STEPS co-director Andy Stirling gave an online talk on 15 May 2020 exploring ideas about modernity and the ‘futilities of control’, in the context of the coronavirus pandemic. The talk…
Andy Stirling on Covid-19, modernity and control: video
Podcast: The Social Dynamics of Pandemics
The global pandemic Covid-19 is impacting people in many and varied ways. The effects on all our lives are immense and diverse, from rural and urban communities, young and old,…
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 Ian Scoones and Sussex professor Peter Newell discuss their co-edited…
STEPS Uncertainty Podcast
The STEPS Uncertainty Podcast is a series of four conversations recorded with participants after our symposium in July 2019, available as a podcast to stream or download. The symposium, The…
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, UK. Applications for the Summer School are open now. The…
STEPS at Transformations 2019
Members of the STEPS Centre, including the global consortium, will be presenting at and facilitating various sessions at Transformations 2019 in Santiago, Chile. The conference is a fantastic opportunity for…
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 with threats to livelihoods from inequality, industrial development and marginalisation,…
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.
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 each other and we promise you that you will not…
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 and technology to contribute to development goals. The rise of…