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Pandemic Flu Controversies: A Workshop to discuss lessons, policy implications and future challenges
IDS , United KingdomSince the first human deaths from H5N1 were recorded in Hong Kong in 1997, avian influenza has spread across the world, concentrating in southeast Asia. Billions of dollars have been spent on control measures, contingency plans and policy measures. In 2009 another influenza virus, H1N1 (popularly named ‘swine’ flu), was recorded in Mexico, and spread...
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/Future Agricultures Seminar: Mohamed Elmi and Izzy Birch
Institute of Development Studies , United KingdomThe politics of policy-making around pastoralism in Kenya Hon. Mohamed Elmi Member of Parliament for Tarbaj constituency, Kenya and Former Minister for Northern Kenya and Other Arid Lands Izzy Birch Technical Adviser, National Drought Management Authority, Kenya (formerly Ministry of Northern Kenya and other Arid Lands) STEPS Centre / Future Agricultures Consortium Seminar In April...
Seminar: Adrian Smith on the Lucas Plan
Room G22, SPRU Jubilee Building, University of Sussex, Brighton'Recalling the Lucas Plan: what can an old movement for socially useful production tell us about democratising technology today?' Adrian Smith, STEPS Centre/SPRU 5 February 2014 1pm, room G22, SPRU Jubilee Building, University of Sussex Adrian Smith will be presenting his work on the Lucas Aerospace Shop Stewards Alternative Corporate Plan, also known as the...
STEPS Seminar: Changing political climates: Chinese environmental journalism and sustainable development
Room 221, Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer, Brighton, United KingdomSam Geall, Research Fellow SPRU and executive editor Chinadialogue China’s current leadership recently made “Beautiful China” and “Ecological Civilization” two of its most prominent official slogans and enshrined sustainable development as core state policy, but what are the dynamics of this drive for “low-carbon development” and how are those dynamics framed? Exploring how Chinese environmental...
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...
The Political Economy of Agricultural Policy Processes in Africa
Overseas Development Institute 203 Blackfriars Road, London, United KingdomThis event in London on 24 September, organised by the Future Agricultures Consortium, includes contributions from STEPS Director Ian Scoones and STEPS members John Thompson and Jim Sumberg. The event will present new research from Future Agricultures on how agricultural policy in Sub-Saharan Africa is shaped and put into practice, in the light of changing...
STEPS Seminar: Yixin Dai – Chinese Renewable Energy Policy
‘Chinese Renewable Energy Policy – Policy Implementation, and Participation’ Yixin Dai, School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University In order to reach its ambitious emissions targets, China has been promoting renewable energy through a series of top-down policies since 2006. Recent successes have seen wind turbine installation capacity exceed 100GW in 2014, and nuclear...
Asia’s Giants: media briefing + drinks reception
When: Friday, December 4th from 7pm-9pm; short briefing and Q&A at 7.30pm Where: Holiday Inn Paris Gare de l’Est, 5, rue du 8 Mai 1945 75010 Paris How is China shifting to a low-carbon economy? Will low-carbon innovation in China affect decarbonisation pathways elsewhere? Why do Indian policymakers insist on low-carbon rather than no-carbon? What are the prospects of India's...