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SciDev.net Spotlight feature on Grassroots Innovation

SPRU and STEPS members Adrian Smith and Elisa Arond have contributed to a Spotlight feature on grassroots innovation for the SciDev.net website. SciDev provides a global forum for news, opinion and research on science, technology and development. Writing with colleagues from Argentina and India, the SPRU authors map out grassroots innovation, providing an overview of this very diverse, … Continue reading »

Discussing grassroots innovations in India

Last week I participated in a conference in Delhi, focusing on Innovation, Sustainability and Development, writes Adrian Smith. The event brought together researchers and activists from across India, and included sessions on grassroots innovations. I was there under the auspices of the STEPS Centre at Sussex, and debates about a ‘new manifesto’ for science and … Continue reading »