SJD Candidate, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
Steve Lorteau is an SJD student at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law. His specializes in climate law, public law, zoning law, international law, and legal theory. His research centres on the role of courts in climate law. He is a member of the Ontario Bar, following a clerkship at the Federal Court.
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SJD Candidate, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
Steve Lorteau is an SJD student at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law. His specializes in climate law, public law, zoning law, international law, and legal theory. His research centres on the role of courts in climate law. He is a member of the Ontario Bar, following a clerkship at the Federal Court.
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Honorary Fellow, Charles Darwin University
I am an ecologist with principal interests in arid Australia. My career was spent with CSIRO, where eventually I helped lead the Organisation as Chief of Division and Executive Team member. In 2022, I published 'Australian Deserts: Ecology and Landscapes' (CSIRO Publishing). I live in Alice Springs.
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Steve Peers received a B.A. (Hons.) in history from McMaster University (Canada) in 1988, an LL.B. from the University of Western Ontario (Canada) in 1991, an LL.M. in EU Law from the London School of Economics in 1993, and a Ph.D from the University of Essex in 2001.
His research interests include EU Constitutional and Administrative, Justice and Home Affairs, External Relations, Human Rights, Internal Market and Social Law.
He has written over fifty articles on many aspects of EU law in journals including the Common Market Law Review, European Law Review, International and Comparative Law Quarterly, Yearbook of European Law and the Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies, as well as many chapters in books. He has worked as a consultant for the European Parliament, the European Commission, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the House of Lords Select Committee on the European Union and the Council of Europe, and contributed to the work of NGOs such as Amnesty International, Justice, Statewatch, ILGA-Europe and the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA).
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Research Fellow, University of Salford
Dr Steve Preece has worked as a researcher in human movement biomechanics for over 10 years. During this period he has carried out a range of studies relating to different aspects of footwear design and also worked on projects focused on knee osteoarthritis and the use of using body mounted sensors to monitor activity patterns. Recently he has performed a study looking at the biomechanical characteristics of elite runners. This has enabled him to establish a successful running performance clinic at the University of Salford which now attracts runners from all over the UK.
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Associate Professor in Media Production, York St John University
Author of Transnational Cinema: An Introduction (MacMillan, 2018), and Performance in the Cinema of Hal Hartley (Cambria, 2011). Co-editor of Partners in Suspense: Critical Essays on Bernard Herrmann and Alfred Hitchcock (Manchester UP, 2017), and co-author of Basics Film-Making: The Language of Film (Bloomsbury, 2015). Published more broadly on aspects of cult Japanese cinema in a transnational context, including Takashi Miike and Godzilla movies, and independent American cinema. Regular contributor to the Aesthetica Short Film Festival in York.
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CSIRO Fellow, CSIRO
Dr Stephen R. Rintoul AO AAM FAA is a physical oceanographer and climate scientist based at CSIRO's research site in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. He has a particular fascination with the Southern Ocean and has led 14 expeditions to Antarctica.
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Lecturer in Energy and Environment, University of Hull
Dr Simmons is a Lecturer in Energy and Environment with research interests in the development of our understanding of sedimentary processes through the application of novel acoustic measurements of flow and sediment transport over scales ranging from the laboratory flume to the deep ocean.
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Associate Professor of the Practice of Political Science and International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Steve Swerdlow is Associate Professor of the Practice of Human Rights in the Department of Political and International Relations at the University of Southern California. A human rights lawyer and expert on the former Soviet region, Swerdlow was Senior Central Asia researcher at Human Rights Watch, heading the organization’s work on Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, and founding its Kyrgyzstan field office. Swerdlow has worked as a consultant with the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the International Labour Organization (ILO). Earlier Swerdlow was a fellow in the U.S. State Department’s Young Leaders for Public Service program in Russia and worked as a human rights monitor for the Union of Council for Soviet Jews (UCSJ) as their Caucasus monitor in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia as well as with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Russia. Swerdlow practiced law in San Francisco at Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, and served as law clerk to the Honorable Judge Dean Pregerson of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Swerdlow publishes regularly on human rights issues in Eurasia and US foreign policy. Swerdlow received his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law and M.A. in International Affairs from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs with a certificate in Post-Soviet Studies from the Harriman Institute.
