sustainable development
Putting the Power in ‘Socio-Technical Regimes’- E-Mobility Transition in China as Political Process
Room G22, Jubilee Building University of Sussex, Brighton, United KingdomDr David Tyfield, Co-Director, Centre for Mobilities Research, Lancaster University One of the greatest challenges regarding contemporary research into socio-technical transition concerns the possibility of ‘sustainable transport’. Transportation, which accounts for at least one quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions, is key to efforts to mitigate ‘climate change’. But with the particularly ‘locked-in’ and entrenched...
Investing in Food security? Philanthrocapitalism, biotechnology and development
Jubilee Lecture Theatre 144 Jubilee Building, University of Sussex, BrightonSally Brooks, University of York This paper traces the evolution of philanthropic involvement in developing country agriculture from the ‘scientific philanthropy’ of the Rockefeller Foundation during and after the Green Revolution era to the ‘philathrocapitalism’ of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, by examining two cases of ‘pro-poor’ agricultural biotechnology research: pro-Vitamin A-enriched ‘Golden Rice’...
STEPS Seminar: Aid on the Edge of Chaos
Convening Space, IDS Library Road, Falmer, Brighton, United KingdomBen Ramalingam Research Associate, Overseas Development Institute and STEPS Centre Visiting Fellow at IDS It is widely recognised that the foreign aid system is in need of drastic change. But there are conflicting opinions as to what is needed. Some call for dramatic increases in resources, to meet long-overdue commitments, and to scale up what...
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...
IDS Rising Powers & Rio+ Centre High-Level Round-Table: BRICS & the Green Transformation: Mutual Learning for Sustainability
Hotel Sheraton, Leblon Av Niemeyer, 121 - Leblon, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilSpeakers will debate the dynamics and drivers for low-carbon development policies in Brazil, India and China, and the implications for Africa. Adrian Ely, Deputy Director and Head of Impact and Engagement, STEPS Centre, is taking part in this event and wrote a blogpost to coincide: More than just a “clean energy race”? BRICS invesment and...
STEPS Seminar: In the Eye of a Cyclone: The Dialectics of Social and Environmental Change in the Sundarban Delta
Convening Space Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, United KingdomDr Debojyoti Das, ERC Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Dept. of History, Classics and Archaeology, Birkbeck, University of London Tropical Cyclones are a yearly event in the Bay of Bengal coastal seaboard. The deadliest cyclones in the world have formed here, including the 1970 Bhola super cyclone, which killed 500,000 people. The misery and destruction caused by...
Public lecture: Michael Grubb on Planetary Economics: Energy, Climate Change and the Three Domains of Sustainable Development
Jubilee Lecture Theatre 144 Jubilee Building, University of Sussex, BrightonThe Sussex Energy Group at SPRU in association with the Centre on Innovation and Energy Demand, invites you to a public lecture Professor Michael Grubb presenting findings from his recently published book: Planetary Economics: Energy, Climate Change and the Three Domains of Sustainable Development Chaired by Prof. Johan Schot, Director of SPRU and with discussants...
STEPS/FHS Workshop on Complex Adaptive Systems in Health Systems in LMICs
Mt Washington Conference Center and the Center for Advanced Modeling in the Social, Behavioral, and Health Services Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United StatesMt. Washington Conference Center and the Center for Advanced Modeling in the Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA Background Health systems are seen as a complex adaptive system (CAS), with multiple actors and relationships operating in difficult and changing contexts, with many points of intervention, and numerous intended and unintended...
What works at the Nexus? Conference
Coin Street Conference Centre 108 Stamford St, LondonJoin us at the first Nexus Network conference: What works at the nexus? New connections in food, energy, water and environment on Thursday 27 November from 9.30 am to 5.30 pm at the Coin Street Conference Centre in London. This is an opportunity for network members to meet, hear high-profile keynote speakers, discuss nexus challenges...
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: Sustainable Development at a Crossroad: Transformation of the Industrial State during a Perfect Storm
Arts A04 University of Sussex, Falmer, United Kingdom"Sustainable Development at a Crossroad: Transformation of the Industrial State during a Perfect Storm" - seminar by Prof Nicholas Ashford (MIT) at the University of Sussex, 23 February 2015.