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KNOTS Team Linking technological change in health, agriculture and environment to poverty reduction and social justice.
KNOTS Research team
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).
News »»
31 Aug 10 Making health systems work for the poor: Beyond scaling up
Seven thematic briefing papers examine alternative pathways to influence the shape of future health systems
23 Aug 10 Why the UK Government must make agriculture a top development priority
IDS Professorial Fellow Ian Scoones argues that the UK’s Department for International Development must look to agriculture to meet its new priorities in the long term
18 Aug 10 Ten years of land reform: The myths and realities of Zimbabwe’s experience
A new book and a Working Papers series use empirical evidence to examine the impact of the changing land use and economy in Zimbabwe.
Events
STEPS Conference 2010: Pathways to Sustainability
Dates: 23 Sep 2010 - 24 September 2010
For more details on the conference please visit the STEPS Centre website. Dates: 23-24 Sept 2010 at IDS.
For more details on the conference please visit the STEPS Centre website. Dates: 23-24 Sept 2010 at IDS.
Latest Team Publications »
- Dry, S. and Leach, M. (2010) Epidemics: Science, Governance and Social Justice, London: Earthscan
- Brooks, S (2010) Rice Biofortification: Lessons for Global Science and Development, London: Earthscan
- Scoones, I. (2010) Avian Influenza: Science, Policy and Politics, London: Earthscan
- Leach M, Scoones, I and Stirling, A (2010) Dynamic Sustainabilities: Technology, Environment, Social Justice, London: Earthscan
- Waldman, L. (2009) '‘Show me the Evidence’: Mobilisation, Citizenship and Risk in Indian Asbestos Issues', IDS Working Paper 329, Brighton: IDS
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