pathways
Public lecture: Prof Michael Jacobs, Grantham Research Institute
Fulton A Lecture Theatre University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom'Capitalism, carbon and climate change' Fulton A Lecture Theatre University of Sussex, Falmer Brighton Public lecture, followed by drinks reception All welcome Michael Jacobs is a Visiting Professor at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics, and in the School of Public Policy at University College...
STEPS-JNU Symposium: Exploring Pathways to Sustainability
Our 2014 Annual Symposium, ‘Exploring pathways to sustainability’, is being co-organised with the Centre for Studies in Science Policy at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and will be held on 10-11 February at JNU. The 2014 Annual Symposium will focus on the theme of ‘pathways to sustainability’. Our participants will consider how particular mainstream, development interventions emerge...
Integrating Impact Planning into Research Projects: Reflections from the STEPS Centre
Room 221, Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer, Brighton, United KingdomSTEPS/CDI Seminar Adrian Ely, Head of Impact and Engagement, STEPS Centre and Nathan Oxley, Communications Officer, STEPS Centre Researchers, along with development programmes, are increasingly called on to demonstrate the ‘impact’ of their research. There are many different ways to frame, define and conceptualise impact, and many possible responses to it. If impact is to...
Resilience 2014. Resilience and Development: Mobilizing for Transformation
Le Corum Monpelier, FranceMelissa Leach, director of the STEPS Centre, and John Thompson, our food and agriculture co-convenor, are both speaking at the Resilience 2014 conference, which this year is themed Resilience and Development: Mobilising for Transformation. The event is the third International Science and policy conference on the resilience of social & ecological systems, and is being held in Montpellier,...
Public lecture: Mariana Mazzucato – The green entrepreneurial state
Mariana Mazzucato: The Green Entrepreneurial State by Stepscentre on Mixcloud Public lecture, followed by a drinks reception Mariana Mazzucato (PhD) holds the prestigious RM Phillips chair in the Economics of Innovation at SPRU in the University of Sussex. She was recently Scientific Coordinator of a 3 year European Commission funded FP7 project on Finance, Innovation and Growth...
Andrew Simms – Cancel the Apocalypse: New Pathways to Sustainability
Fulton A Lecture Theatre, University of Sussex Falmer, Brighton, United KingdomPublic 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...
Innovation for Sustainability in a Changing China: Exploring Narratives and Pathways
tbcAdrian Ely and Sam Geall, STEPS Centre / SPRU 14 April 2015 at 11am - 1pm Venue tbc China 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...
Seminar: Low carbon innovation paths in Europe and Asia: Divergence or Convergence?
Room 144, Jubilee Building University of Sussex, Falmer, United KingdomIDS/SPRU/STEPS Seminar The 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? The seminar...
Transdisciplinary Methods for Developing Nexus Capabilities Workshop
SPRU Jubilee Building, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, United KingdomThe Nexus Network workshop on ‘Transdisciplinary Methods for Developing Nexus Capabilities’, led by STEPS Co-Director Andy Stirling, will be held at the University of Sussex, UK on 29-30 June 2015. The workshop will be shaped around two key questions: What different kinds and interconnections of method in contrasting contexts, form the most practical basis for...
Negotiating Epistemological Frameworks and Normative Commitments Across a Transformative Knowledge Network
This is a session organised by the Pathways network for the Transformations 2019 conference in Sanitago, Chile.