CONTRIBUTORS
Adrian Ely is a Senior Lecturer at SPRU (Science Policy Research Unit) at the
University of Sussex and Deputy Director/Head of Impact and Engagement at
the ESRC STEPS Centre. His research interests are broad but focus in particular
on international, transdisciplinary studies of the regulation and governance of emerg -
ing biotechnologies, for example co-authoring the book Regulating Technology:
International Harmonisation and Local Realities in 2011. Adrian is involved in ongoing
research projects focusing on grassroots innovation for sustainability (Argentina,
India), low-carbon innovation (China) and collaborative research in the life sciences
(Europe–Asia).
Melissa Leach is Director of the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at the
University of Sussex. She founded and directed the STEPS Centre from 2006 to
2014 and is co-Chair of the Science Committee of Future Earth. A social anthro -
pologist and geographer, her research in Africa and beyond has integrated social
science with science-policy and natural sciences across environmental, agricultural,
health, technology and gender issues. Recent books include Dynamic Sustainabilities:
Technology, Environment, Social Justice (2010); Epidemics: Science, Govern ance and Social
Justice (2010); and Green Grabbing: A New Appropriation of Nature? (2013).
Matthew Lockwood is a Senior Research Fellow in the Energy Policy Group at
the University of Exeter and a Visiting Research Fellow at the School of Global
Studies at the University of Sussex. He was previously Head of the Climate Change
Team at the Institute of Development Studies at Sussex. His main interest is in
the politics of energy and climate policies, in both developed and developing
countries. He has recently published work on the political sustainability of the UK
Climate Change Act, and on the political economy of fossil-fuel subsidy reform
in emerging economies.
Adrian Ely is a Senior Lecturer at SPRU (Science Policy Research Unit) at the
University of Sussex and Deputy Director/Head of Impact and Engagement at
the ESRC STEPS Centre. His research interests are broad but focus in particular
on international, transdisciplinary studies of the regulation and governance of emerg -
ing biotechnologies, for example co-authoring the book Regulating Technology:
International Harmonisation and Local Realities in 2011. Adrian is involved in ongoing
research projects focusing on grassroots innovation for sustainability (Argentina,
India), low-carbon innovation (China) and collaborative research in the life sciences
(Europe–Asia).
Melissa Leach is Director of the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at the
University of Sussex. She founded and directed the STEPS Centre from 2006 to
2014 and is co-Chair of the Science Committee of Future Earth. A social anthro -
pologist and geographer, her research in Africa and beyond has integrated social
science with science-policy and natural sciences across environmental, agricultural,
health, technology and gender issues. Recent books include Dynamic Sustainabilities:
Technology, Environment, Social Justice (2010); Epidemics: Science, Govern ance and Social
Justice (2010); and Green Grabbing: A New Appropriation of Nature? (2013).
Matthew Lockwood is a Senior Research Fellow in the Energy Policy Group at
the University of Exeter and a Visiting Research Fellow at the School of Global
Studies at the University of Sussex. He was previously Head of the Climate Change
Team at the Institute of Development Studies at Sussex. His main interest is in
the politics of energy and climate policies, in both developed and developing
countries. He has recently published work on the political sustainability of the UK
Climate Change Act, and on the political economy of fossil-fuel subsidy reform
in emerging economies.