Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Steffen Hertog is professor in the Department of Government at the London School of Economics. He was previously Kuwait Professor at Sciences Po in Paris, lecturer at the University of Durham, post-doc at Princeton University and received his Ph.D. from the University of Oxford. His main research interest lies in Gulf and Middle East political economy, with special focus on public sector reform, labour markets and state-business relations. He has a subsidiary interest in micro-dynamics of political violence. Steffen has worked with numerous public and private institutions in the Gulf region. He has written several books; his most recent monograph is "Locked Out of Development: Insiders and Outsiders in Arab Capitalism" (Cambridge University Press 2022). Specialties: public sector reform, investment environment, country risk, labour markets, macro-fiscal issues, small and medium enterprises,