Feed Editor 4 Jul 2008 17:38:27 GMT Linking environmental sustainability, technology, poverty reduction and social justice http://www.steps-centre.org/ en steps-centre@ids.ac.uk http://www.steps-centre.org/img/STEPS_logo_small.GIF http://www.steps-centre.org/img/STEPS_logo_small.GIF Just published, a new STEPS working paper by Saverio Krätli exploring the cattle-breeding system of the WoDaaBe herders in Niger, which exploits unpredictability as a resource. 4 Jul 2008 17:38:27 GMT http://www.steps-centre.org/publications/index.html http://www.steps-centre.org/publications/index.html A new project investigating the politics and policy processes of global responses to avian 'flu. Affiliated to the STEPS Centre's epidemics work and supported by the FAO. 4 Jul 2008 14:16:52 GMT http://www.ids.ac.uk/go/about-ids/news-and-commentary/july-2008-news/avian-flu http://www.ids.ac.uk/go/about-ids/news-and-commentary/july-2008-news/avian-flu Agriculture & food for Sustainability is the latest addition to our series of bite-sized briefings now available to download. Also available - STEPS Approach, Dynamics and Governance. 19 Jun 2008 11:55:16 GMT http://www.steps-centre.org/publications/index.html#briefings http://www.steps-centre.org/publications/index.html#briefings Read STEPS co-director Andy Stirling's presentation 'From Precaution to Robustness: in governance of technological vulnerability', prepared for The Vulnerability of Technological Cultures workshop 19 Jun 2008 11:53:10 GMT http://www.steps-centre.org/news/index.html http://www.steps-centre.org/news/index.html Reflections on the UN World Food Summit in Rome from John Thompson, STEPS food and agriculture co-convenor, on the blog. 16 Jun 2008 09:43:07 GMT http://stepscentre-thecrossing.blogspot.com/2008/06/fiddling-in-rome-while-world-burns.html http://stepscentre-thecrossing.blogspot.com/2008/06/fiddling-in-rome-while-world-burns.html Latest news and views from the STEPS Centre and our affiliates about the summit in Rome on our blog, The Crossing. 4 Jun 2008 11:29:50 GMT http://stepscentre-thecrossing.blogspot.com/search/label/Rome http://stepscentre-thecrossing.blogspot.com/search/label/Rome Case studies on SARS, multi-drug-resistant TB, HIV/AIDS, ebola, avian flu, obesity are underway as part of this project on the dynamics and governance of epidemics. 4 Jun 2008 10:43:57 GMT http://www.steps-centre.org/ourresearch/epidemics.html http://www.steps-centre.org/ourresearch/epidemics.html How can southern Africa benefit from the global ‘livestock revolution’? New research explores policy options for trade, veterinary and food safety standards, disease control and management. Video interviews, papers, policy briefings and more from this project. 29 May 2008 16:14:17 GMT http://www.steps-centre.org/ourresearch/vetscience.html http://www.steps-centre.org/ourresearch/vetscience.html Kofi Annan chaired a new vision for agricultural development in Africa conference, hosted by STEPS affiliate the Future Agricultures Consortium and the Salzburg Global Seminar. 29 May 2008 16:12:40 GMT http://www.steps-centre.org/events/Salzburg.html?IDSPECIAL_EVENT=1561 http://www.steps-centre.org/events/Salzburg.html?IDSPECIAL_EVENT=1561 The STEPS Centre's theme this year is resilience; engaging with resilience thinking and exploring practical implications for policy in agriculture, water, peri-urban dynamics, epidemics and regulation. 29 May 2008 16:11:50 GMT http://www.steps-centre.org/ourresearch/resilience.html http://www.steps-centre.org/ourresearch/resilience.html STEPS affiliate Future Health Systems launches a Special Issue of Social Science and Medicine at the Geneva Health Forum where discussions centre on the complexity of global access to health. 29 May 2008 16:10:10 GMT http://www.steps-centre.org/index.html http://www.steps-centre.org/index.html The STEPS Centre's work in a digestible format: Our first briefings, covering the STEPS Approach, Dynamics and Governance, are now available to download. 29 May 2008 16:09:22 GMT http://www.steps-centre.org/publications/index.html#briefings http://www.steps-centre.org/publications/index.html#briefings Watch people involved different aspects of the STEPS Centre's work explain thier views on our YouTube channel. 29 May 2008 16:08:12 GMT http://www.steps-centre.org/news/video.html http://www.steps-centre.org/news/video.html John Thompson takes a critical look at the IAASTD report calling for sweeping changes to world farming. Also on the blog, Melissa Leach and Adrian Smith at Resilience 2008 and Adrian Ely on rethinking regulation in China and UN deliberations on biosafety. 29 May 2008 16:06:10 GMT http://stepscentre-thecrossing.blogspot.com/ http://stepscentre-thecrossing.blogspot.com/ To mark UN Sanitation and Hygiene Week (March 15-21), culminating in World Water Day, our researchers and partners have been focussing on the most pressing issues and challenges ahead 13 Mar 2008 09:02:53 GMT http://www.steps-centre.org/index.html http://www.steps-centre.org/index.html STEPS director Melissa Leach will be among the speakers at the 'Securing a safer, sustainable and equitable world' debate for the ESRC's flaghip event. 25 Feb 2008 17:47:59 GMT http://www.steps-centre.org/events/index.html#related http://www.steps-centre.org/events/index.html#related How can southern Africa benefit from the global ‘livestock revolution’? Options for trade, vet and food safety standards, disease control and management discussed by this STEPS-affiliated project. 14 Feb 2008 17:42:09 GMT http://www.steps-centre.org/ourresearch/vetscience.html http://www.steps-centre.org/ourresearch/vetscience.html Four STEPS Centre PhD studentships are available to start in October 2008, each covering three years of fees, subsistence and fieldwork funds. Closing date 18 April. 13 Feb 2008 18:12:34 GMT http://www.steps-centre.org/aboutus/teaching.html http://www.steps-centre.org/aboutus/teaching.html Listen to the latest in the STEPS Centre seminar series as Bill Adams, from the University of Cambridge, talks on the political ecology of conservation. 13 Feb 2008 18:11:33 GMT http://www.steps-centre.org/events/stepsseminars.html http://www.steps-centre.org/events/stepsseminars.html Providing cures for health problems isn't enough, if people's personal or cultural beliefs clash withthe scientific approach. Policy-makers must recognize and engage with these objections, Melissa Leach argues in Nature magazine and on the Nature podcast. 13 Feb 2008 17:51:01 GMT http://www.steps-centre.org/news/index.html http://www.steps-centre.org/news/index.html