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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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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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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
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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
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