31st July 2018 / Africa Hub news, Climate Change & Energy
ACTS and Sussex University work together to boost Africa’s access to climate change funds
Press release / African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) (source) Nairobi, Kenya 27 July 2018 ACTS partners with UK varsity...
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New journal ‘Nature and Space’ launched
The links between the environment and justice, past and present, are highlighted in a new article, ‘The antinomies of nature...
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New ‘TAPESTRY’ project on transformations from below in uncertain environments
A new project involving STEPS is one of twelve awarded funding by the Belmont Forum and NORFACE joint programme Transformations...
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Africa Sustainability Hub runs training for climate policy makers
The Africa Sustainability Hub is running a 2 week fully funded internship on 9-20 July for African policymakers on the...
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21st June 2018
New resource: Authoritarian populism and the rural world
Authoritarian populism is on the rise, claiming support from rural areas. A new resource hosted by openDemocracy explores how authoritarian...
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Xochimilco and its wetlands: lessons from the earthquake of 2017
Researchers of the STEPS Centre North America hub have published an article about its work relating to “chinampas” of Xochimilco, a very vast wetland in the peri-urban area of México City that was beaten by the earthquake of 2017.
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7th June 2018 / Food & Agriculture, Latin America Hub news, Technology & Innovation, Understanding sustainability
From common good to corporate ownership: The new strategy to modify the Seed Law
De bien común a propiedad corporativa: La nueva estrategia para modificar la Ley de Semillas By Maxi Goldschmidt Abstract This article...
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7th June 2018 / Food & Agriculture, Latin America Hub news, News, Technology & Innovation, Understanding sustainability
Open Source Seeds
Semillas con código abierto By Juan Manuel Repetto Abstract Currently, the seed industry has a high level of concentration and...
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4th June 2018 / Latin America Hub news
T-Lab in Buenos Aires: Bioleft, co-designing open source seeds
The Latin America Hub of Pathways to Sustainabilty project is working on a system to protect biological information and ensure its circulation for research and development.
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Three PhD scholarships on pastoralism in Kenya, China and Italy
As part of an Advanced Grant European Research Council award, led by Professor Ian Scoones, we are recruiting three PhD...
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