Full name: Daniel Stevens
Current Position and Responsibilities at WIUT:
Daniel Stevens is currently the Head of Research and Consultancy at WIUT.
He is responsible for the development of research both amongst staff and students, as well as promoting the university’s consultancy services. He leads modules in Management Research Methods and the final year projects for business, economics and law students, as well as in Contemporary Issues in Business and Public Sector Management. He is a course leader for the Masters in International Business and Management.
Academic Background and Research Interests
Bachelor of Science in Economics in Government - London School of Economics and Political Science
Masters of Science in Comparative Politics - London School of Economics and Political Science
Ph.D in Development Studies - School of Oriental and African Studies
His research interests are primarily in international development, the promotion of good governance, specifically in the ways international donors seek to aid civil society in developing countries. Related to these he is also interested in the relevance of corporate social responsibility to developing countries, as well as how research is taught in higher education.
Professional Experience and Selected Publications
- Professional experience
- UN (Uzbekistan) – preparation of Common Country Assessment (2007)
- UNICEF (Uzbekistan) – preparation of Situation Analysis and Mid Term Review report (2007)
- Westminster Foundation for Democracy / Interserve (UK) – Regional expert for delegation of Members of Parliament to Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan
- OSI (USA) – Researcher and co-author of report for the Eurasian Civil Society Monitor Project
- Member of board of experts for Eurasia Foundation Tashkent office (2005)
- Editor of special issue of the UK journal ‘Central Asian Survey’ (2005)
- English language editor of reports including Welfare Improvement Strategy of Uzbekistan (2008-2010), National Human Development Report 2007
- Co-ordinator for UK Graduate Student Network for research on Central Asia, within the Centre for Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus (SOAS)
- Selected Publications
- Situation of Children in Uzbekistan, UNICEF, 2007
- With Alexey Kim, Lobar Mukhamedova, Malika Mukimova, & Rowan Wagner (2007) How far can CSR travel – reflections on the applicability of the concept to SMEs in Uzbekistan, chapter in David Crowther (ed.) The Ashgate Research Companion to Corporate Social Responsibility, Aldershot: Ashgate.
- ‘Political society and civil society in Uzbekistan: never the twain shall meet?’, Central Asian Survey, Vol. 26, No. 1, March 2007
- Editor’s introduction and “NGO-Mahalla partnerships: exploring the potential for state-society synergy in Uzbekistan” in Central Asian Survey (2005)
- “The Concept and Importance of Social Capital-An Aid to Guiding Uzbekistan into the 21st Century”, Journal of Central Asian Studies, Vol. II, No. 2 (Spring/Summer 1998), Research Notes, pp. 42-46.
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