Technology for Autonomy and Resistance: The Appropriate Technology Movement in South America

STEPS Centre Working Paper 87 Download this paper (PDF 1 MB) Between the 1970s and 1980s appropriate technology (AT) become a worldwide grassroots innovation movement that sought to redefine technology as a…

3D Printing in Latin America – A new technological revolution?

This article by Mariano Fressoli (STEPS América Latina) and Adrian Smith (SPRU/STEPS) considers whether 3D printing signals a technological revolution for Latin America. Published in the 50th Anniversary issue of…

Regulating genetic engineering: the limits and politics of knowledge

Charges against critics of genetic engineering (GE) often take four general forms. But all of them, we argue, are unsupported by facts. First, scientific and policy debates are not, as…

Understanding the diffusion modes of grassroots innovations in India: A study of Honey Bee Network supported innovators

In this paper we examine the outcomes and connections of preferences of the non-formal innovators identified by the Honey Bee Network (HBN) in India. The chosen mode of diffusion of…

Logics of government innovation and reform management in China

STEPS/Future Health Systems Working Paper 85 Download this paper (PDF 760kb) Since the beginning of reforms in the late 1970s, China has developed rapidly, transforming itself into a middle-income country,…

Improving technology transfer through national systems of innovation: climate relevant innovation-system builders (CRIBs)

Read this article (open access). The Technology Executive Committee (TEC) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) recently convened a workshop seeking to understand how strengthening national…

Towards innovation democracy? Participation, responsibility and precaution in innovation governance

STEPS Working Paper 78 by Andy Stirling Download this paper (PDF) Innovation is about more than technological invention. It involves change of many kinds: cultural, organisational and behavioural as well…

Low Carbon Innovation in Chinese Urban Mobility: Prospects, Politics and Practices

STEPS Working Paper 71 David Tyfield, Dennis Zuev, Ping Li and John Urry Download (PDF) China represents a test-case of global significance regarding the challenges of urban mobility transition to…

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…