‘A new way of doing science’: Future Earth in Argentina

December 15th, 2014 Patrick Van Zwanenberg

By Patrick van Zwanenberg and Mariano Fressoli, STEPS America Latina. Future Earth is a major 10-year international research programme that aims to provide the critical knowledge needed to address challenges…

STEPS America Latina launches new website

November 29th, 2014 Nathan Oxley

The Centro STEPS America Latina – the new Latin American regional hub for our Global Pathways to Sustainability Consortium – has unveiled its own dedicated website. The new website is…

Article roundup: STEPS Latin America monthly debates

August 30th, 2014 Patrick Van Zwanenberg

As part of the build up to the launch of the STEPS Centre’s Latin American hub in 2015, we have started a series of monthly debates in Buenos Aires on…

A day with Argentina’s ‘street engineers’

August 22nd, 2014 Adrian Smith

They take pride in what they do at the Reciclando Sueños co-operative. Situated in the La Matanza district of greater Buenos Aires, the workers describe themselves as cartoneros profesionales (professional…

Why STEPS is creating a new research hub in Latin America

August 18th, 2014 Adrian Smith

I am in Buenos Aires for the ESOCITE/4S conference, which is bringing together Latin American scholars in Science & Technology Studies and visitors from the USA, Europe and other regions…

Call for participation: Engineering, social justice & peace, Argentina

February 7th, 2014 Steps Admin

The Network on Engineering, Social Justice and Peace (ESJP) has issued a call for participation ahead of its Annual Meeting in Buenos Aires in August 2014. STEPS Centre member Adrian…

Call for abstracts: ‘Innovation for social inclusion’, 4s/ESOCITE meeting (August 2014)

December 19th, 2013 Julia Day

STEPS member Adrian Smith (convenor of our Grassroots Innovation project) is co-organising a session on ‘innovation for social inclusion’ at the ESOCITE/Society for Social Studies of Science (4s) annual meeting…