are running a one day international workshop titled ‘Realising the Transition: Addressing the challenges of low carbon energy and development in Africa’  in London on February 3rd 2015. \nThe workshop will mark the culmination of our ESRC project on The Rising Powers\, Clean Energy and the Low Carbon Transition in Southern Africa\, a project affiliated to the STEPS Centre. \nThe workshop will be a platform to present findings from the research and engage with various stakeholders working on similar themes in Africa. It will draw together the key findings from the international research community working on the opportunities and challenges of addressing development\, climate change\, and low carbon energy in Africa together with the experiences of policy-makers and practitioners in this field. \nFor inquiries about the event please email Ankit Kumar; ankit.kumar@durham.ac.uk URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/realising-transition/ LOCATION:Royal Society\, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace\, London\, SW1Y 5AG CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy ORGANIZER;CN="Ankit Kumar":MAILTO:ankit.kumar@durham.ac.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150203T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150203T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T211256 CREATED:20150123T171457Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150123T171457Z UID:11150-1422954000-1422982800@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:Realising the Transition: Addressing the challenges of low carbon energy and development in Africa DESCRIPTION:The ‘Rising Powers\, Clean Energy and the Low Carbon Transition in Southern Africa’ team\, are running a one day international workshop titled ‘Realising the Transition: Addressing the challenges of low carbon energy and development in Africa’  in London on February 3rd 2015. \nThe workshop will mark the culmination of our ESRC project on The Rising Powers\, Clean Energy and the Low Carbon Transition in Southern Africa\, a project affiliated to the STEPS Centre. \nThe workshop will be a platform to present findings from the research and engage with various stakeholders working on similar themes in Africa. It will draw together the key findings from the international research community working on the opportunities and challenges of addressing development\, climate change\, and low carbon energy in Africa together with the experiences of policy-makers and practitioners in this field. \nFor inquiries about the event please email Ankit Kumar; ankit.kumar@durham.ac.uk URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/realising-transition-2/ LOCATION:Royal Society\, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace\, London\, SW1Y 5AG ORGANIZER;CN="Ankit Kumar":MAILTO:ankit.kumar@durham.ac.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150129T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150129T173000 DTSTAMP:20260403T211256 CREATED:20150114T092953Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T221323Z UID:6918-1422547200-1422552600@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:Synthetic Biology & Global Health - Claire Marris seminar DESCRIPTION:Synthetic Biology & Global Health: How to move beyond the promises/perils framing?\nClaire Marris\, King’s College London\n \nA seminar co-organised by Centre for Bionetworking\, STEPS Centre and Centre for Global Health Policy \nIn a speech announcing the UK’s “eight great technologies” in 2012\, Chancellor George Osborne stated that “synthetic biology will heal us\, heat [us] and feed us”. Against this articulation of synthetic biology’s promise\, concerns are routinely raised around narrowly defined “potential risks” and “ethical issues”\, but the main concern amongst institutions promoting synthetic biology seems to be that its grand destiny is in danger of being subverted by irrational public perceptions and fears. \nIn this seminar Claire Marris will discuss her efforts to try to shift discussions away from this ‘promises versus perils’ framing. \nDr Claire Marris is Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Social Science\, Health and Medicine at King’s College London. She is deputy leader of SSHM’s Research Group Biotechnology\, Pharmaceuticals and Public Policy and leads SSHM’s research on the social dimensions of synbio. \nFor inquiries about this event email Dr Adrian Ely: a.v.ely@sussex.ac.uk URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/marris/ LOCATION:Room C233\, Arts C\, University of Sussex\, Brighton CATEGORIES:Technology & innovation END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20141128T123000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20141128T140000 DTSTAMP:20260403T211256 CREATED:20141111T145952Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T221408Z UID:6758-1417177800-1417183200@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:Seminar: Science\, Technology and Innovation (STI) Strategy for Africa (STISA-2024) DESCRIPTION:Organised by the Human Sciences Research