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SUMMARY:'Transformations' events at the Hay Festival
DESCRIPTION:At the Hay Festival in Wales\, three discussion events in our ‘Transformations’ series will investigate how change happens in different arenas\, and how rapid and just transitions can be achieved to create more sustainable futures. Tickets can be purchased online in advance from the Hay Festival website. \nHow Quickly Can We Change…Culture? \n31 May 2016 at 8.30pm\nwith Clare Brass\, Molly Conisbee and David Boyle \nHow Quickly Can We Change… Economics? \n1 June 2016 at 8.30pm\nAndrew Simms\, Victoria Chick and Richard Murphy \nHow Quickly can we Change… the Built Environment? \n2 June 2016 at 8.30pm\nHoward Johns\, Lindsay Mackie\, John Barrett\, Andrew Simms \nMore info \nFind out more about the ‘Transformations’ series of events.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/transformations-events-at-the-hay-festival/
CATEGORIES:Governance & policy,Understanding sustainability
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Towards a class-based approach to global energy transition
DESCRIPTION:Sorry – this seminar has been cancelled. We will try to reschedule it for later in the year. \nSTEPS Centre Seminar\, IDS Convening Space \nTerms such as “energy democracy” and “climate justice” have gained increasingly widespread usage and acceptance over the last five years. In order to give weight to these slogans\, it is necessary to understand the class relations behind the global energy sector\, and the sector’s worldwide division of labour. As a key means of production and consumption in the world-division of labour\, the energy sector as a whole\, both in the short term and in the long term\, are determined (and determinant of) class relations. The energy sector is already an important site of struggle throughout much of the world. These struggles are likely to intensify in the years ahead. The question of “energy transition” is a central axis of class struggle in the world-economy in the years ahead. Like all class struggle\, its outcome is highly uncertain and unpredictable. \nKolya Abramsky is a freelance researcher\, educator and consultant on the global energy sector. Over 15 years\, he has focused on the social relations in the sector\, including land\, work\, ownership and choice of technology. Formerly\, he was the International Energy Officer for the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa; coordinator of the World Wind Energy Institute (Denmark); Visiting International Scholar/winner of Manfred-Heindler Award for Energy and Climate Change Research at the Institute of Advanced Studies in Science\, Technology and Society\, at the Interuniversity Research Centre for Technology\, Work and Culture in Austria. He has edited two books: Sparking a Worldwide Energy Revolution: Social Struggles in the Transition to a Post-petrol World\, and Restructuring and Resistance: Diverse Voices of Struggle in Western Europe. He has advised policy makers and addressed universities in five continents. He initiated and built\, jointly with Focus on the Global South\, the website Understanding China’s Energy Landscape. He has a Sociology MA from State University of New York\, Binghamton.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/towards-a-class-based-approach-to-global-energy-transition-shifting-energy-demand-expanding-the-renewable-energy-sector-and-phasing-out-fossil-fuel/
LOCATION:Convening Space\, IDS\, Library Road\, Falmer\,  Brighton\, BN1 9RE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Seminars
ORGANIZER;CN="ESRC STEPS Centre":MAILTO:b.ayre@ids.ac.uk
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160613
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160614
DTSTAMP:20260409T014354
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SUMMARY:Reimagining development in Least Developed Countries: what role for the SDGs?
