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Alex Evans

Alex Evans

Senior Fellow, New York University's Center on International Cooperation

Alex Evans is a Senior Fellow at New York University'sCenter on International Cooperation, and from early 2017 will be working as a campaign director at Avaaz.

Over the last two decades Alex has worked on global issues in the UN Secretary-General's office, as Special Adviser to two UK Secretaries of State for International Development (Valerie Amos and Hilary Benn), and as a consultant for organisations from Oxfam to the US National Intelligence Council.

Other recent work includes co-authoring The Restorative Economy, a report for the NGO Tearfund, and research on global climate policy with the Center for Global Development among others.

All of Alex's publications are available here; he also blogs at Global Dashboard (which he co-edits), is a regular contributor on development to the Guardian, and occasionally posts progressive house mixes onSoundcloud.  Alex is married to Emma Williams, and they live in North Yorkshire with their children Isabel (6) and Kit (3).