Researcher profile: Gill Seyfang
A video profile of Dr Gill Seyfang, senior lecturer in Sustainable Consumption in the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia, UK. Gill talks about her research […]
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Lessons from the grassroots for inclusive innovation
Last week (20-21 March) Adrian Smith was invited to speak at the OECD Symposium on Innovation and Inclusive Growth. The organiser wanted to learn what lessons our research into grassroots innovation […]
Environmental Governance and Community Energy
Community energy’s prospects for future growth and development was the subject of an invited lecture by Gill Seyfang (3S, School of Environmental Sciences, UEA), at Wageningen University’s Environmental Policy Group […]
Social innovation and the environment – lessons from grassroots innovation
A new report from the European Commission draws upon our grassroots innovation research as one way of analysing social innovation and the environment. The In-depth Report from the Science for […]
Call for abstracts: what is inclusive innovation? ESOCITE/4S conference in Buenos Aires, August 2014
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 […]
Special ‘grassroots innovation’ issue of Global Environmental Change
The latest issue of the leading research journal Global Environmental Change is dedicated to the topic of grassroots innovation for sustainability. The special issue contains six original research articles Guest […]
Scales of Action on Climate Change
An audience of academics, students, local politicians and members of the public gathered at the UEA on Wednesday 11th September to hear two very different perspectives on scales of action […]
Community energy research speaks to policymakers
A UK House of Commons enquiry into Local Energy, and a government review of evidence to inform the Community Energy Consultation, have both drawn extensively on research findings produced by […]
CISE response to the DECC consultation on strategies for community energy
The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change is currently consulting the public on its plans to develop a Strategy for community energy. The consultation is framed as call for […]
Prize-winning Sustainable Energy Research
Researchers on the CISE project have been awarded a prize for their work on grassroots innovations and sustainability. Their work won the ‘best paper’ prize at the 4th International Conference […]
Teaching about Grassroots Innovations
Grassroots innovations are, by definition, trying to create new, more sustainable systems in society. These could be food systems, energy systems, transport systems, housing systems, money systems, etc. They embody […]
Grassroots Innovations at New Economics summer institute
Gill Seyfang is one of a core faculty team teaching about Grassroots Innovations and Sustainability Transitions at the Second Annual Summer Institute in New Economics hosted by the Wingspread Retreat Center, Wind […]
New book: Innovations in Sustainable Consumption
Sabine Hielscher, Gill Seyfang and Adrian Smith from the CISE project have a chapter in a new book on Innovations in Sustainable Consumption. The chapter explains how the project studies […]
A declaration for grassroots innovation
An international declaration for grassroots innovation has recently been issued. Its authors set out a series of recommendations for improving the support for grassroots innovation in ways they believe will […]
Grassroots innovations study produces prize-winning paper
Academics from the University of East Anglia’s research group 3S (Science, Society and Sustainability) have won a prize for their paper on the role of the Transition Towns network in […]
Grassroots innovation article in top 10 in 2012
One of our web articles on grassroots innovation was amongst the top 10 most visited in 2012. Leading science, technology and development website, SciDev.net, commissioned Adrian Smith and colleagues in […]
A Bright Future for Local Currencies
The International Journal of Community Currency Research relaunches and publishes a special issue reflecting on 30 years of experience in designing and using parallel currencies to tackle economic, social and environmental issues.
Sustainable development needs inclusive innovation
Adrian Smith and Adrian Ely blogged for the Guardian today from the Rio+20 Summit, arguing that sustainable development has to address inclusive innovation. You can read the blog here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2012/jun/18/rio20-inclusive-innovation-sustainable-future […]
CISE work with the Brighton Energy Coop: Persistence, determination and adaptability
BEC launches their community energy share issue Sabine Hielscher writes: On Wednesday the 16th of May 2012, the Brighton Energy Coop launched their share invitation to the public at the […]
International Workshop on Grassroots Innovations for Sustainability
“Community food projects are not about food, and community energy projects are not about energy” was one of the conclusions from an international workshop of experts on ‘grassroots innovations’. These […]
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