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» ESRC Studentships: study with the STEPS Centre
The STEPS Centre is delighted to offer PhD training in association with the Sussex ESRC Doctoral Training Centre, one of a network of 21 Doctoral Training Centres in the UK, set up by the...
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» STEPS Centre Summer School
Applications are now open for our 2015 Summer School, to be held from 11-22 May at the Institute of Development Studies in Brighton, UK. Applications are invited from highly-motivated doctoral and...
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» Business for peace?
It is difficult to avoid being swept up in the current tide of optimism about Africa and resource development. For once, Africa is not only portrayed by outsiders as a...
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» Gender equality and Sustainability: STEPS members contribute to new UN Women report
STEPS Centre members have contributed to a major United Nations report that highlights the deep connections between gender equality and sustainable development, as the world moves towards a post-2015 framework....
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» New Multicriteria Mapping software launched
Multicriteria Mapping (MCM), a new software package to aid decision-making by exploring contrasting perspectives on complex issues, has been launched. MCM was pioneered by STEPS co-director Andy Stirling as a...
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Cutting-edge research on Ebola, avian flu, swine flu and other diseases that can be transmitted from animals to humans. This page features highlights from our work on how science, policy and...
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ESRC Studentships: study with the STEPS Centre
The STEPS Centre is delighted to offer PhD training in association with the Sussex ESRC Doctoral Training Centre, one of a network of 21 Doctoral Training Centres in the UK, set up by the...→ more
Political Ecology: resources, power and justice
With conceptual roots in political economy and cultural ecology, as well as close relationships with development studies and science and technology studies, the multidisciplinary field of political ecology shares a...→ more
STEPS América Latina at the Open and Collaborative Science in Development Network
By Mariano Fressoli, STEPS America Latina Between 13 and 15 October the Open and Collaborative Science in Development Network held its first workshop in Nairobi. The objective of the workshop,...→ more
Call for abstracts: Critical Perspectives on the Financialisation of Nature
Nathan Oxley --> A Call for Abstracts has been issued for a workshop in March 2015 on the financialisation of nature. The workshop, aimed at doctoral and early-career researchers, is entitled Critical Perspectives...→ more
Business for peace?
Jeremy Allouche --> It is difficult to avoid being swept up in the current tide of optimism about Africa and resource development. For once, Africa is not only portrayed by outsiders as a...→ more
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Community-based Micro Grids: A common property resource problem
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