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Posts with the Future Earth tag

WSSF 2015: What kinds of alliances create transformative knowledge?

September 15th, 2015 Adrian Ely 2 Comments

In advance of the World Social Science Forum I have been in Durban with an inspiring group of researchers and activists to discuss transformations to sustainability. It has been incredibly useful to share insights and perspectives over the past three days. The workshop was organised by the International Social Science Council. With seven other groups,…

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

December 15th, 2014 Patrick Van Zwanenberg Leave a comment

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 of global environmental change, and to accelerate transformations to a sustainable world. Launched in June 2012, at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), it…

Future Earth launches new website

March 24th, 2014 Julia Day Leave a comment

Future Earth, the international hub for research on sustainability, has launched a new website to share news of its events and projects. Future Earth was launched in June 2012 and aims to bring together research on global environmental change from across disciplines, with input from governments, civil society, business and others. STEPS Director Melissa Leach…

Future Earth takes flight with inaugural scientific committee

June 17th, 2013 Julia Day Leave a comment

Global sustainability research programme Future Earth has announced its inaugural science committee, with ESRC STEPS Centre director Melissa Leach serving as vice chair. Future Earth is major 10-year international research programme which aims to provide the critical knowledge needed to address the challenges of global environmental change and to identify opportunities for a transition to…

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