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Steve Worthington is an Adjunct Professor at Swinburne University. He was previously Professor of Marketing at Monash University's Department of Marketing from 2002 to 2013, prior to which he worked at several universities in the United Kingdom and in executive roles at a UK bank and UK supermarket group. At Monash, Steve taught Strategic Marketing in the MBA program and Relationship Marketing and Marketing Financial Services in the Master of Marketing program.
His research interests are focused on the distribution of financial services, particularly through the channel of payment cards. These topics are of interest to both academics and practitioners. His paper Banking without the Bank, International Journal of Bank Marketing was ranked 12th highest downloaded article in 2012 (was 2nd most downloaded in 2011) and remains the 4th highest in terms of immediacy. This focused on the opportunities and challenges facing new entrants into the financial services market, particularly from brands such as Tesco Bank and Virgin Money. Steve is a member of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia and of the Academic Standards Board of the International Academy of Retail Banking. He is also an associate of the Australian Centre for Financial Studies (ACFS) for whom he wrote a paper entitled, Regulatory Interventions and their Consequences in the Australian Payment Card System, which was published in October 2013.
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Associate Professor in Computer Science, University of Melbourne
I study computational methods for analysing human language, in both written and spoken varieties. This involves scalable techniques for collecting and annotating large amounts of data from many languages. The long-term goal is to preserve hundreds of endangered languages. I have a special interest in undescribed "tone languages" in Africa and Papua New Guinea.
I have taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses in algorithms, databases, informatics, philosophy of language, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, data mining, web technologies, and machine translation. Programming is an almost daily activity, and I recently published a book titled Natural Language Processing with Python.
I am co-developer of the new "Algorithmics" curriculum in the Victorian Certificate of Education, introducing university-level computer science into high school.
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Professor, Department of Criminology, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Steven Bittle is Full Professor of Criminology (University of Ottawa, Canada). His research and teaching interests include crimes of the powerful, corporate crime and the sociology of law. His current research projects focus on corporate corruption in Canada (with J. Frauley, L. Snider and J. Quaid) and work-related suicide, both of which are funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. He is an Associate Editor for the Journal of White Collar and Corporate Crime and an editorial board member of Critical Criminology: An International Journal. Prior to joining the University of Ottawa in 2010, he held various research and management positions in the Federal Government, including the Department of Justice Canada, the Law Commission of Canada, and the Security Intelligence Review Committee. He earned his PhD in Sociology at Queen’s University (Kingston, Canada), and holds a BA and MA in Criminology from Simon Fraser University.
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Lecturer in Media & Communication, City, University of London
My research focuses on how US cable news networks employ emotion in their reporting, specifically looking at the video content that they produce for online consumption. Through analysis of Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, BBC, Al Jazeera and TYT, I hope to see if there is any link between the topics that are covered and the types of emotion that are most used with those topics, as well as the extent of their use.
My particular areas of interest are YouTube, Twitter, American politics and the goings on in the American media landscape.
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Lecturer in Accounting, University of Tasmania
I have been an accounting academic educator for over 12 years, lecturing and facilitating in a number of units at multiple universities including La Trobe University, Monash College/Monash University and I currently lecture at the University of Tasmania. I believe educators can influence student’s futures in significant ways and I therefore aim to provide students with a supportive environment which activates their learning. In order to achieve this, I continually adapt my teaching practices to achieve these outcomes through lecturing and accounting research.
I am a clear communicator who is passionate about teaching technical and financial concepts to tertiary students using multiple teaching strategies. I thrive on developing an innovative learning environment that challenges students’ curiosity and positively influences their learning experiences. I am readily able to adapt to a continually changing work environment and thrive in cross-cultural situations. I am a creative and critical thinker who enjoys research (particularly the connection between the environment and communities) and (accounting and education) and through developing self.
I have a strong sense of social justice resulting from my interest in sustainability accounting for communities and the environment. I strive to understand the challenges faced by communities and to increase understanding of notions of responsibility and accountability from multiple perspectives.
