Andrew Simms – Cancel the Apocalypse: New Pathways to Sustainability

Fulton A Lecture Theatre, University of Sussex Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom

Public lecture organised by the Centre for Global Political Economy and the STEPS Centre at the University of Sussex Ever 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...

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STEPS conference 2015: Resource Politics

Room 221, Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom

Resource Politics: Transforming Pathways to Sustainability Why now? Contexts and debates In the build up to the confirmation of the post-2015 sustainable development goals, the politics of resource access, allocation and distribution are high on global policy agendas. The limits to economic activity in the face of ‘planetary boundaries’ are being fiercely debated, and even...

STEPS Seminar: ‘Resource Politics: Future Directions’

Room 221, Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom

Room 221, Institute of Development Studies, Library Road, Falmer, BN1 9RE, UK ‘Resource Politics: Future Directions’ Dianne Rocheleau and Kathleen McAfee A critical resource politics can contribute to reframing conservation sciences to bring science into the service of social and ecological justice. To this end, many of us are challenging the fetish of economic growth...

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Seminar: ‘Development without Growth?’

Room 221, IDS Library Road, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom

‘Development without Growth?’ Ray Cunningham, Jonathan Essex, Tom Lines Friday 27th November, 13.00 - 14.30, Room 221, Institute of Development Studies This seminar is jointly held with the Resource Politics cluster at IDS. In 2013, the green think tank Green House published ‘The Post-Growth Project’, which argues that economic growth, as conventionally measured, is over for the UK in...

Leverhulme Lecture: ‘The Degrowth hypothesis’

Room 221, Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom

Leverhulme Lecture: 'The Degrowth hypothesis' Giorgos Kallis, ICREA professor at ICTA, Autonomous University of Barcelona; visiting professor at SOAS Monday 8 February at 4-5.30pm Convening Space, Institute of Development Studies Brighton, UK If we are to radically reduce carbon emissions and material use, we have to abolish the pursuit of economic growth and develop institutions...