STEPS (Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability) Centre

ESRC步骤中心将把研究与行动联系起来，探索可持续发展的变革性途径。该中心是新兴的Steps全球联盟的一部分，在五大洲有六个中心。将通过附属项目继续开展能源/气候、粮食/农业、卫生/疾病、水/卫生和城市发展方面的工作。STEPS中心的概念和方法观点--“途径办法”--将继续得到扩展，并将成为辩论的焦点，讨论如何在各领域实现可持续性转型。中心的过渡资金将侧重于一系列核心平台职能，包括召开/辩论(通过关于全球可持续性挑战的年度系列活动，包括概念、方法和实际政策问题)、联网/伙伴关系(通过全球联盟的持续发展)、影响/参与(通过将研究和活动与政策和行动联系起来，特别是通过在研究人员与致力于世界各地可持续性转型的社会运动/活动家之间建立联系)，(通过在一年一度的暑期学校培训早期职业可持续性专业人员，以及在整个全球联盟的一系列研究、交流、影响和参与职能方面提供指导和支持)。中心的交流能力将继续通过基于网络和社交媒体的能力以及与艺术和设计的新联系而得到加强。在四年的时间里，中心作为知识交流和政策影响中心的全球地位，特别是在可持续发展目标方面的地位，将随着其长期的体制和财政可持续性而不断提高。

The ESRC STEPS Centre will link research with action in the exploration of transformative pathways to sustainability. The Centre is part of an emerging STEPS Global Consortium with six hubs across five continents. Work on energy/climate, food/agriculture, health/disease, water/sanitation and urban development will continue through affiliated projects. The STEPS Centre's conceptual and methodological perspective - the 'pathways approach' will continue to be extended, and will provide a focus for debate about what works for sustainability transformations across domains.The transition funding for the Centre will focus on a series of core platform functions, including convening/debating (through an annual event series on global sustainability challenges, including conceptual, methodological and practical policy questions), networking/partnerships (through the continued development of the Global Consortium), influencing/engaging (through linking research and events to policy and action, especially through building links between researchers and social movements/activists working on sustainability transformations across the world), and capacity building (through the training of early career sustainability professionals at the annual Summer School, as well as mentoring and support across the Global Consortium in a range of research, communications, impact and engagement functions).The communications capacity of the Centre will continue to be enhanced through web based and social media capacities, as well as new links to arts and design. Over four years, the global standing of the Centre as a hub for knowledge exchange and policy influencing, particularly around the SDGs, will grow, along with its long-term institutional and financial sustainability.