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KNOTS Team Linking technological change in health, agriculture and environment to poverty reduction and social justice.

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Asbestos Sufferer Science and technology offer crucial ways to reduce poverty and increase social justice by improving agricultural livelihoods, tackling ill-health and sustaining the environment.

The KNOTS Team works to understand and influence the institutions and power-knowledge relationships that link technology, ecology and society.

The team connects global debate with local realities through interdisciplinary research, networks and partnerships, as well as teaching and training. It also co-hosts the major new ESRC Centre for Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability (STEPS).

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09 Mar 10 Science, Technology and Innovation is central to Social and Economic Progress

A major project from the ESRC STEPS Centre is focusing on new ways of linking science and innovation to development for a more sustainable, equitable and resilient future.

18 Feb 10 A Global Land Grab?

The Future Agricultures Consortium, based at IDS, is embarking on a new initiative to deepen knowledge on the causes and implications of land grabs.

27 Jan 10 Realising Rights project shortlisted for a British Medical Journal award

Researchers and communications professionals from the Realising Rights Research Consortium have been recognised for their innovative work on getting research into policy and practice.

05 Jan 10 International Development dates for 2010

IDS members suggest key diary dates for international development in 2010.

16 Dec 09 New Website Launched on the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers

On International Day to End Violence against Sex Workers, IDS announces a new resource on sex work that aims to improve the lives of people who buy or sell sex.

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Events

STEPS Centre Water Seminar, Dr Mansoor Ali

Dates: 12 Mar 2010

Time: 13.00 - 14.30

The STEPS Centre is a new interdisciplinary global research and policy engagement hub, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.

Speaker: Dr Mansoor Ali, Practical Action
IDS room 221. All welcome.

Debate: Innovation, sustainability, development – a manifesto for Brighton & Hove

Dates: 15 Mar 2010

Time: 17.30 - 19.30

This “Question Time”-style debate, with a panel drawn from Brighton and Hove’s political parties, asks how we can use science, technology and innovation to make a positive difference to people’s lives, here and in the developing world.
Chair: Professor Bob Allison, Pro-Vice Chancellor (Research), University of Sussex
Jubilee Library, Jubilee St, Brighton BN1 1GE. All welcome.

Man Trouble? A panel on directions for work with men on gender, power and violence

Dates: 18 Mar 2010

Time: 13.00 - 14.30

One of many IDS events available to the public

Fifteen years on from the Beijing conference, and its calls to engage men in gender equality work, what progress has been made in work with men on issues of gender, power and violence?
Panel includes Abhijit Das, Director of Center for Health and Social Justice, India; Alan Greig, independent consultant, USA; Chris Dolan, Director of Refugee Law Project, Uganda; and Njoki Wainana, National Gender Adviser with Men for Gender Equality Now, Kenya. Moderated by Jerker Edstrom, IDS.
IDS room 221. All welcome.