Today technology is discussed as a source of anxiety, uncertainty and risk and this session looks at the politics and ethics of risk and regulation of biotechnology. Here to examine…
DSA DAY 2: STEPS PANEL 3 – TECHNOLOGIES SPIRALLING OUT OF CONTROL
DSA DAY 2:STEPS PANEL SESSION 2. PERI-URBAN DYNAMICS AND SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGES
For the second in our series of STEPS Centre panel sessions we have Cecilia Tacoli of the International Institute of Environment and Development, Prof. Ian Douglas, Emeritus Professor at the…
DSA DAY 2: BIOTECHNOLOGY & THE MEDIA
Good morning and welcome back to Sussex for the second day of DSA 2007. We kick off today with what promises to be a very lively debate about biotechnology and…
DSA DAY 1: STEPS PANEL SESSION 1 – PATHWAYS TO SUSTAINABILITY
STEPS PANEL SESSION 1 – PATHWAYS TO SUSTAINABILTY: LINKING TECHNOLOGY, POVERTY REDUCTION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE Melissa Leach, director of the STEPS Centre, opens the first STEPS panel session by saying…
DSA 2007 DAY 1: OPENING PLENARY
Welcome to the Development Studies Association annual conference and STEPS Symposium. We’re live here at the Sussex University campus in Brighton, UK, to join in the debate of this year’s…
LIVE BLOG FROM DSA 2007
We will be blogging from the Development Studies Association Annual Conference next week, which kicks off at 2pm (BST) on Tuesday 18th Sept with opening addresses from Gordon Conway, DFID’s…
INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH CHINA
By ADRIAN ELY, STEPS Centre member Guangzhou, in South China, is one of the cities at the forefront of the country’s “ economic miracle”. The skyline is characterised as much…
CHINESE EXPORTS: DANGER, REGULATION AND SECURITY
By GERRY BLOOM, STEPS Centre member Over the past few months there have been a number of stories in the international media about dangerous exports from China. On the one…
STEPS SYMPOSIUM AT DSA 2007
The first STEPS Centre Symposium is being held alongside the Development Studies Association Annual Conference to tie in with this year’s theme of Connecting Science, Society and Development. The event…
GROWING CITIES “FACE CATASTROPHE”
The speed and scale of global urbanisation is so great most countries will not be prepared for the impact it will have, the UN has warned. Urban dwellers are due…