Prior to joining the University in 2008, he worked as a practitioner with various governmental, non-governmental and research institutions in Canada, Central America, the Caribbean and Europe. Stephen teaches and conducts critical research at the nexus of development and security – on security system reform, development cooperation, peacebuilding and gender equality in fragile and conflict-affected states. His work currently focuses on Haiti, though he situates that work in a broader hemispheric and global context. He is also the current chair of the Latin America and Caribbean Study Group of the Canadian International Council’s National Capital Branch.