My achievements have seen me developing and publishing accounting research in cross university teams on PhD supervision, accounting education, and sustainability accounting. Utilising the team environment, I have secured a number of grants enabling research into the adoption of accounting technology across Australian universities, the development of a multi-campus peer to peer mentoring program and to increase understanding of motivation in the flipped classroom environment.
I enjoy the challenge and sense of achievement in teaching and research through developing my research interests and innovating my teaching approaches to enliven learning experiences.
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Associate Professor, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham
I am an Associate Professor at Birmingham Law School and previously worked at Leicester Law School. I teach criminal law, criminal justice and policing and write on courtroom processes, law and language and policing.
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Adjunct Instructor of Communications and Marketing, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
Steve Caplan is an accomplished strategic communications professional and dedicated educator with a passion for empowering the next generation of advertising and public relations practitioners. As an instructor at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communications and Journalism, Steve has developed and taught a range of courses, including Introduction to Advertising, Political Advertising in the 2024 Election, Advertising/Media Planning, and Social Media Advertising. His innovative course design and engaging teaching style have equipped students with the knowledge and skills to navigate the evolving landscape of media consumption and messaging strategies. Additionally, as an adjunct lecturer at Regis College, Steve has created and delivered a comprehensive course in social media advertising, emphasizing strategic planning, audience engagement, and ethical targeting practices.
Alongside his teaching commitments, Steve brings nearly 25 years of experience driving impactful campaigns and initiatives at the intersection of entertainment, media, and public affairs. As the founder and principal strategist of Message, a full-service strategic communications agency, he has spearheaded award-winning programs for a diverse range of clients, including major philanthropies, civic institutions, and global media and entertainment companies. Throughout his career, Steve has held leadership roles at renowned agencies such as Gonring, Lin, Spahn and GMMB, where he has shaped public policy messaging, managed crisis communications, and developed comprehensive strategies to address complex issues. With his deep commitment to driving positive change and his extensive experience in strategic communications, Steve continues to be a thought leader and innovator in his field.
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Lecturer in Law and Politics, Edge Hill University
Steven Daniels is Lecturer in Law and Politics at Edge Hill University, having previously served as Lecturer in British Politics at the University of Liverpool. Steven completed his PhD in November 2020, studying the decline of the National Union of Mineworkers in the late Thatcher years. Steven's current research explores the decline of the wider British trade union movement. Steven is interested in all aspects of the 1979-1997 Conservative governments, as well as wider postwar British and US history and politics.
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Sociology, American University
My area of research is the sociology of language, specifically the nature of discourse in male-dominated subcultures. My research looks at specific groups like Bronies, gamers, and members of the military. In addition, some of my research looks at discourses in African American public space, particularly those dominated by men. My work is heavily impacted by gender studies, popular culture, linguistic anthropology, and sociology.
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Professor of Oceanography, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island
Steven D’Hondt is a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography. He centers his research and teaching on understanding the interplay between the biosphere and the physical world. D’Hondt completed his Ph.D. in geological and geophysical sciences at Princeton University.
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Professor of Political Science, Indiana University
Steven Gerencser received his Ph.D., University of Minnesota and is currently a Professor of Political Science at Indiana University Soputh Bend. His research interests include political theory, the history of political thought, democratic theory, and corporate citizenship and civil society. He has published, The Skeptic’s Oakeshott, (St. Martin’s Press, 2000) a mongraph on the work of Michael Oakeshott, as well a several artcile on Oakeshott's work. He also has published work and delivered papers on a variety of topics on the corporation and public life.
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Senior Vice President for Research and Development, Professor of Practice in Chemical Engineering, Khalifa University
Dr. Steven Griffiths is Senior Vice President for Research and Development and Professor of Practice at the Khalifa University of Science and Technology. At Khalifa University, his responsibilities include development and implementation of the university’s research strategy, management of the university’s research institutes and centers and management of the departments that are accountable for research partnerships, research services, technology management and innovation, research computing and research laboratories.
