Julia Steets
Director
Global Public Policy Institute
Julia Steets is director of the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) in Berlin. Her research and consulting work focuses on international development, humanitarian assistance, public-private partnerships, as well as monitoring and evaluation. She currently represents GPPi in the INSPIRE Consortium, which supports Policy Development for the European Union’s Humanitarian Aid Department (DG ECHO). Julia also serves as a member of the board of the International Humanitarian Studies Association (IHSA) and as a member of the editorial board of Routledge’s newly established humanitarian studies series.
Prior to joining GPPi as a project manager in 2004, Julia was a program manager at the Körber Foundation’s Bergedorf Round Table in Berlin, a consultant with Transparency International’s London office, and an election observer for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). Julia holds a PhD in social science from the University of Erfurt. She also holds a master’s degree in history of international relations from the London School of Economics (LSE) and a master of public administration from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, where she was a McCloy Scholar. She received fellowships from the German National Academic Foundation and the LSE’s McKenzie Prize for Outstanding Performance.