DESCRIPTION:The challenges and opportunities that the Sustainable Development Goals create for least developed countries will be discussed at an event in London next month. \n \nThe Least Developed Countries Independent Expert Group\, the International Institute for Environment and Development and the ESRC STEPS Centre will host a dialogue on Monday\, 13 June to discuss the challenges and opportunities that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) create for LDCs and seek ways forward above and beyond the current implementation debate. \nThe one-day event in London\, Reimagining Development in LDCs: what role for the SDGs? will include sessions on inclusive urbanisation and sustainable energy transitions for low carbon futures\, as well as a round table debate on the politics of the transformations at the heart of the SDG agenda. \n \nA new global agenda and opportunity for LDCs\nAcross the LDCs there are real opportunities for radical shifts in development pathways. The LDCs are not yet locked into unsustainable systems of production and patterns of consumption and rapid transformation towards sustainable models of development is possible. \nThe SDGs can provide an important political opportunity for mobilising ideas\, plans and funds for alternative pathways to development\, framed by the SDG ideals. \nThe Istanbul Programme of Action sets out a comprehensive agenda for LDCs: a review will be carried out in late May resulting in a declaration that is expected to reconfirm and strengthen the commitment of stakeholders in the light of last year’s global agreements on the SDGs and climate change\, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (PDF). \nThe SDGs could provide a real opportunity for radical transformation in LDCs. But national SDG implementation processes could all too easily get bogged down in endless debates over bureaucratic procedures of target-setting\, delivery and monitoring\, and fail to achieve change. \nThe dialogue will bring together experts from across the globe to discuss how to ensure the implementation debates focus on the politics of transformation for which the SDGs have created space. \nContact\nThis event is by invitation only. To find out more\, email tessa.jennett@iied.org. \n\nRelated publications\nThe Paris Agreement and the LDCs\, Achala Abeysinghe\, Brianna Craft\, Janna Tenzing (20-16\, IIED Briefing \nA whole-landscape approach to green development in Africa\, Mariteuw Chimère Diaw (2015)\, IIED Briefing \nFinancing inclusive low-carbon resilient development in the least developed countries\, Dave Steinbach\, Nanki Kaur\, Neha Rai (2015)\, IIED Report \nImpact of climate change on Least Developed Countries: are the SDGs possible?\, Helena Wright\, Saleemul Huq\, Jonathan Reeves (2015)\, IIED Briefing \nTransforming global development: An LDC perspective on the post-2015 agenda\, Least Developed Countries Independent Expert Group (2014)\, IIED Report \nOther resources \n\nNews: What does the Paris Agreement mean for LDCs?\nBlog: What’s happening to aid to the Least Developed Countries?\, by Andrew Norton\nBlog: Will the Sustainable Development Goals make a difference?\, by Ian Scoones\nFeature: Unheard voices: what do the Least Developed Countries want from COP21? Nine interviews with leaders\, experts\, and civil society representatives from the LDCs on the reality that they face\, the actions being taken\, and the role for climate finance.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/reimagining-development-in-least-developed-countries-what-role-for-the-sdgs/
LOCATION:Central London
CATEGORIES:Governance & policy,Urbanisation
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160615T103000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160615T143000
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SUMMARY:Rapid transition in finance and economics: recent and historical perspectives
DESCRIPTION:Monsoon Room\nLady Margaret Hall\, Oxford\, UK \nSee event page (Lady Margaret Hall website) \nThis event is part of a series of Transformations events\, organised by the New Weather Institute\, the Centre for Global Political Economy at the University of Sussex\, and the ESRC STEPS Centre. \nCharge: Free\, but please register in advance by email to Lindsay.Mackie@lmh.ox.ac.uk \n\nDetails: Creeping climatic upheaval and corrosive global inequality are like two threads pulling apart civilisation’s fabric. Internationally coordinated action is further threatened by doubts over Europe’s future due to the referendum on UK membership.  