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Public lecture: Mike Hulme – ‘(Still) Disagreeing about Climate Change: What Way Forward?’
Fulton A Lecture Theatre, University of Sussex Falmer, Brighton, United KingdomMike Hulme, King’s College London STEPS Public Lecture, followed by drinks reception - all welcome Fulton A Lecture Theatre, University of Sussex Download a poster (pdf) Climate change is an environmental, cultural and political phenomenon which is reshaping the way people think about themselves, their societies and their Earthly futures. Climate change is therefore a...
STEPS Africa launch – Low carbon Africa: Development Pathways out of Poverty
Crowne Plaza Hotel Nairobi, KenyaThe STEPS Africa Sustainability Hub was officially launched on 12 June 2015 in Nairobi, Kenya at a workshop entitled Low carbon Africa: Development Pathways out of Poverty. The event brought together 100 international delegates drawn from government, industry, universities and civil society to explore and share ideas and approaches on pathways towards developing low carbon...
STEPS conference 2015: Resource Politics
Room 221, Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer, Brighton, United KingdomResource 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...
The Politics of Nature: reimagining power, resistance and critique from above, below and within
Arts C 233, University of Sussex, Falmer, UK Speakers: Prof Dianne Rocheleau - Clark University Kathleen McAfee - San Francisco State University This interactive workshop is organised by the Centre for Global Political Economy and the STEPS Centre. It follows the conference 'Resource Politics: transforming pathways to sustainability'. Attendance is free, but registration is required....
STEPS Seminar: ‘Resource Politics: Future Directions’
Room 221, Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer, Brighton, United KingdomRoom 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...
STEPS Centre Seminar “Will Africa Feed China?”
Room 221, Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer, Brighton, United KingdomThe STEPS Centre Seminar on 'Will Africa Feed China?" was by Professor Deborah Bräutigam and took place at the IDS Convening Space, on 16th November 2015, 13:00-14.30. Audio recording: Is China building an empire in rural Africa? China has nine percent of the world's arable land, six percent of its water, and over 20 percent...
One Health for the Real World: zoonoses, ecosystems and wellbeing
This symposium, being held 17-18 March 2016 at the Zoological Society of London, will bring together leading experts from different fields to discuss the topic 'Healthy ecosystems, healthy people'. Co-organised by the STEPS-led Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa Consortium and ZSL, in partnership with the Royal Society, it will: Present new interdisciplinary frameworks for a real-world...
Havin Guneser on Abdullah Öcalan’s Manifesto for a Democratic Civilization
A talk on Abdullah Öcalan's writing by Havin Guneser in Brighton on 24 May 2016, organised by STEPS and the Sussex Kurdish Community.
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...
IDS 50: Sustainability transformations: the intersecting roles of state, market and society
Room 100, Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer, United KingdomPart of the Institute of Development Studies 50th Anniversary Conference: States, Markets and Society, this panel session will examine the politics of sustainability transformations through different cases, drawing on the work of the STEPS Centre and the emerging STEPS Global Pathways to Sustainability Consortium. The panel will open with an overview of the different ways...
Webinar: Transformative Knowledge Networks – solutions-oriented research in practice
Tuesday, 5 July 2016 16:00 – 17:00 CEST (14:00 – 15:00 UTC) Research on global change and sustainability increasingly goes hand in hand with calls for profound change and social transformation – but what do we know about these processes in different, concrete contexts of application? What can social science-led research contribute to generating solutions and...