In addition to his executive management role at Khalifa University, Dr. Griffiths is a member of the Emirates Research and Development Council, advisor to the UAE Research Program for Rain Enhancement Science, a Zayed Sustainability Prize Selection Committee member, a member of the Dubai Future Council on Energy, an elected member of the Global Energy Prize International Award Committee, a Governing Board member of the Graphene Engineering Innovation Center at the University of Manchester, a member of the UAE Artificial Intelligence Expert Group, a board member of the Microsoft Energy Core and a Board member of Human CorpMission established by the Rosatom Corporate Academy and the Higher School of Economics National Research University. He advised the government of Alberta, Canada on provincial innovation system structuring throughout 2014 and continues to support the global advancement of research and innovation via evaluator and mentor roles in regional and international research and innovation competitions and programs.
Dr. Griffiths is Associate Editor and Editorial Board member of Elsevier’s international journal Energy Strategy Reviews and Editorial Board member of Elsevier’s international journal Smart Energy. He further is a non-resident Fellow of the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines, which is a leading Institute focused on energy, natural resource and environmental policy. Dr. Griffiths’ international research engagements further include an appointment as research affiliate at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado-Boulder. In addition to these roles, Dr. Griffiths serves as advisor to journals and magazines focused on energy systems and technology innovation while regularly providing insights and commentary on technology and innovation for regional and international publications. Prior to his position at KU, Dr. Griffiths was Vice President for Research and Associate Provost at the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology. Dr. Griffiths transitioned to the Masdar Institute from his role as Executive Director of the Technology and Development Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which is a position he undertook while simultaneously serving as the Founding Executive Vice President and Chief Technologist of Light Pharma Incorporated.
Dr. Griffiths holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from MIT and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
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Steven is an associate lecturer of criminology and sociology at the University of York. He attained his BA in Political Science at UCLA in 2007. Following the completion of an MA in Comparative Politics at the University of York in 2009, he received his PhD in Politics from the University of York in 2016. His research interests include UK asylum housing, EU and non-EU migration and state responses to immigration trends.
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Tutor in Work and Organisational Studies, University of Sydney
Steven Hitchcock recently completed his PhD in Organizational Communication at Arizona State University and is currently a tutor in The University of Sydney Business School. Steven’s research examines the discourse of, and practice surrounding, aged and generational narratives in the workplace. Steven is particularly interested in the perspectives of young professionals whose voices often go unattended in organizations, the popular press, and in scholarship.
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Traditional knowledge holder, Indigenous Knowledge
Steven Holmes is a Thaua elder from southern New South Wales.
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Research Group Leader, Water-Energy-Carbon, The University of Queensland
Steven is a water leader with senior experience in research, industry, and government, developed through roles with The University of Queensland, CSIRO, Brisbane Water, Sydney Water, and private consulting. He has worked with urban water, wastewater, stormwater, and related energy and greenhouse gas issues since 1990. His work addresses urban water security, water-energy nexus, and circular economy . He creates collaborations, tools, models and knowledge to address all flows of water – and related energy - into, out of, and within cities. This enables evaluation and management of key concepts such as: (i) net zero carbon water cycle, (ii) hybrid, decentralised and integrated systems performance, and (iii) sustainable urban design and planning.
Steven’s work is enhancing performance benchmarking of cities, shaping development, guiding policy and infrastructure investment locally and internationally. He has secured and delivered over $8m funding for his research since 2005, most since 2013. This includes multiple international and national projects for the Asian Development Bank, Water Research Foundation (USA), and CRC Water Sensitive Cities.
He has authored over 60 Scopus-listed articles in high-quality journals, 20 books or major CRC public reports, 10 book chapters and over 67 conference articles (over 200 total articles). Steven is a long-term and regular funded plenary and invited keynote presenter to peak international forums including: World Water Forum, World Water Congress, World Water Week and Singapore International Water Week. Steven’s strong multi-disciplinary work spans environmental, chemical and civil engineering, natural resources management, and urban planning and design. He has developed urban metabolism theory, including its links to integrated water management and industrial ecology.
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My current research focus is aimed at characterizing changes in the bone marrow during disease and infection. During a virus infection, an immune response is rapidly induced. This immune response is required to kill the virus and infected cells. However, the immune response often also causes a lot of the damage and pathology that is observed.
