Stephen Golub is a lawyer and leading international development expert with experience in over 40 countries spanning the globe. His research and consulting have addressed comparative politics, corruption, democracy, foreign affairs, human rights, governance, justice, legal empowerment, refugee protection and violent extremism.
The author of about 50 published policy pieces and editor of numerous volumes, Steve has led major studies and consulting teams for Amideast; the Asia, Ford and Open Society Foundations; the Asian Development Bank; the Australian, Danish, Dutch, U.K. and U.S. development agencies; the Global Network for Public Interest Law; the International Development Law Organization; and the U.N. Development Programme.
He has also worked with Amnesty International, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Danish Institute for Human Rights, the European Union, the Office of the U.N. Secretary-General, the Overseas Development Institute, Oxfam Novib, Transparency International, UNICEF, the U.S. Committee for Refugees, the West Asia-North Africa Institute, the World Bank and dozens of other development, human rights and policy organizations.
A Harvard Law School graduate, Steve has taught at the University of California at Berkeley’s Law School and Master of Development Practice Program, Central European University’s Public Policy School and Legal Department and Tufts University’s International Relations Program.
He has contributed articles to the Los Angeles Times and The Nation. He provides occasional commentary on U.S. and international affairs for a major Indian broadcast outlet, WION (World Is One News).
Steve’s experience also includes stints in New York City politics and government and as a taxi driver and bartender there. Based in Benicia, California, he is a big fan of the Golden State Warriors, New York pizza and Bruce Springsteen.
His CV can be found here.