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Category Archives: Events

Communities, technologies and democratic innovation

October 23, 2020by Adrian Smith

At an ESRC Festival of Social Science event on 12th November 2020 (12:30) Wired Sussex at Fusebox director Phil Jones is interviewing Prof Andy Stirling and Prof Adrian Smith in […]

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Events, News

Doing digital differently: four lessons from grassroots innovators

December 6, 2019by Adrian Smith

Conventional models for digital technological developments tend to prioritise a linear approach around individual leaders (“founder worship”), a Venture Capital-based investment model, a high financial valuation, and market dominance through […]

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Events, News, Report

Makerspaces making sustainable developments …

June 21, 2016by Adrian Smith

Back in October we organised a workshop at the Machines Room makerspace in London, where participants addressed the question, how can makerspaces help cultivate sustainable developments. The results of the […]

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Digital fabrication, Events, GDF (Grassroots Digital Fabrication), News, Publications, Report

CfP:Digital fabrications amongst hackers, makers and manufacturers: whose ‘industrial revolution’?

December 14, 2015by Adrian Smith

We invite abstracts for a track we are organising on the theme of digital fabrications amongst hackers, makers and manufacturers, and which will take place in Barcelona over August 31 to September […]

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Events, GDF (Grassroots Digital Fabrication), News, Uncategorized

Event: How can makerspaces, fablabs and hackerspaces help cultivate sustainable developments?

August 26, 2015by Adrian Smith

The aim of this event on Monday 26 October at the Machines Room in London is to bring together people involved or interested in sustainability activities to share, discuss, and […]

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Alternative Technology, Digital fabrication, Events, GDF (Grassroots Digital Fabrication), News

Liberatory technologies? Grassroots digital fabrication

February 12, 2015by Adrian Smith

Adrian Smith was in Edinburgh on Monday 9th February to give a seminar about grassroots digital fabrication to the Institute for Studies of Science, Technology and Innovation. The seminar, Liberatory […]

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Digital fabrication, Events, GDF (Grassroots Digital Fabrication), Publications

How can citizen laboratories and maker culture contribute to sustainable development?

November 21, 2014by Adrian Smith

On Tuesday 18th November I participated in a debate organised by the Centro de Innovación y Tecnología para Desarrollo Humano at MediaLab-Prado on the topic, How can citizen laboratories and […]

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Events, GDF (Grassroots Digital Fabrication), News, Projects

Blog: Recordando el Plan de Lucas y el movimiento para producción socialmente util

August 14, 2014by Adrian Smith

An edited Spanish version is now online of Adrian Smith’s blog about the Lucas Plan and movement for socially useful production originally posted in English on the Guardian newspaper site. […]

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Alternative Technology, Events, GDF (Grassroots Digital Fabrication), GIHCP (Historical and Comparative Perspectives), News

Our community energy research becomes part of an interactive exhibition in London and Cardiff

June 12, 2014by Adrian Smith

With the initiative and support of Cardiff University, the Community Innovation in Sustainable Energy project is participating in an exhibition in London and Cardiff. Information about dates and venues is […]

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CISE (Community Innovation in Sustainable Energy), Events

Makers, fixers and grassroots innovation for circular economies

May 4, 2014by Adrian Smith

On 3rd June 2014 the Centre for Sustainable Design will be hosting a workshop that explores Makers & Fixers: circular economy and grassroots innovation. The event will explore activities ‘within hacklabs […]

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Digital fabrication, Events, GDF (Grassroots Digital Fabrication)

Blog from our grassroots digital fabrication world café

April 24, 2014by Adrian Smith

Sabine Hielscher and Adrian Smith have written a blog reflecting on some of the more affective issues arising from World Café discussions about grassroots digital fabrication: Building and nurturing a […]

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Digital fabrication, Events, GDF (Grassroots Digital Fabrication)

World Cafe on grassroots digital fabrication

March 20, 2014by Adrian Smith

On Thursday 10th April we will be organising a World Cafe discussion about grassroots digital fabrication as part of the Living Knowledge Conference in Copenhagen. You can download the poster here. […]

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Events, GDF (Grassroots Digital Fabrication), Projects

Delhi workshop on grassroots innovation movements, 8 February 2014

February 3, 2014by Adrian Smith

A workshop held in Delhi on 8th February will bring together researchers, activists and policy-makers to learn from one another about grassroots innovation movements. The workshop is organised by Dinesh […]

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Alternative Technology, Events, Food, GIHCP (Historical and Comparative Perspectives), Theory

Recalling the Lucas Plan: what can an old movement for socially useful production tell us about democratising technology today?

January 16, 2014by Adrian Smith

SPRU Wednesday Seminar 5th February 2014, room G22, Jubilee Building, University of Sussex Speaker: Adrian Smith; Discussant: Johan Schot It is thirty-eight years since a movement for ‘socially useful production’ pioneered […]

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Alternative Technology, Events, GIHCP (Historical and Comparative Perspectives)

Call for abstracts: what is inclusive innovation? ESOCITE/4S conference in Buenos Aires, August 2014

December 19, 2013by Adrian Smith

We are seeking abstracts for high-quality research papers on the topic of innovation for social inclusive and development. The call arises from a session Adrian Smith and colleagues are organising […]

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Events, GIHCP (Historical and Comparative Perspectives), News

2012 Grassroots Innovations Academic Workshop

May 3, 2012by Gill Seyfang

Grassroots Innovations for Sustainability: A Research Workshop Aim: critical reflection, analytical consolidation and developing research agendas 16-18th May 2012 at the University of Sussex, Brighton, UK. News story Organised by Adrian […]

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CISE (Community Innovation in Sustainable Energy), Events, GICC (Grassroots Innovations: Complementary Currencies)

2012 Community Energy Project Public Event

March 25, 2012by Gill Seyfang

Community energy: taking stock, moving forwards? A panel discussion with audience questions Thursday 8th March 2012, 6pm-7.30pm, UEA-London, Middlesex Street, near Liverpool Street station, LONDON How have recent developments in […]

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CISE (Community Innovation in Sustainable Energy), Events

2010 Community Energy Project Launch

March 25, 2012by Gill Seyfang

A Thousand Flowers Blooming? Growing community energy for sustainable, low-carbon futures Over 70 activists, academics, policymakers and social entrepreneurs gathered at our project launch to ask key questions about the […]

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CISE (Community Innovation in Sustainable Energy), Events

2010 Innovating Complementary Currencies Workshop

March 25, 2012by Gill Seyfang

GICC held a successful workshop in London that bought together a range of practitioners and academics from the field of complementary currencies from across Europe and beyond. Here you can […]

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Events, GICC (Grassroots Innovations: Complementary Currencies)

2005 Grassroots Innovations Conference

March 25, 2012by Gill Seyfang

Grassroots Innovations for Sustainable Development Conference, UCL London, 10th June, 2005 The UK government’s new Sustainable Development Strategy, Securing the Future, places greener innovation and local action at its foundation. Yet these […]

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EAT (Experiments in Alternative Technology), Events

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Grassroots Innovations

Grassroots innovations are community-led solutions for sustainability. Here we present news and updates from a series of research projects on grassroots innovations, based at the University of East Anglia and University of Sussex. Our research aims to better understand how these innovations develop and grow, and how they can be harnessed to meet sustainability policy objectives.

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