Stephen Devereux

Stephen Devereux has been a Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex since 1996, where he was a founding Director of the Centre for Social Protection in 2005. A South African by birth, he obtained his DPhil in economics from Balliol College, Oxford, and now holds dual South African and British citizenships. His research interests include famine, food security and social protection, and he works almost exclusively in sub-Saharan Africa. His books include Theories of Famine; Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa; The New Famines; Social Protection in Africa; Social Protection for Africa’s Children; and Seasonality, Rural Livelihoods and Development. In 2011, he was appointed to the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition of the Committee on World Food Security