‘The Life and Legacy of Geoff Oldham’, held at the Conference Centre at the University of Sussex on 13 April 2018 was co-organised by SPRU and the International Development Research…
The Life and Legacy of Geoff Oldham, 13 April 2018
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…
Hallie Eakin honoured for her work on vulnerability, adaptation and resilience
Dr Hallie Eakin, convenor of the STEPS North America hub, was honoured with a Research Excellence Award for developing the field of vulnerability, adaptation, and resilience to climate change. Dr…
Freebook: Pathways to Health and Sustainability
The second in a series of FreeBooks from Routledge, Pathways to Health and Sustainability, is available to download free of charge. Download the book The FreeBooks allow open access, for…
The STEPS Centre’s programme: 2018-2021
The ESRC STEPS Centre, part of the Pathways to Sustainability Global Consortium, is working on four annual themes from 2018-2021. Through a series of events and learning activities linked to…
Citizen science and big data: join a panel at EASST 2018
Paper proposals are invited for a panel on citizen science, data and digital technology, as part of the next EASST Conference at Lancaster University, UK in July 2018. Among the…
Remembering Calestous Juma, scholar and champion of innovation
We are saddened to hear of the death of Prof Calestous Juma at the age of 64. Prof Juma had a huge influence on scholarship and public debate about science…
Video: Andy Stirling on Grand Challenges, interdisciplinary research and transformations
The Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences have published video of a lecture (40 min) by STEPS co-director Andy Stirling at Keele University on 1 November 2017. In the lecture,…
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….