To survive and thrive we face an unprecedented challenge of rapid transition. But the way we live is locked-in by multiple factors including an economic system\, dominated by finance that fails the poorest\, is obsessed with environmentally destructive growth and resists change however broken. This seminar\, part of a series organised by the New Weather Institute with the University of Sussex and the STEPS Centre explores the circumstances in which rapid\, progressive economic change might happen. \n\nProgramme\n10.30 – 12.00\nIntroduction: Alan Rusbridger\, Principal of Lady Margaret Hall \n1. Rapid transition: new perspectives \nProf Danny Dorling\, University of Oxford\nProf Mary Mellor\, Northumbria University\nProf Peter Newell\, University of Sussex\nChair: Lindsay Mackie\, New Weather Institute \n12.00 – 12.30 Break \n12.30 – 2.00\n2. Economic transition: historical perspectives \nProf Victoria Chick\, University College London\nDr Geoff Tily\, Senior Economist\, TUC\nMaurice Glasman\, London Metropolitan University (Oxford University & Queen Mary’s College London\, Visiting Lecturer)\nChair: Andrew Simms\, New Weather Institute \n2.00-2.30 Plenary & conclusion: insights for rapid transition \n\nAbout the Transformations series\n \nWhen in the past have societies made rapid transitions\, and what were the circumstances that drove them? What can we learn from these times\, positively and negatively to enable the transition we need to make today in the face of climatic upheaval and fossil fuel dependence? \nThe Transformations series\, co-organised by the New Weather Institute and the STEPS Centre\, aim to change the conversation about transition in the UK. Through informed public discussion and engagement we will gather opinions\, capture outcomes and stimulate debate about how to facilitate the speed and scale of the transition. \nSee the Transformations event series page for more details.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/rapid-transition-in-finance-and-economics-recent-and-historical-perspectives/
CATEGORIES:Governance & policy
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160615T143000
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SUMMARY:Rapid transition in finance and economics: recent and historical perspectives
DESCRIPTION:Monsoon Room\nLady Margaret Hall\, Oxford\, UK \nSee event page (Lady Margaret Hall website) \nThis event is part of a series of Transformations events\, organised by the New Weather Institute\, the Centre for Global Political Economy at the University of Sussex\, and the ESRC STEPS Centre. \nCharge: Free\, but please register in advance by email to Lindsay.Mackie@lmh.ox.ac.uk \n\nDetails: Creeping climatic upheaval and corrosive global inequality are like two threads pulling apart civilisation’s fabric. Internationally coordinated action is further threatened by doubts over Europe’s future due to the referendum on UK membership.  To survive and thrive we face an unprecedented challenge of rapid transition. But the way we live is locked-in by multiple factors including an economic system\, dominated by finance that fails the poorest\, is obsessed with environmentally destructive growth and resists change however broken. This seminar\, part of a series organised by the New Weather Institute with the University of Sussex and the STEPS Centre explores the circumstances in which rapid\, progressive economic change might happen. \n\nProgramme\n10.30 – 12.00\nIntroduction: Alan Rusbridger\, Principal of Lady Margaret Hall \n1. Rapid transition: new perspectives \nProf Danny Dorling\, University of Oxford\nProf Mary Mellor\, Northumbria University\nProf Peter Newell\, University of Sussex\nChair: Lindsay Mackie\, New Weather Institute \n12.00 – 12.30 Break \n12.30 – 2.00\n2. Economic transition: historical perspectives \nProf Victoria Chick\, University College London\nDr Geoff Tily\, Senior Economist\, TUC\nMaurice Glasman\, London Metropolitan University (Oxford University & Queen Mary’s College London\, Visiting Lecturer)\nChair: Andrew Simms\, New Weather Institute \n2.00-2.30 Plenary & conclusion: insights for rapid transition \n\nAbout the Transformations series\n \nWhen in the past have societies made rapid transitions\, and what were the circumstances that drove them? What can we learn from these times\, positively and negatively to enable the transition we need to make today in the face of climatic upheaval and fossil fuel dependence? \nThe Transformations series\, co-organised by the New Weather Institute and the STEPS Centre\, aim to change the conversation about transition in the UK. Through informed public discussion and engagement we will gather opinions\, capture outcomes and stimulate debate about how to facilitate the speed and scale of the transition. \nSee the Transformations event series page for more details.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/rapid-transition-in-finance-and-economics-recent-and-historical-perspectives-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20160622T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20160622T120000
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SUMMARY:Webinar: African Farmer game
