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Robert Muggah

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Robert Muggah
Born (1974-07-20) July 20, 1974 (age 50)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
OccupationResearch Director at the Igarapé Institute
Known forCo-founder of the Igarapé Institute and The SecDev Group

Robert Muggah is a political scientist, urbanist, and security expert. He is the co-founder of the Igarapé Institute and the SecDev Group,[1] where he is known for his work on urbanization, crime prevention, arms control, migration, cyber-security, the digital economy, conflict and development studies. He regularly advises national and city governments, management consulting and technology firms, United Nations agencies ,and the World Bank.  

His work on designing interactive platforms to map arms transfers,[2] track homicide,[3] predict crime,[4] and promote police accountability[5] is globally recognized. He was listed as one of the top 100 most important people in violence prevention[6] and is the recipient of numerous honors, including the Lewis Perinbam Award[7] for outstanding humanitarian service and the Lind Fellowship in 2018.[8] One of his organization's, the Igarapé Institute, was ranked the world's top social policy think tank in 2019 by Prospect Magazine.[9]

Career

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Before co-founding the Igarapé Institute and SecDev Group, Muggah worked with the Small Arms Survey from its inception in 1999 where he was research director between 2008 and 2011. Over the past decades he has advised the United Nations Development Program, the United Nations Department for Peacekeeping Operations, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Latin American Development Bank, and the World Bank in more than 25 countries. He has also consulted with Facebook,[10] Google,[11] McKinsey's and Co,[12] Uber and other companies.  

He is the co-chair of the advisory committee of the Global Parliament of Mayors[13] and the Know Violence in Childhood Network[14] He was nominated by the UN Secretary General to advise a panel on Youth, Peace and Security[15] and is a fellow with the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime,[16] the Chicago Council on Global Affairs,[17] the Canadian Global Affairs Institute,[18]  and the Global Council for the Future of Cities and Urbanization[19] and the Global Risk Report of the World Economic Forum. He sits on the boards of several technology start-ups.

Muggah has conducted extensive field research on armed violence, public security, fragile cities, population resettlement and climate action. His work on disarmament, demobilization and reintegration, urban warfare as well as stabilization operations in Latin America, Africa and Asia is widely cited. He has conducted multiple household surveys and studies on refugee militarization across Sub-Saharan Africa, the unintended consequences of relocating populations in Latin America and South Asia, the outcomes of community development and violence prevention programs, the future of peacekeeping missions, the implications of rapid urbanization, and the rise of cyber cartels and digital gangs.

He graduated with BA Honors from the University of King's College[20] and Dalhousie University in 1997. He received an MPhil from the Institute for Development Studies at the University of Sussex in 1999. In 2008 earned a Doctorate of Philosophy (DPhil) from the University of Oxford where he was recipient of a grant from the Social Science Research Council. He has taught courses at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, at the University of San Diego, the University of British Columbia, and the International Relations Department of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. He is non-resident faculty at Princeton University,[21] Singularity University in California[22] and lectures at universities across North America, Latin America, Western Europe and the Middle East and Africa.

Personal life

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Muggah is married to Ilona Szabó de Carvalho, co-founder of Instituto Igarapé.

Publications, interviews, and lectures

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Muggah is the author or editor of eight books. The most recent, Terra Incognita: 100 Maps to Survive the Next 100 Years, is co-authored with Ian Goldin and published by Penguin/Random House.[23] Two others, Relocation Failures in Sri Lanka[24] and Refugee Militarization in Africa[25] are focused on migration and resettlement. Two more, Stabilization Operations, Security and Development[26] and Security and Post-Conflict Reconstruction[27] are concerned with UN peace operations and international stability missions. The others, including the Global Burden of Armed Violence[28] and Open Empowerment,[29] are focused on real and virtual insecurity.

