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Sally Brooks
Sally is a research officer with the STEPS Centre. Her research focuses on the social and institutional dynamics of science policy processes in food and agriculture. She has extensive work and research experience in Asia-Pacific and East Africa.Selected Projects and Recent Work
- Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability (STEPS) Centre
- Agricultural Biotechnology & Policy Processes in Developing Countries
Thematic Expertise
Agriculture; Climate Change; Science and Society; Democratising Biotechnology.
Geographic Expertise
Kenya; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Viet Nam; Cambodia.
Selected Publications »»
- Brooks, S. (forthcoming) 'Living with Materiality or Confronting Asian Diversity? The Case of Iron-Biofortified Rice Research in the Philippines', East Asian STS (EASTS) Journal
- Brooks, S. (2011) 'Is International Agricultural Research a Global Public Good? The Case of Rice Biofortification', Journal of Peasant Studies 38.1:67 – 80
- Brooks, S. (2010) 'Opening up the GM Crop Debate', People and Science March
- Brooks, S (2010) Rice Biofortification: Lessons for Global Science and Development, London: Earthscan
- Brooks S., Thompson J., Odame H., Kibaara B., Nderitu S., Karin F. and Millstone, E. (2009) 'Environmental Change and Maize Innovation in Kenya: Exploring Pathways in and out of Maize', STEPS Working Paper 36, Brighton: STEPS Centre
- Brooks, S., Leach M., Lucas, H. and Millstone, E. (2009) 'Silver Bullets, Grand Challenges and the New Philanthropy', STEPS Working Paper 24, Brighton: STEPS Centre
- Millstone, E., Thompson, J. and Brooks, S. (2009) 'Reforming the Global Food and Agriculture System: Towards a Questioning Agenda for the New Manifesto', STEPS Working Paper 26, Brighton: STEPS Centre
- Brooks, S. (2005) 'Biotechnology and the Politics of Truth: From the Green Revolution to an Evergreen Revolution', Sociologia Ruralis 45.4:360 - 379