Illuminating the Arts-Policy Nexus 
Illuminating the Arts-Policy Nexus is a fortnightly series of articles on the role of art in public policymaking. This series invites WPI fellows and project leaders as well as external practitioners to contribute pieces on how artists have led policy change and how policymakers can use creative strategies.
In Every Nation for Itself: Winners and Losers in a G-Zero World, World Policy Institute Senior Fellow Ian Bremmer illustrates a historic shift in the international system and the world economy—and an unprecedented moment of global uncertainty.
David Stevens
Project Leader
Expertise: Southern African Politics; Innovation Diffusion; Technology, Economy, and Politics.
Experience: David Stevens is the founder and president of Serval Political Analysis, LLC a political research firm focused on the African continent. Prior to starting Serval, David was a doctoral candidate in Princeton University’s Department of Politics, where his research focused on the interaction between technology, the economy, and the adoption of political ideas; the politics of Southern Africa; and the politics of urban development. He has done work on ex-combatant reintegration, the economic impact of South African labor and welfare policies, the interaction of formal and informal economies, the relationship between time and political events, and the role of music in the politics of South Africa. He has been a PhD Affiliate at the Innovations for Successful Societies Program at the Woodrow Wilson School for International and Public Affairs and the Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies.
Education:
(B.A. Honors) University of California at Berkeley
(M.A.) Princeton University.
Twitter: @trekstevens
@firesideafrica