I also work with the NHMRC-funded Centre of Excellence in Severe Asthma. In this role I have a strong focus on communications and translation of research findings into the clinic and education medical professionals.
I completed my PhD studies with Dr Kelly McNagny at The Biomedical Research Centre, University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC, Canada (2010). My research focused on the role of CD34 (and the related molecule podocalyxin) in pre-clinical disease models.
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Senior Lecturer at the African Energy Leadership Centre, Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
Dr Steven Mathetsa is a senior lecturer at the African Energy Leadership Centre, Wits Business School. He is a professionally registered scientist with over 18 years’ experience in the fields of sustainable development, environmental management, climate change, water, and energy resources management. Prior to joining the AELC, he worked for private and public entities such as Eskom, Transnet and Anglo Coal.
Dr Mathetsa has a BSc in natural and environmental sciences (UJ), BSc Honours and MSc in environmental management (UNISA), Postgraduate Diploma in energy leadership and PhD in environmental studies (Wits University). His research interest lies within the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus within the discourse of climate change and how the supply of these key resources can be sustained through formulation of integrated policies and systems thinking approaches.
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Professor of Early Prehistory, University of Reading
Steven Mithen has a BA (hons) in Prehistory & Archaeology from Sheffield University, an MSc in Biological Computation from York University, and a PhD in Archaeology from Cambridge University.
Between 1987 and 1992, he was a Research Fellow at Trinity Hall and then Lecturer in Archaeology at Cambridge. After moving to the University of Reading, he was promoted to Senior Lecturer (1996), Reader (1998) and then Professor of Early Prehistory (2000). In August 2002, he was appointed as the first Head of the School of Human & Environmental Sciences, formed by the Departments of Archaeology, Geography, Soil Science and the Postgraduate Institute of Sedimentology, a post he held until August 2008 when he became Dean of the Faculty of Science.
In 2010, he was appointed a Pro Vice Chancellor for Internationalisation, a position he held for four years during which he developed a series of research and teaching partnerships for Reading, notably the Reading-NUIST Academy in China. In 2014 he was appointed Pro Vice Chancellor for Research, during which he undertook a major reshaping or research leadership, management and organisation at the University. Between 2014 and 2018, Steven also held the post of Deputy Vice Chancellor. In 2018 Steven completed his management roles at the University and returned to the Department of Archaeology as Professor Early Prehistory. He was elected as a Fellow of the British Academy in 2004.
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Foundation Professor of Psychology, Arizona State University
Steven Neuberg is a Foundation Professor in the Department of Psychology at Arizona State University. He received his bachelor's from Cornell University, a master's and doctorate from Carnegie Mellon University, and had a NATO Fellowship year at the University of Waterloo, Canada. Neuberg integrates social-cognitive and evolutionary approaches in his research exploring the origins, nature, and nuances of prejudices and stereotypes, and the ways that fundamental motivations shape cognition and social behavior. He is the director of the Evolution, Ecology, and Social Behavior Lab and co-director of the Kenrick-Neuberg Social Cognition Laboratory. He also founded the ASU Global Group Relations Project, a multidisciplinary and global study of factors, including religion, which shape intergroup conflict. His research has been published in outlets such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Psychological Review, Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Science, Handbook of Social Psychology, and Perspectives on Psychological Science, and has been supported by the National Science Foundation, National Institute of Health, and Army Research Institute. His research has received the Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize and the Daniel M. Wegner Theoretical Innovation Prize, and he is a fellow of multiple scientific societies, including the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is the recipient of several ASU teaching honors, including the Outstanding Doctoral Mentor Award and the CLAS Outstanding Teaching Award, recently served as Chair of the Department of Psychology, and directs the Department’s Psych for Life® enterprise.
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Associate Professor, Sports Coaching; Affiliate, UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, The University of Queensland
Dr. Steven Rynne is an Associate Professor and Program Convenor for Sports Coaching with the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences at The University of Queensland, Australia. Steven has worked and conducted research with a variety of peak domestic and international sporting bodies in the areas of high performance coach learning and Indigenous sport. Steven teaches undergraduate and graduate students, is a registered HPE teacher, and coaches track cyclists.
