Ecology and Society 23(3):8 In this paper we discuss how transdisciplinary development research (TDR), if approached in particular ways, can not only to produce new knowledge, but also foster deeper…
Transdisciplinary research as transformative space making for sustainability: enhancing pro-poor transformative agency in peri-urban contexts
Waste to Energy in Delhi: Alternatives towards Sustainable Urban Waste Management
With the increasing waste production in urban areas, multiple technological solutions, models of waste governance and alternative practices of solid waste management have started acquiring momentum in Indian cities. Of…
A Class-Analytic Approach to Agricultural Joint Ventures in the Communal Areas of South Africa
STEPS Working Paper 103 July 2018 This paper engages with key debates regarding the dynamics of class formation in the former Bantustans (or ‘homelands’) of South Africa. It is widely…
Promoting agency for social-ecological transformation: a transformation-lab in the Xochimilco social-ecological system
Experiments to create spaces for social-ecological transformation are multiplying. These experiments aim at transcending traditional spaces for rational deliberation, planning, and participatory decision-making. We present a methodological approach for triggering…
Governing Food and Agriculture in a Warming World
Understanding how, why, and whether the trade-offs and tensions around simultaneous implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals are resolved both sustainably and equitably requires an appreciation of power relations across…
Low carbon China: Emerging phenomena and implications for innovation governance: Introduction to the special section of environmental innovation and societal transitions
This special section of ‘Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions’ investigates emerging phenomena associated with low carbon transitions in contemporary China. It looks at supply and demand side dynamics, the changing…
Market Linkage Strategies for Local Food Systems: Lessons for Brighton & Hove
Strategies for supporting market linkages among stakeholders in food systems can be a win-win-win for primary food producers, retailers and wholesalers, and consumers or caterers. By linking producers to consumers…
Uncertainty in Environmental Studies
Threats to climate, biodiversity, soils, air and water join long-standing issues of poverty and vulnerability in demanding urgent action. Radical transformations are required in global institutions and infrastructures for provision…
Land Grabbing in Environmental Studies
Land grabbing emerged as a global phenomenon in the period following the global financial crisis of 2007-08. Investors in search of financial returns looked to land across the world, but…
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN URBANISING CONTEXTS
The world’s urban population is expected to rise from 3.9 to 6.4 billion people between 2014 and 2050, with 90% of this increase in Asia and Africa (UN, 2014). While…