STEPS Centre
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The STEPS Centre (Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability) was an interdisciplinary research centre hosted at the University of Sussex, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. The Centre's research brought together development studies with science and technology studies. It was launched at Portcullis House in London on 25 June 2007[1] and closed in 2022.[citation needed]
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The STEPS Centre described its aim as to "highlight, reveal and contribute to just and democratic pathways to sustainability that include the needs, knowledge and perspectives of poor and marginalised people". Based at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at the University of Sussex, the centre worked with partners in Africa, Asia and Latin America.[citation needed]
Professor Ian Scoones[2] and Professor Andy Stirling[3] were its co-directors. Professor Melissa Leach[4][5] stepped down as STEPS Director in 2014 to become the Director of the Institute of Development Studies.[6]