by Erik Millstone, STEPS Centre Food and Agriculture co-convenor There are massive inequalities between industrialised and developing countries, and they have widened over the past 15 years, but there are…
INEQUALITY AND FOOD: 10 TASKS FOR THE UK GOVERNMENT
ANDY STIRLING ON SCIENCE & SCEPTICISM
After the UK Government’s Chief Scientific Adviser, John Beddington, called for scientists to be “grossly intolerant” of pseudo-science The point is that the basic aspirational principles of science offer the…
NEW UK GOVERNMENT, NEW DEVELOPMENT POLICY?
Following the appointment of Andrew Mitchell MP as Secretary of State for International Development, IDS Director Professor Lawrence Haddad shares his views on what the future holds for DFID and…
GOVERNING NANOMATERIALS AND OTHER EMERGENT TECHNOLOGIES
By ADRIAN SMITH and PATRICK VAN ZWANENBERG, STEPS Centre members A recent report by the UK Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution (RCEP) on nanomaterials – reported extensively in the media…
MARIE JAHODA LECTURE: PROFESSOR JOHN BEDDINGTON
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member The UK government’s chef scientific advisor, Professor John Beddington was here at Sussex University last night to deliver the 12th Marie Jahoda Annual Lecture,…
DSA DAY 2: SIR DAVID KING
The UK government’s chief scientific advisor Sir David King gave the conference gala dinner speech and raised a few hackles among the development studies fraternity.