New papers explore heated debates in agronomy for development
A special issue of Experimental Agriculture, 'Doing Development-Oriented Agronomy: Rethinking Methods, Concepts and Direction’ brings together a selection of papers that...
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3rd April 2019
Sustainable Livelihoods: ‘Between the Lines’ podcast with Ian Scoones
Ian Scoones, co-director of the STEPS Centre, is interviewed in the April 2019 episode of the Institute of Development Studies...
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2nd April 2019 / Resource politics, Understanding sustainability
STEPS to host POLLEN2020 ‘Contested Natures’ conference
Political Ecology Network (POLLEN) Third Biennial Conference Contested Natures: Power, Possibility, Prefiguration Brighton, UK 24-26 June, 2020 #POLLEN20 We are...
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25th February 2019 / Europe Hub news, Governance & Policy, Research methods, Technology & Innovation, Understanding sustainability
Uncertainty, politics and science
STEPS co-director Andy Stirling has written a series of three blog posts to introduce the STEPS Centre’s theme for 2019:...
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How do ‘transformative spaces’ open up possibilities for action?
A paper by Fiona Marshall (SPRU), Jonathan Dolley (SPRU) and Ritu Priya (South Asia Sustainability Hub) explores how 'transformative space...
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Uncertain Climate: new short film explores complex uncertainty in India
A new short film summarises key themes from the project Climate Change, Uncertainty and Transformation, which explored the myriad forms...
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4th February 2019 / Europe Hub news, Health & Disease
Preparing for pandemics and the role of uncertainty explored in new project
The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) has announced a new project funded by the Wellcome Trust: Pandemic Preparedness: local and...
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Call for abstracts: ‘Post-automation’ Symposium, September 2019
A call for paper proposals has been issued for an international symposium on 'post-automation' at the University of Sussex in...
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21st January 2019 / Food & Agriculture, Research methods
Apply now: ‘Writeshop/workshop’ on Critical Agrarian Studies, Beijing, July 2019
Early career researchers from the Global South are invited to apply to be part of a summer 'writeshop'/workshop in Beijing...
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10th December 2018 / Africa Hub news, China Hub news, Europe Hub news, Food & Agriculture, Governance & Policy, Pastoralism
How do pastoralists handle uncertainty? Insights from Asia, Europe and Africa
Pastoralists are experts in uncertainty. In a series of 3 blog posts, STEPS director Ian Scoones reports back from visits...
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