Council (South Africa) \nInvited Presenters:\nDr Mahama Ouedraogo\nAg. Director of the AUC/HRST\, African Union Commission \nAssociate Professor Clapperton C. Mavhunga\nProgram in Science\, Technology and Society\, MIT\, USA \nDr David Ockwell\nDeputy Director (Research)\, STEPS\, University of Sussex\, UK \nSenior official (tbc)\nDepartment of Science and Technology\, RSA \nChair: Prof. G Marcelle  \nHead of Centre for Science\, Technology and Innovation Indicators (CESTII)\, HSRC \nDate:  Friday\, 28 November    Time: 12:30  – 14:00 (South Africa time)\nVenue:  Pretoria / Cape Town / Durban (all via video conference)On 3 July 2014\, the African Union adopted the Science\, Technology and Innovation (STI) Strategy for Africa. This policy document\, which is central to shaping Africa science\, technology and innovation activities in the years to come\, has the potential to have significant implications for the socio-economic development of the continent. The strategy has received a range of responses across the continent and internationally. \nCeSTII will be organizing a lunchtime seminar to debate issues around STISA-2024. The seminar will provide a platform for knowledge exchange among academics\, policymakers\, civil society\, think-tanks and the business community. \nCritical issues that will be explored include: the main objectives of STISA-2024; underlying assumptions within the strategy; the roles that relevant research\, policy and practice can play in operationalising STISA-2024; and potential impacts of STISA-2024 on innovation-led growth\, development and competitiveness of the continent. This debate forms part of a series of interventions to initiate policy relevant engagement on STI policy. \nThe seminar may be attended in Pretoria\, Cape Town and Durban. \nRSVP by 27 November\nCape Town: Jean Witten jwitten@hsrc.ac.za\nDurban: Ridhwaan Khan rkhan@hsrc.ac.za\nPretoria: Arlene Grossberg acgrossberg@hsrc.ac.za URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/seminar-science-technology-innovation-sti-strategy-africa-stisa-2024/ CATEGORIES:Technology & innovation END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20141127 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20141128 DTSTAMP:20260403T211256 CREATED:20141008T082344Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T221447Z UID:6660-1417046400-1417132799@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:What works at the Nexus? Conference DESCRIPTION:Join us at the first Nexus Network conference: What works at the nexus? New connections in food\, energy\, water and environment on Thursday 27 November from 9.30 am to 5.30 pm at the Coin Street Conference Centre in London. \nThis is an opportunity for network members to meet\, hear high-profile keynote speakers\, discuss nexus challenges from a variety of perspectives\, and find out about possibilities for collaboration. \nThe meeting is open to everyone interested in nexus issues\, from academia\, policy organisations\, business\, practitioners and civil society. The event is free but we do ask you to register to secure your place as we expect to be oversubscribed. If you are not able to come in person\, we hope to webcast the event to allow you to take part- more details to follow. \nSECURE YOUR PLACE: Register via eventbrite \nThe STEPS Centre is a lead partner in The Nexus Network\, a new ESRC-funded initiative bringing together researchers\, policy makers\, business leaders and civil society to improve decision making on food\, energy\, water and the environmen \n——————————————————————————– \nAgenda \n09:30 Registration and coffee \n10:00 Navigating the nexus\nProf. James Wilsdon\, Director\, The Nexus Network (chair & introduction) \nKeynote: Prof. Ian Boyd\, Chief Scientific Adviser\, Defra \nPanel:\nProf. Lyla Mehta\,Research Fellow\, Institute of Development Studies\nProf. Ian Bateman\, Professor of Environmental Sciences & Director\, CSERGE\,University of East Anglia\nDr Jake Reynolds\, Director of Business Platforms\, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership \n——————————————————————————– \n11:15 Coffee break \n——————————————————————————– \n11:45 The business of the nexus\nDr Gemma Cranston\, Programme Manager\, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (chair) \nAnna Swaithes\, Head of Water and Food Security Policy\, SABMiller\nDamian Crilly\, Manager\, Environment & Business\, Environment Agency\nAdrian Greet\, Mars \n——————————————————————————– \n13:00 Lunch with poster session for small projects and thinkpieces \n——————————————————————————– \n14:00 Governing the nexus\nProf. Jane Elliott\, Chief Executive\, ESRC (Chair & introduction) \nPanel:\nDr Gemma Harper\, Defra Chief Social Researcher and Deputy Director of Evidence & Analysis\nProf. Michael Bradshaw\, Professor of Global Energy\, Warwick Business School\nProf. Quentin Grafton\, Professor of Economics & Director of the Centre for Water Economics\, Environment and Policy (CWEEP)\, Australian National University\nDr. Heide Hackmann\, Executive Director\, International Social Science Council \n——————————————————————————– \n15:15 Tea break \n——————————————————————————– \n15:45 The global politics of the nexus\nDr Rose Cairns\, Network Coordinator\, The Nexus Network (chair) \nKeynote: Prof. Jacqueline McGlade\, Chief Scientist\, United Nations Environment Programme \nThomas Lingard\, Global Advocacy Director\, Unilever\nProf. Andy Stirling\, Professor of Science & Technology Policy\, University of Sussex & Co-Director of ESRC STEPS Centre\nNick Hildyard\, The Corner House (tbc) \n——————————————————————————– \n17:15 Closing remarks \nMartin Cooke\, Chair\, The Nexus Network Advisory Group\nProf. James Wilsdon\, Director\, The Nexus Network \n17:30 Drinks reception and close URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/works-nexus-conference/ LOCATION:Coin Street Conference Centre\, 108 Stamford St\, London\, SE1 9NH CATEGORIES:Understanding sustainability ORGANIZER;CN="Rose Cairns":MAILTO:R.Cairns@sussex.ac.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20141013T091500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20141014T173000 DTSTAMP:20260403T211256 CREATED:20141009T131930Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T221523Z UID:6663-1413191700-1413307800@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:UNFCCC Workshop: Strengthening national systems of innovation in developing countries (+ live webcast) DESCRIPTION:On 13–14 October\, the Technology Executive Committee (TEC) of the UNFCCC will hold a workshop on Strengthening national systems of innovation in developing countries\, covering the entire technology cycle for climate technology. This workshop will be webcast (see link below). \nThe workshop includes a presentation by David Ockwell\, convenor of the STEPS Centre’s Energy and Climate Change domain\, on the subject of Transferring climate technology knowledge and developing national capacity to absorb knowledge. \nThe TEC is organizing the workshop to facilitate the implementation of its 2014-2015 rolling workplan. The workshop will support the TEC’s work on enhancing enabling environments for and addressing barriers to technology development and transfer\, in accordance with its mandated functions. It will have three sessions: \n\nStrengthening national systems of innovation\nIssues related to knowledge transfer between national systems of innovation\nKnowledge transfer mechanisms: enhancing collaboration.\n\nFull details of the event\, including an agenda\, background note and speaker biographies\, can be found on the TEC web page about the workshop. \nWebcast and virtual participation\nAll stakeholders are invited to follow the workshop through the live webcast and participate in the workshop discussions via social media. By using the Twitter hashtag #climatetech\, you may tweet questions for the consideration of the workshop participants.\n \n\nView webcast\nTweet questions using #climatetech\n\n  URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/unfccc-workshop-strengthening-national-systems-innovation-developing-countries-live-webcast/ LOCATION:Wissenschaftszentrum\, Bonn\, Germany CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy,Technology & innovation END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20141008T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20141008T190000 DTSTAMP:20260403T211257 CREATED:20140922T080712Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T221622Z UID:6620-1412787600-1412794800@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:Andrew Simms - Cancel the Apocalypse: New Pathways to Sustainability DESCRIPTION:Public lecture organised by the Centre for Global Political Economy and the STEPS Centre at the University of Sussex \nEver get the feeling that things are falling apart? You’re not alone. From bad banks to global warming it can all look hopeless\, but what if everything could turn out\, well\, even better than before? What if the only thing holding us back is a lack of imagination and a surplus of old orthodoxies? \nIt’s a topsy-turvy world in which a country can import the same amount of ice-cream\, toilet paper and other goods to trading partners as it exports\, and where top bankers are paid millions for destroying economic value\, while hospital cleaners create value many times their pay. \nIn fascinating and iconoclastic detail – on everything from the cash in your pocket to the food on your plate and the shape of our working lives – Cancel the Apocalypse describes how the relentless race for economic growth is not always one worth winning\, how excessive materialism has come at a terrible cost to our environment\, and hasn’t even made us any happier in the process. \nSimms believes passionately in the human capacity for change\, and shows how the good life remains in our grasp. While global warming and financial meltdown might feel like modern day horsemen of the apocalypse\, Simms shows how such end of the world scenarios offer us the chance for a new beginning. \nAndrew Simms is the author of several books\, including Ecological Debt\, The New Economics and the bestselling Tescopoly. He is the chief analyst on the environment at Global Witness\, and was NEF’s policy director for over a decade\, founding its work programme on climate change\, energy and interdependence. He trained at the London School of Economics and was described by New Scientist Magazine as\, ‘a master at joined-up progressive thinking.’ The Independent newspaper listed him as one of the UK’s top 100 environmentalists and London’s Evening Standard included him in their Power 1000 as one of the capital’s most influential people. URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/andrewsimms/ LOCATION:Fulton A Lecture Theatre\, University of Sussex\, Falmer\, Brighton\, BN1 9RH\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Seminars,Understanding sustainability ORGANIZER;CN="Harriet Dudley":MAILTO:h.dudley@ids.ac.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20141007T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20141007T140000 DTSTAMP:20260403T211257 CREATED:20141003T130947Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T222224Z UID:6643-1412683200-1412690400@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:Energías renovables. ¿Cuáles son las oportunidades de desarrollo y qué obstáculos enfrenta la búsqueda de alternativas energéticas sustentables? DESCRIPTION:Centro Cultural Borges – UNTREF\, Viamonte 525 C.A.B.A. Aula 3 \nOrganizan: CENIT/UNTREF\, Centro STEPS para América Latina \nEl actual régimen de generación de electricidad en Argentina depende en exceso de la producción de gas y otros hidrocarburos que requieren grandes inversiones en exploración y explotación mientras que cierran el camino a otras alternativas. Sin embargo\, existen alternativas energéticas como el desarrollo de la energía eólica. En la actualidad\, el sector de energía eólica en Argentina es relativamente pequeño\, con 140 kW de capacidad instalada (ya sea en o fuera de la red general de suministro de electricidad)\, que representa alrededor de 0\,4% del total de capacidad de generación de electricidad\, aunque se prevé una expansión considerable para los próximos años. Al mismo tiempo\, empresas estatales y nacionales han desarrollado competencias y se muestran activas en todos los eslabones de producción y generación. Esto incluye: la fabricación de turbinas de gran potencia (IMPSA y NRG Patagonia); manufactura de turbinas de pequeña escala (INVAP y otras pequeñas empresas); una amplia cadena de suministro\, ahora organizada como un cluster industrial; y la construcción\, instalación\, operación y mantenimiento de los parques eólicos. Por último\, la utilización de energías eólicas de baja escala permite crear nichos que favorecen a actores tales como las cooperativas eléctricas que\, a pesar de jugar un papel minoritario en el sistema energético\, cumplen una importante función social. \nEn conjunto\, estos puntos ponen en evidencia que existe la oportunidad de promover el desarrollo de una industria doméstica en este sector\, lo cual resulta crucial dado su alto potencial de creación de empleo\, de desarrollo industrial y regional\, y de exportaciones. En este marco\, proponemos debatir ¿Cuáles son las posibilidades y obstáculos para el desarrollo de las energías renovables\, y en particular la energía eólica para presentar alternativas complementarias a la matriz energética actual? ¿Por qué no se invierte más? ¿Cuáles son los desafíos que se presentan para el desarrollo de la industria doméstica en el futuro? ¿Qué tipo de actores y procesos deberían incentivarse para el desarrollo? ¿Qué podemos aprender de la experiencia internacional (43% de la inversión para generar nuevas capacidades de generación eléctrica a nivel mundial en 2013 fue en energías renovables)? \nModeradores: Patrick van Zwanenberg y Mariano Fressoli \nPanelistas: Daniel Hugo Bouille (Fundación Bariloche)\, Santiago Garrido (Investigador Conicet y IESCT – UNQ). \nEvento en Facebook URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/energias-renovables-cuales-son-las-oportunidades-de-desarrollo-y-que-obstaculos-enfrenta-la-busqueda-de-alternativas-energeticas-sustentables/ LOCATION:Centro Cultural Borges – UNTREF\,\, Viamonte 525 C.A.B.A. Aula 3\, Buenos Aires\, Argentina CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20140924T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20140924T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T211257 CREATED:20140812T141919Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T222026Z UID:6524-1411551000-1411578000@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:The Political Economy of Agricultural Policy Processes in Africa DESCRIPTION:This event in London on 24 September\, organised by the Future Agricultures Consortium\, includes contributions from STEPS Director Ian Scoones and STEPS members John Thompson and Jim Sumberg. \nThe event will present new research from Future Agricultures on how agricultural policy in Sub-Saharan Africa is shaped and put into practice\, in the light of changing patterns of growth and investment agendas from within Africa and beyond. \nInterest in African agriculture is high\, with investment from the ‘Rising Powers’ and the US-led New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition competing and interacting with regional\, national and local plans and priorities. \n\nRegister online (ODI website)\n\nEvent details\n9:30 – 17:00 on 24 September 2014\nOverseas Development Institute\, 203 Blackfriars Road\, London\, UK \nTo attend this event\, you must register online at the Overseas Development Institute’s event page. There is no cost to attend. \nAbout the event\nThe Future Agricultures Consortium’s research and analysis\, which has been supported by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) since 2005\, focuses on the political economy of agricultural policy processes in Sub-Saharan Africa.  