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Policy Lab: Where have the politics gone?
On 14 June 2010, the eve of the New Manifesto launch, the Royal Society hosted a discussion about the politics of science and innovation for development. The title was “Science and Innovation for development: Where have all the politics gone?”. The speakers were Prof Andy Stirling, co-director of the STEPS Centre, and Dr Lidia Brito, Director of Science Policy at UNESCO.
This “Policy Lab” event is one of a series hosted by the Royal Society’s Science and Policy Centre.
Presentations - view or download
Prof Andy Stirling: Science and innovation for development: Where have the politics gone?
Dr Lidia Brito: STI for social justice and sustainable development: a New STEPS Manifesto for Global Science
Related publications
3Ds - Direction, Distribution and Diversity! Pluralising Progress in Innovation, Sustainability and Development (PDF, 700KB) by Stirling, A.
Manifesto launch: video
At the Royal Society in London on 15 June, the Manifesto was launched with a set of provocative and passionate responses by speakers from around the globe.
Now all the presentations, and the questions which followed them, are available to watch online at our blip.tv channel. Direct links to the individual videos are below.
The Multimedia Manifesto
The multimedia version of Innovation, Sustainability, Development: A New Manifesto, is exactly the same text as the printed version but helps bring the issues raised to life with video, audio and other materials.
The material used is a mixture of video, audio and reports collected during the course of the manifesto project, including clips from some of the 20 roundtables that have been run in association with the project, as well as relevant resources drawn from the work of other people and organisations.
Some of these materials concur with the ideas put forward in the New Manifesto, whilst others put forward different perspectives. Our aim is to illustrate these differences and encourage debate and action around these issues into the future. To that end, we welcome any comments or examples of innovation for development, which you can send to us via email to steps-centre@ids.ac.uk for posting on this site. Or you can comment via our blog.
The multimedia manifesto is available on CD, which may be helpful for people with limited or no internet access. Those without access to the net will be able to view much of the video, audio and reports presented here as it is loaded on to the CD, while those with an internet connection will also be able to view the ‘additional online resources’.
Efforts have been made to ensure that those using older computer software or hardware will be able to view the materials.
» Read the Multimedia Manifesto online
» Download a copy of Innovation, Sustainability, Development: A New Manifesto (pdf 1MB)
» Request a copy of the multimedia manifesto on CD
» Order a printed copy of the New Manifesto, cost £5.00 from the IDS bookshop
» Photos from the launch (link to Flickr)
List of all the Roundtables
Over the past year, 20 roundtables were hosted across four continents. Here’s a list of all of them, including links to outputs from the roundtables (video, photos and written reports) where we have them.
Argentina Roundtable - report and photos
The Argentina Manifesto roundtable was held in Buenos Aires on 10 March 2010. It was hosted at Universidad Nacional de Quilmes.
