Photo: Jatropha curcas – the biofuel plant from tonrulkens’ photostream on Flickr Our director Melissa Leach is giving the first Annual Piers Blaikie Lecture on Environmental Politics at the University…
EVERYONE’S A WINNER (EXCEPT IF YOU’RE NOT…)
VIDEO: WATER, OIL AND POLITICS IN EGYPT AND SUDAN
In a time of intense and dramatic change in North Africa, Sudan splits into two. One of the most crucial negotiations to take place is over water: who gets how…
DIVERSITY, DISTRIBUTION AND DEVELOPMENT THROUGH KNOWLEDGE, NETWORKS AND NATIONS
By Melissa Leach, STEPS Centre director A new report by the Royal Society surveys the global scientific landscape in 2011, noting the shift to an increasingly multipolar world underpinned by…
‘Putting Africa First: The Making of African Innovation Systems’
Publication of the book, Putting Africa First: The Making of African Innovation Systems (2003)
REVOLUTIONS ON THE NILE
By Alan Nicol, IDS and Ana Cascão, Stockholm International Water Institute Today is official Nile Day in the basin and celebrations will be taking place in Goma, Democratic Republic of…
EGYPT AND SUDAN: POLITICS AND WATER IN A NEW NILE STATE
Our STEPS Water Seminar on 22 February is with Ana Cascão from Stockholm International Water Institute, who’s recently returned from working in Egypt and Sudan. Ana is a political scientist…
SOLAR STOVES: MAKING THINGS PEOPLE ACTUALLY USE
Photo: Solar technology in the CIFRES carpark, by Adrian Ely By Adrian Ely, Manifesto project convenor In the car park of the International Centre for Training and Research in Solar…
SCIENCE AND DEMOCRACY: GATHERING MOMENTUM?
By Adrian Ely, Manifesto project convenor The Science and Democracy World Forum is part of a growing movement responding to the challenges of sustainability and development. At this year’s event…
AFRICA AND THE MDGs: A MANIFESTO
By Adrian Ely, STEPS Centre member [Edit (7/12/10): The Africa Manifesto has now been launched: you can download it from the ATPS website.] Ten years after the African Technology Policy…
MAKER FAIRE AFRICA 2010: CALL FOR ENTRIES
The team behind Maker Faire Africa 2010 put out the call for entries yesterday. Maker Faire Africa – “a celebration of African ingenuity, innovation and invention” – takes place in…