The Consortium’s work critically examines how and why agricultural policy decisions are made\, the conditions for change and the practical and policy challenges of establishing and sustaining pro-poor agricultural growth.  This type of analysis is particularly relevant at the present time\, as the African Union’s Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) moves into its second decade and the G-8’s New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition (NA) unfolds across Africa\, as it is often these political and institutional factors that influence what type of investments are prioritised\, which initiatives take off and who benefits from them. \nIn this event we will present key findings and policy insights emerging from a range of Future Agricultures’ recent research activities on key themes of relevance to CAADP and the NA agendas\, including: \n\nThe political economy of agricultural policy processes\nLand acquisitions and principles of responsible investment\nChanging patterns of agricultural growth and investment\nPathways to improved irrigation performance\nChina and Brazil in Africa and new paradigms of agricultural development\nStrengthening and integrating Africa’s seed systems\nPastoralism\, livestock marketing and dynamic change at the margins\n\nSpeakers include: \n\nBlessings Chinsinga – Senior Lecturer\, University of Malawi\nColin Poulton – Research Fellow\, SOAS\, University of London\nHannington Odame – Interim Executive Director\, Centre for Africa Bio-entrepreneurship (CABE)\nHussein Mahmoud – Lecturer\, Egerton University Kenya\nIan Scoones – Research Fellow\, Institute of Development Studies (IDS)\nJeremy Lind – Research Fellow\, Institute of Development Studies (IDS)\nJim Sumberg – Research Fellow\, Institute of Development Studies (IDS)\nJohn Thompson – Research Fellow\, Institute of Development Studies (IDS)\nNaomi Oates – Research Officer\, Overseas Development Institute\nRoger Calow – Head of the Water Policy Programme\, Overseas Development Institute\nRuth Hall – Associate Professor\, Institute for Poverty\, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS)\nSeth Cook – Senior Researcher\, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)\nSteve Wiggins – Research Fellow\, Overseas Development Institute\n\nFor more information and registration\, visit the event’s page on the ODI website. URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/political-economy-agricultural-policy-processes-africa/ LOCATION:Overseas Development Institute\, 203 Blackfriars Road\, London\, SE1 8NJ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Food & agriculture,Governance & policy ORGANIZER;CN="Future Agricultures":MAILTO:info@future-agricultures.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20140911T103000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20140911T130000 DTSTAMP:20260403T211257 CREATED:20140812T140216Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T222422Z UID:6519-1410431400-1410440400@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:Tackling trade-offs in the food-water-energy nexus: lessons for the SDGs DESCRIPTION:This Overseas Development Institute event will be chaired by former STEPS Director Melissa Leach and includes a contribution from our Water & Sanitation theme convenor Lyla Mehta. \nAchieving poverty eradication and sustained progress in development will depend upon the use of natural resources as we enter a new era of post-2015 sustainable development goals (SDGs). The longer-term sustainability of natural resources\, threatened by population and income growth\, can be a low priority for many policy-makers in developing countries faced by the immediate challenges of poverty and low productivity. But how these development objectives are achieved can enhance sustainability\, through appropriate policies and practices. In particular\, it requires the integration of policy\, planning and implementation across sectors – especially food\, water and energy. National interpretation and implementation of SDG targets will also require integration across these sectors. \nThis event will examine how certain developing countries have tackled the trade-offs inherent within the food-water-energy nexus\, balancing environmental concerns with the need for development\, and it will reflect on the