DESCRIPTION:The African Farmer game will be presented at a webinar organised by CORE Group’s Social and Behavior Change Working Group. \nRegister online to attend this webinar. It will be held from 11am – 12pm Eastern Time. \nPresenters \nJohn Thompson\, Senior Research Fellow\, Rural Futures Cluster; Institute of Development Studies\nJames Jackson\, Designer/Developer; African Farmer Project \nAbout the seminar\nThe African Farmer Game (www.africanfarmergame.org) is a computer-based simulation designed to give players the experience of living as a small farmer in Sub-Saharan Africa\, where they must make complex decisions about their domestic and agricultural practices\, household nutrition\, and marketing and related livelihood activities in an uncertain and risk-prone environment. \nIn this webinar\, we will present the latest release of the single-player version of African Farmer. We will start by briefly reviewing some key characteristics of simulation games and give an account of earlier simulations from the 1980s and 90s which inspired and informed the design of the current game. We will then describe the main learning objectives behind African Farmer and the different strategies that players may pursue to achieve various goals to improve their farm’s productivity and their household’s well-being. \nIn walking through the key elements of the new single-player version – including its nutritional components – we will demonstrate how the design of African Farmer has been shaped by the specified learning objectives. We will discuss the importance of thorough debriefing in order to promote critical reflection and enhance learning among players at the end of the game. \nWe will also offer some thoughts on how the African Farmer game design might be modified to shift the emphasis to food and nutrition and how related technologies might play a useful role within a broader strategy of training and awareness-raising to promote social and behaviour change for improved health. \nWe will conclude with our reflections on how the game has been received thus far and outline our plans for the future. Webinar participants are invited to download and try out the latest version of the single-player game at www.africanfarmergame.org/coregroup.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/webinar-african-farmer-game/
CATEGORIES:Food & agriculture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160627T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160627T143000
DTSTAMP:20260409T014354
CREATED:20160621T115021Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS: to a systemic ecology of mind - seminar with Ray Ison
DESCRIPTION:Convening Space\, Institute of Development Studies\nLibrary Road\, Falmer\, UK \nThis seminar will cover a broad sweep of issues under the general rubric of building systemic governing capability in the context of the Anthropocene. Prof Ison’s starting point will be to lay down a challenge as to whether those present have a systemic ecology of mind. \nHe will then unpack what he considers to be significant limitations in much contemporary scholarship because of failures to understand: the ‘feral concept’ of system; praxis\, or more specifically systems praxis; complexity\, or complex adaptive system; transformation and governance\, or governing. He will ground the seminar in examples from recent research projects that employ\, or are concerned with\, social learning and systemic inquiry. \nRegardless of framing choice\,  governing in the circumstances of ‘the Anthropocene’ requires major innovations in governance and institutional designs such as social learning and systemic co-inquiry.  Water/river governance research undertaken within the ASTiP (Appied Systems Thinking in Practice) Group at the Open University will be used to exemplify governance innovation. Recent research in Victoria\, Australia will be used to exemplify how  systemic co-inquiry can be harnessed for more effective NRM. \nIn the discussion we can explore implications for the STEPS programme. \n \nAbout Ray Ison\nRay Ison has an international reputation in\, and has been a major contributor to\, ‘cybersystemics’. What is this field you may well ask? Ray’s rationale for using this term was explained in the presentation last year at ISSS2016 in Berlin of his Presidential Address for the International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS)\, and also in a special ‘systemic inquiry’ at Herrenhausen Palace\, Hanover. \nAmongst other matters raised at these events was the significant institutional complexity in the cybersystemic field and the lack of intellectual and political influence for investment in and the furtherance of cybersystemic scholarship – particularly in key policy and research funding fora associated with the UN\, Brussels\, Washington and the like. This is despite the growing awareness that the issues of our time\, the Anthropocene\, if you will\, are systemic in nature and thus require systemic responses\, i.e.\, transformations. \nRay has been Professor of Systems at The Open University (OU)\, UK since 1994.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-to-a-systemic-ecology-of-mind-seminar-with-ray-ison/
LOCATION:Convening Space\, IDS\, Library Road\, Falmer\,  Brighton\, BN1 9RE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy,Governance & policy,Seminars
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