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Geoff Oldham
20th October 2017 / Technology & Innovation

Remembering Geoff Oldham

It is with deep regret and sadness that we share the news of the death of Professor Geoff Oldham, who...
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2nd October 2017 / Europe Hub news, Resource politics

Emancipatory Rural Politics: call for papers at AAG2018

Emancipatory Rural Politics: contextualising authoritarian populism and resisting, mobilizing and creating alternatives Call for papers, Association of American Geographers 2018 annual...
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24th August 2017 / Latin America Hub news, Technology & Innovation

Call for papers: Platform economy and new collaborative forms of production

The journal Liinc em Revista is inviting submission of articles, subject to double-blind evaluation, for publication in Vol. 14, n....
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16th August 2017 / Climate Change & Energy, Europe Hub news, Food & Agriculture, Research methods, Understanding sustainability, Urbanisation, Water

STEPS presents research at Resilience and Transformations conferences

The STEPS Centre and our partners in the Pathways to Sustainability Global Consortium will present new and emerging research at...
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Food Brexit
17th July 2017 / Food & Agriculture, Governance & Policy

A Food Brexit: Time to get real

The UK is unprepared for the most complex ever change to its food system, which will be required before Brexit,...
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7th July 2017 / Africa Hub news, Climate Change & Energy

ACTS ranked among the world’s top think tanks on climate change in 2016

The African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) has been ranked among the top 3 climate change think tanks globally in...
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21st June 2017 / Research methods, Understanding sustainability

STEPS Learning: new e-learning website on Pathways to Sustainability

The ESRC STEPS Centre has launched a new online learning website for self-study and use in teaching. The STEPS Learning...
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Melissa Leach
19th June 2017

Prof Melissa Leach, STEPS co-founder, honoured with a CBE

Melissa Leach has been appointed as a CBE for services to Social Science, in the Queen’s Birthday 2017 Honours List....
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7th June 2017 / Food & Agriculture, Resource politics

4th BICAS Conference: call for abstracts on extractivism & rural social dynamics in the BRICS

Following the launch of the Emancipatory Rural Politics Initiative (ERPI), a call for papers has been issued for an international...
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22nd May 2017 / Food & Agriculture, Technology & Innovation

GM mustard in India: are important questions not being asked?

The Indian researcher Poonam Pandey has written an opinion piece for the Hindustan Times about the latest controversy over GM...
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