importance of integrating across sectors for the implementation of the SDGs. New research conducted as part of ODI’s Development Progress project will be discussed\, including: \n\nCase studies on sustainable energy and development in Viet Nam and Brazil\nA case study on sustainable agricultural techniques in Burkina Faso\nA case study on water resource management in China\nA report on development progress and the food-water-energy nexus over the past two decades\n\nThe launch will include a public event with a panel of experts\, followed by an invited roundtable to allow for further inputs and more in-depth discussion. \nFollow #envprogress on Twitter for live coverage. \nMore details and registration (ODI website) \n  URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/tackling-trade-offs-food-water-energy-nexus-lessons-sdgs/ LOCATION:Overseas Development Institute\, 203 Blackfriars Road\, London\, SE1 8NJ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Understanding sustainability END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20140826T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20140826T140000 DTSTAMP:20260403T211257 CREATED:20140814T195213Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T222615Z UID:6542-1409054400-1409061600@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:Las tecnologías de impresión 3D: tensiones de una "revolución" en ciernes DESCRIPTION:Organizan:  CENIT/UNTREF\, Centro STEPS para América Latina \nLas tecnologías de impresión 3D permiten digitalizar objetos en tres dimensiones e imprimirlos materialmente. Se argumenta que la capacidad para imprimir una variedad materiales (desde plásticos\, arcillas o metales hasta alimentos y cultivos celulares) podría modificar las formas actuales de consumo y el acceso a bienes. Esto se debe a que las tecnologías de impresión digital acortan considerablemente los tiempos requeridos entre el diseño y la producción\, permitiendo acelerar los mecanismos de producción flexible de pequeñas cantidades – eventualmente eliminando la necesidad de stocks. Simultáneamente\, la impresión digital acentúa el rol de la economía de servicios y el ascenso de las capacidades de diseño y programación mientras que amenaza las capacidades manufactureras tradicionales. \nDe esta manera\, las tecnologías de impresión digital han sido caracterizadas – de modo grandilocuente- como el comienzo de una “tercera revolución industrial”\, impulsora de procesos de autonomía tecnológica\, y de formas de consumo más sustentable. Entre los grupos que promueven las tecnologías de impresión 3D se incluyen\, de manera divergente\, desde redes de activistas y grupos de innovación de base hasta instituciones estatales y grandes corporaciones. Las promesas de la impresión digital han atraído así tanto a la industria aeroespacial como a grupos sociales que proponen la autoproducción y el fin de la economía de la escasez. Pero\, ¿podrán cumplirse las promesas (y amenazas) de la impresión digital? \nEl gran interés actual sobre la impresión digital y la heterogeneidad de imaginario sobre su futuro constituyen en verdad un llamado a la precaución y el análisis. En este marco\, proponemos debatir más allá de las promesas de “revolución digital”\, haciendo foco en las siguientes cuestiones: ¿Cuáles son los principales alcances y desafíos de la tecnología de impresión 3D en la actualidad? ¿Cuál es el papel de las redes y movimientos sociales\, las empresas y el Estado en la promoción de esta tecnología? ¿De qué manera se pueden facilitar el acceso a estas tecnologías para promover el uso responsable y el desarrollo sustentable? \nModerador: Mariano Fressoli \nPanelistas:\nAdrian Smith (SPRU – STEPS Centre/Universidad de Sussex)\nConstanza Manfredi y Josefina Grinberg (MINCyT)\nRodrigo Perez Weiss (3D Lab fab&café). A confirmar. \nMás información / Find out more URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/las-tecnologias-de-impresion-3d-tensiones-de-una-revolucion-en-ciernes/ LOCATION:Centro Cultural Borges\, Viamonte 525 C.A.B.A. Aula 3\, Buenos Aires\, Argentina CATEGORIES:Technology & innovation END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20140823T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20140823T160000 DTSTAMP:20260403T211257 CREATED:20140814T094045Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T222709Z UID:6538-1408791600-1408809600@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:What is innovation for social inclusion? DESCRIPTION:What is innovation for social inclusion? Grassroots innovation\, public policies and the politics of knowledge \nA session at the 4S/ESOCITE conference in Buenos Aires\, organised by Adrian Smith (STEPS Centre)\, Mariano Fressoli (Institute for Science and Technology Studies\, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes) and Elisa Arond (Clark University). \nThere is growing interest amongst researchers\, civil society actors\, and policy-makers internationally in the topic of innovation and social inclusion. Moreover\, this interest exists in both the global north and global south: along with