Paul Stevens
Senior Research Adviser

Paul Stevens was educated as an economist and as a specialist on the Middle East at Cambridge and the School of Oriental and African Studies; from 1973–79 he taught at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon interspersed with two years as an oil consultant; from 1979–93 at the University of Surrey he was lecturer and senior lecturer in economics. From 1993 to 2008, he was Professor of Petroleum Policy and Economics at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy, University of Dundee, Scotland, a chair created by BP. In January 2008 he was appointed to an Emeritus Chair. He has now joined on a part-time basis Chatham House (The Royal Institute for International affairs) in London as Senior Research Fellow (Energy). His role is to take over the energy part of the Energy, Environment and Development Programme. He has published extensively on energy economics, the international petroleum industry, economic development issues and the political economy of the Gulf. He also works as a consultant for many companies and governments.