Launch of Transformative Innovation Policy Africa Hub
Senegal, Ghana and Kenya to participate in new Hub to look at ways to strengthen their science, technology and innovation policies.
Better Government Projects (Project X)
Project receives major ESRC grant to research improving the delivery of major government projects.
STI Policy Studies in International Disarmament Efforts
Doctoral researcher wins the first Disarmament Essay Contest.
Energy consumers subsidising nuclear submarines
Academics organise multi-stakeholder meeting to discuss the links between civil and military nuclear.
Chinese delegates visit SPRU
Representatives from the Chinese Development Research Centre of the State Council met with SPRU academics to discuss technology foresight.
New Policy and Evidence Centre
University of Sussex Business School lead partner in new Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre.
Innovation for Transformation
TIPC holds annual members' engagement week and conference.
SPRU research centre publishes guide to Transformation Labs
The STEPS Centre has published a guide to T-Labs drawing on lessons from the Pathways Network.
CREDS launch
Launch of new UK Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions.
SPRU hosts ENEF 2018
Academics gather to discuss Firm Automation in the Era of Artificial Intelligence.
Professor appointed to expert group
Prof Maria Savona appointed to European Commission High-Level Expert Group.
Hormone-treated beef: Should Britain accept it after Brexit?
New Food Research Collaboration report identifies the risks to food standards if they're used to facilitate trade deals.
Nuclear Interdependencies
Research highlights industrial interdependencies between civil and military nuclear infrastructure.
The Joys of Truth: Science Policy in the Public Interest
A ‘light’ Festschrift in Honour of Erik Millstone.
Innovation Policy at 450 Feet
SPRU brings together local energy innovators and policy professionals for a unique event at the British Airways i360.
First Chris Freeman Visiting Fellow
SPRU welcomed Professor Judith Sutz as the first Chris Freeman Visiting Fellow.
Fracking, Framing and Effective Participation
New project to examine the politics of fracking and the utilisation of shale gas in the UK.
Data Science for Innovation Workshop
SPRU academics organise event exploring data sources, anlalytical technologies and visualising data.
Rethinking Society for the 21st Century
SPRU faculty feature in a major research-based report from with the International Panel for Social Progress.
Governance of Sociotechnical Transformations
New project will focus on transformations in energy, agriculture and urban digital infrastructure.
Healing from Enclosure
A new EU-funded Political Agroecology of agri-food knowledges in Belgium.
Colombia national strategy
Colombia adopts new innovation policy in their strategy for post-conflict development.
Sewers matter workshop
Southern Water visit campus to discuss sewer infrastructure and The Unflushables.
Transformative Innovation Policy Consortium
International partnership programme launched to tackle Sustainable Development Goals.
Geoffey Oldham Scholarships
Scholarship fund for Masters study at SPRU celebrates the legacy of SPRU Co-Founder.
Regulating Our Future
Brexit and food safety - Could standards get even worse?
Life Sciences Industrial Strategy
House of Lords Select Committee report draws extensively on reasearch by Dr Michael Hopkins.
Winners of the STI Policy Challenge
Winners announced of the first STI Policy Challenge.
Sustainable development conferences
Prof Allam Ahmed organised the 16th WASD and 5th Diaspora international conferences with the UN.
IPCC climate change report
SPRU energy expert selected as lead author for influential IPCC report on climate change.
New UK Centre for Research on Energy Demand
SPRU to lead on 5-year research programme.
Promoting STI in Africa
Promoting science, technology and innovation in Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda.
Research Policy now ABS 4* journal
New ABS Guide 2018 promotes Research Policy from 4 to 4* ranking.
Government urged to halt food-safety overhaul
New briefing paper highlights the risks of weakening UK food law enforcement.
SPRU training
SPRU offers five-day professional development course: ‘Innovation Policy in a Changing Global Context’
How can science and democracy be reconciled?
Professor Stirling delivers keynote presentation on Expertise and Democracy.
Transformative Vision for China
A two-day workshop in Beijing brings Transformative Innovation Policy (TIP) to China.
SPRU Director delivers Professorial Lecture
Prof Johan Schot gives professorial lecture on ‘The World in Deep Transition.
Four-Year Programme for STEPS Centre
Exciting new four-year phase of work creating alliances and dialogue between scholarship and activism.
Innovation for Transformation in Mexico
Three-day event in Mexico City on ‘Transformative Change and the Three Frames of Innovation Policy.