growing interest from international institutions like OECD\, IDRC\, WB and CEPAL\, national institutions in Latin America and other parts of the world are already developing programs and projects on science\, technology and inclusive innovation. However\, as an emergent idea\, innovation for social inclusion draws on a diversity of definitions and approaches that while enriching and heterogeneous can also overlap and contradict one another. \nThe development of innovation for social inclusion shows a complex entanglement of concepts and technologies\, frames of knowledge and practices\, all operating through heterogeneous networks of international aid agencies\, public institutions\, social movements and firms. As an already flourishing set of definitions\, initiatives and experiences\, innovation for social inclusion also calls for empirical analysis and theoretical reflection and policy debate. The field of STS is well-placed to contribute systematic explorations of these issues and challenges. \nFull event details in English and Spanish \nAbstracts and papers URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/innovation-social-inclusion/ CATEGORIES:Technology & innovation END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20140708T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20140710T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T211257 CREATED:20140602T091219Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T222801Z UID:6377-1404806400-1405011600@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:International Conference: Green Economy in the South DESCRIPTION:Green Economy in the South – Negotiating Environmental Governance\, Prosperity and Development \nThe momentum gathering behind the idea and practice of the Green Economy is coinciding with financial instability and continued economic woe in the North\, but generally happier economic circumstances in the South. Economies are growing and ‘green economic initiatives’ are part of these changes. Carbon payments\, ecotourism\, community-based wildlife management\, Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives and offsets by mining companies exploiting new resources are all a part of a landscape offering new commodities\, opportunities for commercialization and integration into wealth-generating markets. And so too are growing incidents of land (and water) grabbing\, displacement and alienation of resources required for wealthy tourists\, bitter local conflicts over the locally-defined rules of access to carbon (e.g. firewood) purchased by wealthy northerners\, green washing and other harmful activities that either cause poverty\, or else distribute the fortune and misfortune of the green economy inequitably. Equally demands for alternatives to market-driven environmental degradation\, and for market-dominated solutions are also gaining strength and coherence. \nThe conference will be held in Tanzania and builds on a series of sister conferences held in Europe and North America (most recently Grabbing Green and Nature Inc). We are convening it in Tanzania because we want the focus of this conference to be about the growth of the Green Economy in the South\, and therefore this conference must be more accessible to Southern speakers\, researchers and activists. \nIn addition to the conference itself we will also be organizing field trips to sites after the conference is formally finished to locations where interventions of the green economy are unfolding\, in carbon forestry\, wildlife management and eco-tourism. \nThe conference is hosted by the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies\, University of Dodoma\, Tanzania\, and co-hosted by the Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS)\, University of the Western Cape; the Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM)\, University of Manchester; The Institute for Social Studies (ISS)\, Erasmus University; and\, the Sustainability Platform\, Copenhagen Business School (CBS). \nSpeakers include Martin Kijazi and others from the STEPS Centre’s Political Ecologies of Carbon in Africa project. URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/international-conference-green-economy-south/ LOCATION:University of Dodoma\, Dodoma\, Tanzania\, United Republic Of CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy,Governance & policy END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20140704T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20140704T143000 DTSTAMP:20260403T211257 CREATED:20140624T134246Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210404T164311Z UID:6436-1404478800-1404484200@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:STEPS Seminar: Daniel O’Connor on the use of social media in health research DESCRIPTION:‘The Apomediated World: The Ethical Challenges of Using Social Media in Health Research’ \nSTEPS Seminar with Daniel O’Connor\, PhD\, Head of Humanities and Social Science at the Wellcome Trust \n \n\nSTEPS Seminar: Dan O’Connor – The ethical challenges of using social media in health research by Stepscentre