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The Entrepreneurial State and the Risk-Reward Nexus: Implications for Innovation and Inequality
Room G30, Jubilee Building University of Sussex, Brighton, United KingdomMariana Mazzucato, Professor of Economics and RM Phillips Chair in Science and Technology Policy, SPRU Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Sussex Mariana presents a new framework, called the Risk-Reward Nexus, to study the relationship between innovation and inequality. She asks: What types of economic actors (workers, taxpayers, shareholders) make contributions of effort and...
DIG-IT Workshop: Dialogue on Inclusive Growth, Innovation and Technology
, United StatesThe DIG-IT Workshop on Inclusive Growth, Innovation and Technology promotes a unique forum for discussion of alternative and interdisciplinary frameworks to improve our understanding of the nexus between innovation, technological change, growth and inequalities within and between regions. STEPS Centre co-directors Andy Stirling and Ian Scoones and members, Adrian Smith, Adrian Ely are speaking at...
STEPS Seminar: Ted Schrecker on Labour arbitrage, financial fallout, expulsions
Room 221, Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer, Brighton, United KingdomLabour arbitrage, financial fallout, expulsions: Exploring the mechanics of the inequality machine Ted Schrecker, Professor of Global Health Policy, Durham University STEPS Seminar: Ted Schrecker on Labour arbitrage, financial fallout, expulsions by Stepscentre on Mixcloud “The inequality machine is reshaping the planet”, in the words of the editor of Le Monde Diplomatique. In this presentation...
How can the ecological impact of the richest 1% be reduced at a time of extreme inequality?
Room 221, Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer, United KingdomSeminar with Dario Kenner 1.00-2.30 Friday 26 February 2016, IDS room 221 Recent research by Oxfam and French economists Thomas Piketty and Lucas Chancel indicates that the richest 1% of people in many countries, including the United Kingdom, have huge per capita carbon footprints compared to the rest of the population. The fact that richer...
Seminar: Helene Ahlborg on power and politics in energy transitions
Global Studies Resource Centre Arts C175, University of Sussex, United KingdomTowards a conceptualization of power and micro-level politics in energy transitions STEPS Centre Seminar: Helene Ahlborg 12.00-1.30, Monday 11 April 2016 Room C175 (Global Studies Resources Centre meeting room), Arts C, University of Sussex Helene Ahlborg will share her research about rural mini-hydropower electrification in Tanzania and societal transformation. She will explain why and how...
Rapid transition in finance and economics: recent and historical perspectives
Monsoon Room Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, UK See event page (Lady Margaret Hall website) This 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. Charge: Free, but please register in advance by email...