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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...
What is innovation for social inclusion?
What is innovation for social inclusion? Grassroots innovation, public policies and the politics of knowledge A session at the 4S/ESOCITE conference in Buenos Aires, organised by Adrian Smith (STEPS Centre), Mariano Fressoli (Institute for Science and Technology Studies, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes) and Elisa Arond (Clark University). There is growing interest amongst researchers, civil society...
Las tecnologías de impresión 3D: tensiones de una “revolución” en ciernes
Centro Cultural Borges Viamonte 525 C.A.B.A. Aula 3, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaOrganizan: CENIT/UNTREF, Centro STEPS para América Latina Las tecnologías de impresión 3D permiten digitalizar objetos en tres dimensiones e imprimirlos materialmente. Se argumenta que la capacidad para imprimir una variedad materiales (desde plásticos, arcillas o metales hasta alimentos y cultivos celulares) podría modificar las formas actuales de consumo y el acceso a bienes. Esto se...
Energías renovables. ¿Cuáles son las oportunidades de desarrollo y qué obstáculos enfrenta la búsqueda de alternativas energéticas sustentables?
Centro Cultural Borges – UNTREF, Viamonte 525 C.A.B.A. Aula 3, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaCentro Cultural Borges – UNTREF, Viamonte 525 C.A.B.A. Aula 3 Organizan: CENIT/UNTREF, Centro STEPS para América Latina El actual régimen de generación de electricidad en Argentina depende en exceso de la producción de gas y otros hidrocarburos que requieren grandes inversiones en exploración y explotación mientras que cierran el camino a otras alternativas. Sin embargo,...
UNFCCC Workshop: Strengthening national systems of innovation in developing countries (+ live webcast)
Wissenschaftszentrum Bonn, GermanyOn 13–14 October, the Technology Executive Committee (TEC) of the UNFCCC will hold a workshop on Strengthening national systems of innovation in developing countries, covering the entire technology cycle for climate technology. This workshop will be webcast (see link below). The workshop includes a presentation by David Ockwell, convenor of the STEPS Centre's Energy and...
Synthetic Biology & Global Health – Claire Marris seminar
Room C233, Arts C University of Sussex, BrightonSynthetic Biology & Global Health: How to move beyond the promises/perils framing? Claire Marris, King’s College London A seminar co-organised by Centre for Bionetworking, STEPS Centre and Centre for Global Health Policy In a speech announcing the UK’s “eight great technologies” in 2012, Chancellor George Osborne stated that “synthetic biology will heal us, heat and...
Realising the Transition: Addressing the challenges of low carbon energy and development in Africa
Royal Society 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, LondonThe ‘Rising Powers, Clean Energy and the Low Carbon Transition in Southern Africa’ team, are running a one day international workshop titled ‘Realising the Transition: Addressing the challenges of low carbon energy and development in Africa’ in London on February 3rd 2015. The workshop will mark the culmination of our ESRC project on The Rising...
Seminar: Mission-Oriented Public Investments?
Room 221, Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer, Brighton, United KingdomMission-Oriented Public Investments? State Investment Banks & Picking-Winner Policies Speakers: Mariana Mazzucato and Caetano Penna Discussants: Martin Bell and Stephany Griffith-Jones This event is jointly hosted by the STEPS Centre and IDS Business and Development Centre Live Streaming Tuesday 10 March 2015 12:30 to 14:00 Refreshments will be provided from 12:00 IDS Convening Space This...
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...
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...