on Mixcloud \n\nSocial media such as blogs\, wikis\, discussion forums\, ratings sites and online social networks like Facebook and Twitter\, are completely changing the ways in which lay people and health professionals create\, share and understand health information. We can now find\, discuss and even review diagnoses\, symptoms and treatments with pretty much anyone\, anywhere in the world\, almost instantly. The transformation from just a decade ago is astounding. This seminar will explore the ethical challenges that this transformation raises for health research in particular. \nDrawing on examples of emerging uses of social media in health research (including patient-led research\, crowdsourcing and social recruitment practices) Dr Dan O’Connor\, Head of Humanities and Social Science at the Wellcome Trust\, will argue that existing research ethics frameworks\, concerned as they are with vertical power differentials\, may be inadequate to deal with those ethical challenges. In their place he proposes an ‘ethics of apomediation’ in which the moral concerns of power differentials are replaced with those of a horizontal peer-to-peer system. URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-seminar-daniel-oconnor-use-social-media-health-research/ LOCATION:Room 221\, Institute of Development Studies\, Library Road\, Falmer\, Brighton\, BN1 9RE\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Health & disease,Research methods,Seminars END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140616 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140619 DTSTAMP:20260403T211257 CREATED:20140612T080821Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T222943Z UID:6418-1402876800-1403135999@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:STEPS/FHS Workshop on Complex Adaptive Systems in Health Systems in LMICs DESCRIPTION:Mt. Washington Conference Center and the Center for Advanced Modeling in the Social\, Behavioral\, and Health Sciences\, Johns Hopkins University\, Baltimore\, MD\, USA \nBackground\nHealth systems are seen as a complex adaptive system (CAS)\, with multiple actors and relationships operating in difficult and changing contexts\, with many points of intervention\, and numerous intended and unintended consequences that can improve or damage people’s health. Health systems are designed to improve people’s health\, but also serve to protect people from impoverishment due to illness or the cost of health care\, and be seen as providing trusted and responsive services. Although CAS frameworks are increasingly recognized as relevant to understanding health systems\, health systems researchers have to date not taken advantage of CAS research methods to inform interventions that will be effective on a large scale and in sustainable ways. \nThis invitation-only workshop on CAS in Health Systems in LMICS is sponsored by the Future Health Systems (FHS) Research Consortium and the STEPS Centre (Social\, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability). FHS and STEPS are particularly concerned with policies\, programs\, and individual level interventions promote and protect people’s health and wellbeing\, particularly vulnerable and disadvantaged populations. \nThe workshop is intended to bring together junior and more experienced researchers to better explore applications of concepts of complexity to the analysis of health systems in LMICS\, gain hands-on experience\, and develop current research projects. Participants would bring their current research plans\, protocols\, and data\, to work on their own research\, as well as on collective examples to develop their research. \nObjectives\nThe workshop will provide a forum for collaboration with researchers in different disciplines and groups to learn different tools and research applications\, and provide opportunity for hands-on skills building through which researchers with interest in CAS issues and in the initial stages of applying CAS tools and methods can connect with researchers who have had experience applying CAS approaches to health. The specific objectives are to:\n– Improve understanding of CAS models that can be used to understand and intervene in health systems in LMICs\n– Gain hands-on skills for applying CAS approaches and tools to health systems research questions\, particularly related to their FHS project questions\n– Identify specific analyses and publications by junior and mid-level FHS researchers\n– Produce a draft history of the FHS intervention in their research sites since the research began in 2006\n– Identify grant and other research opportunities involving collaboration on CAS related research questions in health systems URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/cas_balitmore/ LOCATION:Mt Washington Conference Center and the Center for Advanced Modeling in the Social\, Behavioral\, and Health Services\, Johns Hopkins University\, Baltimore\, United States CATEGORIES:Health & disease ORGANIZER;CN="Jeff Kenzovich":MAILTO:j.knezovich@ids.ac.uk END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR