En inglés Pagina en español (pdf 98kb) Reconsideración de la normativa El proyecto compara la normativa de dos tecnologías – las semillas de algodón y los antibióticos transgénicos – con…
Reconsideración de la normativa: las semillas y las drogas en China y Argentina
MANIFESTO IN CHINA: MOVING AND NON-MOVING PICTURES
Photos and video of the Manifesto discussion in Beijing, held at Tsinghua University in March, are now on the website. Take a look for some top academics’ takes on innovation,…
LOW-CARBON INNOVATION IN CHINA – QUESTIONING THE RULES OF THE GAME
By Dr Adrian Ely, STEPS Centre member How do we create more low-carbon societies? It’s clear that “top down” and “bottom up” forms of innovation will both have a role…
Background paper / The Global Redistribution of Innovation: Lessons from China and India
By Adrian Ely and Ian Scoones In the 40 years since the original “Sussex Manifesto”, the global landscape of science, technology and innovation has altered radically. The emergence of new…
TWAS Second General Conference, Beijing
TWAS’s Second General Conference in Beijing in 1987 marked the opening of China’s scientific community to the world.
BLOG FROM THE WORLD CONGRESS ON HEALTH ECONOMICS, BEIJING
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member ‘Harmonising health and economics’ sounds like a tall order, nonetheless it is the title of this year’s World Congress on Health Economics being held…
EVENT: CHINA AND GLOBAL HEALTH MARKETS – CO-OPERATION OR COMPETITION?
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member As we enter the ‘industrious and practical’ Chinese Year of the Ox, the country is emerging as a significant player in global health markets….
THE IMPACT OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL TURMOIL ON CHINESE VILLAGES
By XIAOYUN LIANG and ADRIAN ELY, STEPS Centre From 29 November to 2 December 2008, we went to two villages in Tianmen county, Hubei province, in the middle of China….
GLOBAL CRISIS: WHOSE PERSPECTIVE? WHO PAYS?
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member The global financial crisis sparked by the world’s rich will have the poor paying the highest price, wrote one UK newspaper columnist this week….
CHINA RURAL REFORMS: WHAT IS A HOUSEHOLD?
ADRIAN ELY, STEPS Centre member reports with our partners professor Ding Shijun and Dr Chen Chuanbo on the challenges of conducting research in China’s changing rural areas In rural transitional…