STEPS Working Paper 76 by David Ockwell and Rob Byrne Download this paper National systems of innovation (NSIs) provide the context within which all processes of technology development, transfer and…
CRIBs (Climate Relevant Innovation-system Builders): Policy Recommendations on Fostering National Systems of Innovation under the UNFCCC
Not Another Nexus? Critical Thinking on the New Security Convergence in Energy, Food, Climate and Water
STEPS Working Paper 75 by Shilpi Srivastava and Lyla Mehta Download this paper (PDF) In recent years, the notion of the nexus has gained immense traction in the domain of…
The Politics of Delivering One Health
Diseases that affect people and have their origins in animals (zoonoses) have the potential to cause social, political and economic upheaval, often with little warning. Witness 2014’s Ebola outbreak in…
Technology Networks for Socially Useful Production
Journal of Peer Production, Issue 5: Shared Machine Shops Read the full article online (public domain) With unemployment reaching one in eight workers, and manufacturing in steep decline in the…
Towards One Health? Evolution of international collaboration networks on Nipah virus research from 1999-2011
STEPS Working Paper 74 The world is now facing the emergence of new pathogens and the return of old ones at an unprecedented speed. Among the wide range of emerging…
Politics of knowledge: Whose knowledge matters in trypanosomiasis policy making in Zambia
STEPS Working Paper 73 This paper explores the framings of trypanosomiasis, a widespread and potentially fatal zoonotic disease transmitted by tsetse flies (Glossina species) affecting both humans and livestock. This…
Community-based Micro Grids: A common property resource problem
This paper introduces a new methodological and theoretical foundation for studying the reasons for successes and failures of community-based micro grids (CBMGs). Download this paper (pdf) While technical and financial…
The Social Technology Network: A hybrid experiment in grassroots innovation
Download this paper (PDF) Created in 2004 with the arrival of the new center-left government of the Workers Party in Brazil, the Social Technology Network (STN) aimed at fostering a…
Beyond Divides: Prospects for synergy between resilience and pathways approaches to sustainability
In the context of rapid social, ecological and technological change,there is rising global demand from private, public and civic interests for trans-disciplinary sustainability research. This demand is fuelled by an…
India’s Risks: Democratizing the Management of Threats to Environment, Health, and Values
A prospective superpower, India is still grappling with a host of risks that threaten to hamper its progress. These range from environmental threats caused by GM crops and pollution; dangers…