Media Centre

Helping media professionals

The STEPS Media Centre is designed to help media professionals access the latest news and resources from the STEPS Centre as quickly and easily as possible. Here you will find press releases, background briefings, and resources to help with your research and stories. If you can’t find what you need, please get in touch with the press office in one of the following ways:

Contact us:

Nathan Oxley, communications officer
Tel +44 (0)1273 915726 / M: +44 (0)7989 568586
Email n.oxley@ids.ac.uk


Latest press releases and press packs

Innovation, Sustainability, Development: A New Manifesto

General releases

Towards a Green Revolution in Africa press pack ( 30 April 2008)

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Photos available, contact: j.day@ ids.ac.uk

 

African 'Livestock Revolution' press pack (April 2008)

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Press release archive

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Find an expert

STEPS members are world-class experts in the many social and natural science fields around our issues of social, environmental and technological development, and are very experienced in working with print, broadcast and online media.

From food and agriculture, water and sanitation to health and disease, we have engineers, ecologists, anthropologists to economists, physicians, physicists and more who are happy to provide comment and analysis.

Have a look at members' profiles to see whose areas of expertise match what you need, or contact communications officer Julia Day on +44 (0)1273 876814 or 07974 209148 or j.day@ids.ac.uk, who will help you find an expert as quickly as possible.


Images, video, audio and more

From a climate change project in Kenya to urbanisation in India, STEPS Centre offers images, audio and video to accompany reports and to help accurately reflect our work around the world. We have an archive of quality still images taken by our own researchers during their work. This material is for editorial use only.

To request an image or other material (for editorial use only) email the media centre or call us on +44 (0)1273 876814.

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Briefing papers and reports

Our Research Briefings offer easily-digestible summaries of our research. They are available to download from our publications page

Or sign up for the Briefings to be delivered direct to your inbo as soon as they are published by sending an email to: lyris@lyris.ids.ac.uk with the following line in the subject box:

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STEPS in the news

What the media have been saying about STEPS, and what STEPS has been saying in the media

General STEPS Centre coverage

Coverage from Towards a Green Revolution in Africa conference, Salzburg, April 08

Coverage from Veterinary Science, Transboundary Animal Disease and Market Access workshop, Pretoria, South Africa, April 08


Fast Facts

Our Fast Facts page answers frequently asked questions about the STEPS Centre.

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Kofi Annan addresses the 'Green Revolution in Africa' conference

Kofi Annan addresses the 'Towards a Green Revolution in Africa' confernce / Herman Seidl

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