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15th January 2020 / Climate Change & Energy, Europe Hub news, Governance & Policy, Resource politics

IDS podcast: The Politics of Green Transformations

In this month’s edition of the Institute of Development Studies podcast, Between the Lines, IDS Director Melissa Leach, STEPS co-director...
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14th November 2019 / Europe Hub news, Research methods, Understanding sustainability

STEPS Uncertainty Podcast

The STEPS Uncertainty Podcast is a series of four conversations recorded with participants after our symposium in July 2019, available...
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17th October 2019 / Global Consortium news, Research methods

Apply now: STEPS Summer School 2020

The ninth and final STEPS Summer School on Pathways to Sustainability will take place on 11-22 May 2020 in Brighton,...
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11th October 2019 / Africa Hub news, China Hub news, Europe Hub news, Global Consortium news, Latin America Hub news, North America Hub news, South Asia Hub news

STEPS at Transformations 2019

Members of the STEPS Centre, including the global consortium, will be presenting at and facilitating various sessions at Transformations 2019...
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23rd September 2019 / Climate Change & Energy, Europe Hub news, Research methods, South Asia Hub news

Local knowledge and ideas are key to action on climate disruption

Press release, 20 September 2019 Vulnerable coastal areas of South Asia face a ‘perfect storm’ of increasing climate uncertainties combined...
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19th September 2019 / Global Consortium news, North America Hub news

New resources support participatory research in socio-ecological systems

A groups of researchers from the STEPS North America hub have produced new resources for exploring the possibility for new kinds of agency in complex socio-ecological systems. The results will be useful for any groups looking to facilitate similar processes in their own contexts.
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16th September 2019 / Latin America Hub news

TransAction Pre-Conference Workshops

We are very happy to invite you to participate in our TransAction Pre-Conference Workshops. We will have fun learning from...
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29th July 2019 / Resource politics, Understanding sustainability

Call for session proposals: Contested Natures – POLLEN conference 2020

The Political Ecology Network (POLLEN) Third Biennial Conference will be held in Brighton, United Kingdom on 24-26 June 2020 on...
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8th May 2019 / Europe Hub news, Technology & Innovation

In turbulent times, how can science, technology and innovation be joined up?

Co-operating across national borders is difficult, but the UN has recently been working on a more co-ordinated approach for science...
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25th April 2019 / Europe Hub news

STEPS co-director Ian Scoones awarded Ester Boserup prize for research on development

Ian Scoones, Professorial Fellow at IDS and co-director of the ESRC STEPS Centre has been awarded the 2019 Ester Boserup...
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