Muggah's research is widely reported in global media outlets. His research on organized crime, the future of cities, climate resilience and the impacts of COVID-19 has been featured by The Atlantic,[30] BBC,[31] CBC,[32] CNN, CBS,[33] The Globe and Mail,[34] Fast Company,[35] Financial Times,[36] Foreign Affairs,[37] Foreign Policy,[38] Globo News,[39] Le Monde,[40] Newsweek,[41] The New York Times,[42] and Wired Magazine,[43] among others. He delivered talks on the future of cities in TED in 2019, 2017[44] and 2015,[45] the World Governance Summit[46] in 2018 and at the World Economic Forum Summit in Davos in 2016, 2017[47] and 2019.[48] He has also spoken on new technologies[49] at the Web Summit in 2014, on smart policing[50] with Google in 2013 and on arms trafficking[51] in 2012.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The SecDev Foundation Home - The SecDev Foundation". secdev-foundation.org.
  2. ^ "Mapping Arms Data - Igarapé Institute". 2 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Igarapé Institute - Homicide Monitor".
  4. ^ "CrimeRadar - Igarapé Institute".
  5. ^ "Igarapé Institute - Smart Policing".
  6. ^ "The 100 most influential people in the world of armed violence - AOAV". 28 June 2013.
  7. ^ "2017 Lewis Perinbam Award for International Development Winner: Robert Muggah". WUSC (World University Service of Canada). 2018-02-10. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
  8. ^ "Robert Muggah".
  9. ^ Team, Prospect. "Think Tank Awards 2019—the winners!". Retrieved 2020-09-16.
  10. ^ "Facebook - Log In or Sign Up". Facebook. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
  11. ^ "Google". www.google.com. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
  12. ^ "McKinsey & Company | Global management consulting". www.mckinsey.com. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
  13. ^ "Advisory Committee - Global Parliament of Mayors". globalparliamentofmayors.org.
  14. ^ "Know Violence in Childhood - Who we are". www.knowviolenceinchildhood.org.
  15. ^ "Secretary-General Nominates Lead Author and Advisory Group for Progress Study on Youth, Peace and Security". www.un.org. 2016-08-12.
  16. ^ "Robert-Muggah- - Global Initiative". globalinitiative.net. 2017-11-15.
  17. ^ Affairs, Chicago Council on Global (2018-01-19). "Robert Muggah". Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
  18. ^ "Robert Muggah". Canadian Global Affairs Institute. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
  19. ^ "The Future of Cities and Urbanization". World Economic Forum.
  20. ^ "University of King's College | Halifax, Nova Scotia". University of Kings College | Halifax, Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
  21. ^ "Robert Muggah | Brazil LAB". brazillab.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
  22. ^ "Dr. Robert Muggah - Faculty". Singularity University. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
  23. ^ Muggah, Ian Goldin,Robert. "Terra Incognita". www.penguin.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  24. ^ Relocation Failures in Sri Lanka (2008)
  25. ^ Refugee Militarization in Africa (2006)
  26. ^ Stabilization Operations, Security and Development (2013)
  27. ^ Security and Post-Conflict Reconstruction (2009)
  28. ^ Global Burden of Armed Violence(2008, 2011)
  29. ^ Open Empowerment (2016)
  30. ^ Muggah, Robert. "Robert Muggah". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
  31. ^ "Visualising the global arms trade". BBC News.
  32. ^ "Robert Muggah - Latin America". CBC. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
  33. ^ Instituto Igarapé (12 August 2016). "Entrevista de Robert Muggah à CBS" – via YouTube.
  34. ^ "The only way out of Nicaragua's violent crisis rests in Ortega's hands". Retrieved 2019-02-19.
  35. ^ "Robert Muggah: Latest News, Work, Videos, Photos". Fast Company. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
  36. ^ Muggah, Robert (2019-07-09). "Violent crime has undermined democracy in Latin America". Financial Times. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
  37. ^ "Robert Muggah". Foreign Affairs. 2017-08-08. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
  38. ^ Muggah, Robert. "Robert Muggah". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
  39. ^ "Milênio: Robert Muggah analisa dados de violência urbana e tráfico de armas - GloboNews - Vídeos do programa Milênio - Catálogo de Vídeos".
  40. ^ "Steven Pinker et Robert Muggah : " La démocratie libérale se porte très bien, merci "" (in French). 2018-07-30. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
  41. ^ "U.S. law enforcement are tracking gang activity on social media". Newsweek. 27 June 2016.
  42. ^ "The New York Times - Search". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
  43. ^ Collins, Katie (2014-11-05). "Guns, gore and girls: the rise of the cyber cartels". Wired UK.
  44. ^ Muggah, Robert, The biggest risks facing cities -- and some solutions, retrieved 2019-02-19
  45. ^ Muggah, Robert. "Robert Muggah - Speaker - TED".
  46. ^ "Session Detail". World Government Summit - Session Detail. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
  47. ^ World Economic Forum (13 February 2017). "Urban Fragility with Pan Jiahua and Robert Muggah" – via YouTube.
  48. ^ World Economic Forum (2019-02-10), Davos 2019 - Ending Violence in the Sahel, retrieved 2019-02-19
  49. ^ Web Summit (28 January 2015). "Web Summit 2014, Day 2. Library Stage. Robert Muggah, Research Director at Igarape Institute" – via YouTube.
  50. ^ Jigsaw (24 October 2013). "Smart Phones and Smarter Law Enforcement" – via YouTube.
  51. ^ infosummit2012 (28 July 2012). "Disrupting Illicit Arms" – via YouTube.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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