Stephen Devereux

Stephen Devereux is primarily affiliated with the Institute of Development Studies in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses extensively on social protection, poverty, food security, and the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Their body of work spans multiple disciplines including social sciences and health professions, with significant contributions in both general health professions and safety research.

Devereux's recent academic output includes several papers addressing social policy and food security:

• Conceptualising COVID-19's impacts on household food security (2020, Food Security)
• Social protection responses to COVID-19 in Africa (2021, Global Social Policy)
• Urban social assistance: Evidence, challenges and the way forward, with application to Ghana (2020, Development Policy Review)
• Urban-Sensitive Social Protection: How Universalized Social Protection Can Reduce Urban Vulnerabilities Post COVID-19 (2021, Progress in Development Studies)
• Performing social policy diffusion: Reflections on agents as social protection policy entrepreneurs in Africa (2023, Global Social Policy)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Christophe Béné, Keetie Roelen, Rachel Sabates-Wheeler, José Cuesta, and Abdul-Gafaru Abdulai. Their work has been published predominantly in venues such as IDS Bulletin, Global Social Policy, Development Policy Review, Food Security, and Progress in Development Studies.

In terms of thematic focus, Devereux's publications address a range of topics:

• Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
• Homelessness and Social Issues
• Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
• Social Policy and Reform Studies
• Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
• COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
• Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability

In addition to articles, Devereux has contributed to book publications, including a title titled Resilience and Food Security in a Food Systems Context published by Springer International Publishing in 2023.

Their scholarly work spans multiple subfields, including political science and international relations, economics and econometrics, and gender studies, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach to examining social policy and health-related issues.