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Professor of the Psychology of Religion and Theology, Boston University
In 2013, after 16 years at Bethel Seminary, Steve accepted the Danielsen Chair position at Boston University School of Theology and the Danielsen Institute, where he also serves as Research Director and Senior Staff Psychologist. He holds a joint appointment at BU in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences.
His books include To Forgive is Human, The Faces of Forgiveness, Transforming Spirituality, The Skillful Soul of the Psychotherapist, Forgiveness and Spirituality: A Relational Approach, Relational Integration of Psychology, Christian Theology: Theory, Research, and Practice, and Relational Spirituality in Psychotherapy: Healing Suffering and Promoting Growth. He does research in areas that include positive psychology, psychology of religion, intercultural competence and social justice, psychotherapy processes and outcome, psychopathology, and clinical training. His research has been funded by the Lilly Endowment, the Fetzer Institute, and the John Templeton Foundation. He received the Narramore Award for excellence in the integration of psychology ant theology from the Christian Association of Psychological Studies. He is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Clinical Psychology; Psychotherapy; and the Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care. Sandage also practices as a Licensed Psychologist with clinical specializations that include couple and family therapy, multicultural therapy, and spiritually-integrative therapy. The American Psychological Association (APA) produced a clinical demonstration of Sandage doing couples therapy. He also provides diversity training and consultation to educators, mental healthcare practitioners, religious leaders, and business leaders.
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Professor in Cloud Microphysics, Monash University
I've been an academic at Monash for 28 years, holding a joint appointment between the School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment and the School of Mathematics.
I am a Chief Investigator in the ARC SRI research centre Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future (SAEF) leading a project on precipitation processes over Antartica and the Southern Ocean.
I serve as the Co-Chair of the Expert Team on Weather Modification for the World Weather Research Pogram.
I am the editor for the Journal for Southern Hemisphere Earth System Science.
I currently serve on the ARC College of Experts.
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University, Canada
Steven Tufts is an Associate Professor and labour geographer in the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change at York University. His research and teaching interests are related to the geographies of workers, workplaces, and organized labour. Past and current research projects include: labour union strategic research and union renewal; the role unions plan in urban economic development; immigrant workers in urban labour markets; labour market adjustment in tourism related sectors; the impact of climate change on workers; and the intersection between organized labour and populism.
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Senior Lecturer in International Security, Brunel University London
I am an historian of intelligence, security, empire and the modern Middle East. Before coming to Brunel, I was a SSHRC postdoctoral fellow in the Department of History and Classical Studies at McGill University, Montreal. I received my DPhil from the University of Oxford, and my BA and MA from the University of Calgary. Since 2007, I have been looking at records declassified records in the UK, USA, and Israel which shed new light on the story of the Palestine Mandate, but also on the previously unknown role of intelligence in countering terrorism & insurgency, and in shaping British policy.
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Steven Weber works at the intersection of technology markets, intellectual property regimes, and international politics. His research, teaching, and advisory work focus on the political economy of knowledge intensive industries, with special attention to health care, information technology, software, and global political economy issues relating to competitiveness. He is also a frequent contributor to scholarly and public debates on international politics and US foreign policy. One of the world’s most expert practitioners of scenario planning,Weber has worked with over a hundred companies and government organizations to develop this discipline as a strategy planning tool.
Steve went to medical school at Stanford then did his Ph.D. in the political science department also at Stanford. He served as special consultant to the president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and has held academic fellowships with the Council on Foreign Relations and the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, and was Director of the Institute of International Studies at UC Berkeley from 2003 to 2009.
His books include The Success of Open Source and most recently The End of Arrogance: America in the Global Competition of Ideas (with Bruce Jentleson) and Deviant Globalization: Black Market Economy in the 21st Century (with Jesse Goldhammer and Nils Gilman). He is currently working on a new book, Beyond the Globally Integrated Enterprise, that explains how economic geography is evolving and the consequences for multinational organizations in the post financial crisis world.
Steve is the faculty director for the Berkeley Center for Long Term Cybersecurity (CLTC).
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