In this paper we introduce an area of activity that has flourished for decades in all corners of the globe, namely grassroots innovation for sustainable development. We also argue why…
Innovation, Sustainability and Democracy: An Analysis of Grassroots Contributions
Agronomy for Development: The Politics of Knowledge in Agricultural Research
edited by James Sumberg Published by Earthscan/Routledge, 2017 Buy this book Over the last decade there has been renewed interest in food security and the state of the global food…
Emancipatory rural politics: confronting authoritarian populism
by Ian Scoones, Marc Edelman, Saturnino M. Borras Jr., Ruth Hall, Wendy Wolford & Ben White The Journal of Peasant Studies, Forum on Authoritarian Populism and the Rural World A…
Linking well-being with cultural revitalization for greater cognitive justice in conservation: lessons from Venezuela in Canaima National Park
Across the globe, conservation policies have often suppressed nonscientific forms of knowledge and ways of knowing nature, along with the social practices of the groups that are informed by such…
Cultivating sustainable developments in makerspaces
In October 2015, we convened a workshop for 80 researchers and practitioners involved in makerspaces in Europe. Our aim was to explore how makerspaces can help cultivate sustainable developments. This…
Structural drivers of vulnerability to zoonotic disease in Africa
Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 372, 20160169 By Dzingirai Vupenyu, Salome Bukachi, Melissa Leach, Lindiwe Mangwanya, Ian Scoones and Annie Wilkinson This paper argues that addressing the underlying structural drivers…
Integrative modelling for One Health: pattern, process and participation
by I. Scoones, K. Jones, G. Lo Iacono, D. W. Redding, A. Wilkinson and J. L. N. Wood Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B. 372:20160164 June 2017 This paper argues for…
FreeBook: Pathways to Sustainable Agriculture
This Routledge FreeBook highlights some of the major findings that have emerged over the last decade of the STEPS Centre’s research on sustainable agriculture. Download this book It draws on…
Report: New innovation approaches to support the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development puts forward a broad and ambitious agenda for global action on sustainable development. The scale and ambition of the Sustainable Development Goals require innovation…
Making ‘Mangroves Together’: Carbon, conservation and co-management in Gazi Bay, Kenya
STEPS Working Paper 95 Market-based strategies are increasingly being framed by highlevel stakeholders as ideal means of responding to environmental problems on various scales. As a result, concepts and mechanisms…