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…
Low Carbon Innovation in Chinese Urban Mobility: Prospects, Politics and Practices
Pathways Towards Renewable Energy in China: Prospects, Politics and Practices
STEPS Working Paper 70 Frauke Urban and Sam Geall Download (PDF) China is not only the world’s largest energy consumer and greenhouse-gas emitter by volume, but also boasts the largest…
Low-Carbon Innovation in China: Prospects, Politics and Practices
STEPS Working Paper 69 by David Tyfield, Adrian Ely, Frauke Urban, Sam Geall, Dennis Zuev and John Urry Download (PDF) China’s potential transition to a low-carbon, climate resilient or ‘post-carbon’…
CRIBs (Climate Relevant Innovation-system Builders): An effective way forward for international climate technology policy
STEPS Working Paper 77 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
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…
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…
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…