Stephen Pursey is Director of the Policy Integration Department and Senior Adviser to the Director-General of the International Labour Organization.

Amongst the issues he has worked on are the impact of globalization on poverty reduction and decent work, freedom of association and the right to bargain collectively, sustainable development and trade and investment issues. He is currently working on follow-up to the ILO/IMF Oslo Conference of September 2010 and the ILO’s contributions to the G20 process.