Brazilian Portuguese version: Innovation, Sustainability, Development: A New Manifesto

Brazilian Portuguese translation of Innovation, Sustainability, Development: A New Manifesto.

Multimedia Manifesto

The product of our Manifesto project, Innovation, Sustainability, Development: A New Manifesto recommends new ways of linking science and innovation to development for a more sustainable, equitable and resilient future….

Innovation, Sustainability, Development: A New Manifesto

Our Manifesto project publication is available in print, on CD or to view online. Innovation, Sustainability, Development: A New Manifesto recommends new ways of linking science and innovation to development…

Dynamic Sustainabilities: Technology, Environment, Social Justice

This book is available to download Open Access. Read the book Linking environmental sustainability with poverty reduction and social justice, and making science and technology work for the poor, have…

Direction, Distribution and Diversity! Pluralising Progress in Innovation, Sustainability and Development

Notions of ‘progress’ pervade the modern world. Yet, ‘north’ and ‘south’ alike, policymaking for progress in innovation, sustainability and development tends to be ambiguous. Politicians speak of “the way forward”,…

On the Edge of Sustainability: Perspectives on Peri-urban Dynamics

This paper examines some of the many ways in which the peri-urban has been theorised, considering, in particular, the implications for a normative research agenda towards improved environmental and social…

French version: Innovation, Sustainability, Development: A New Manifesto

French translation of Innovation, Sustainability, Development: A New Manifesto.

Governance and pathways to Sustainability

In today’s highly dynamic world, development challenges involve addressing complex interactions between people and their social processes, and rapidly changing technologies and ecologies. Which directions or pathways such systems move…

Dynamic systems and the challenge of sustainability

Dynamism, uncertainty and complexity dominate today’s world. Yet many policy interventions ignore this, and so often fail. What is missing is a rigorous and systematic approach to addressing dynamics, one…

Agri-Food System Dynamics: pathways to sustainability in an era of uncertainty

The ‘modernist’ project that has come to dominate food and agricultural policy has failed to provide sustainable outcomes for many poor people in developing countries. Countering orthodox notions, this paper makes a case for a deeper understanding of diverse ‘rural worlds’ in an era of short-terms shocks and long-terms stresses like climate change.