A new project involving STEPS is one of twelve awarded funding by the Belmont Forum and NORFACE joint programme Transformations to Sustainability (T2S). The project is entitled TAPESTRY: Transformation as…
New ‘TAPESTRY’ project on transformations from below in uncertain environments
Multimedia story: #ERPI2018 – Authoritarian Populism & the Rural World
The event Authoritarian Populism and the Rural World, held in March in The Hague, generated a lively online discussion. We’ve compiled a multimedia story with selected tweets and images from…
CfP: POLLEN18 – Political Ecologies, Authoritarian Populism and Emancipatory Politics
A call for panellists has been issued for a panel on ‘Political Ecologies, Authoritarian Populism and Emancipatory Politics’ at the POLLEN conference in Oslo, 20-22 June 2018. The panel is organised…
Call for papers: International conference on authoritarian populism in the rural world
A call for abstracts has been issued for an international conference in March 2018, to explore the rise of ‘authoritarian populism’ in rural settings, as well as resistance and alternatives….
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 meeting, 10-14 April, New Orleans Organizers: Amber Huff (Institute of…
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 conference in Moscow in October. CALL FOR ABSTRACTS/PAPERS for the…
Small grants call to launch Emancipatory Rural Politics Initiative
The new Emancipatory Rural Politics Initiative (ERPI) has launched with a call for small grants applications. The grants will fund working papers and fieldwork to generate new, empirical reflections and…
Small grants call announced for ‘nexus governance’ research in Southern Africa
The ‘Governing the Nexus in Southern Africa’ project has announced a call for small grants (up to £2,500 GBP) to cover field work expenses on research into nexus governance in…
A year of STEPS: 2015 highlights
As it’s nearing the end of 2015, here are some highlights you may have missed from the STEPS Centre’s last 12 months. We’ll see you next year! Our coverage of…
Resource Politics conference: papers, blogs, pictures, video
Our international conference Resource Politics: transforming pathways to sustainability on 7-9 September brought together a fantastic group of activists and researchers from all over the world. We discussed real-world cases,…