Robert Muggah Explained

Robert Muggah
Birth Date:20 July 1974
Birth Place:Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Known For:Co-founder of the Igarapé Institute and The SecDev Group
Occupation:Research Director at the Igarapé Institute

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

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

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

Publications, interviews, and lectures

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 and 2015,[44] the World Governance Summit[45] in 2018 and at the World Economic Forum Summit in Davos in 2016, 2017[46] and 2019. He has also spoken on new technologies[47] at the Web Summit in 2014, on smart policing[48] with Google in 2013 and on arms trafficking[49] in 2012.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The SecDev Foundation Home - The SecDev Foundation. secdev-foundation.org.
  2. Web site: Mapping Arms Data - Igarapé Institute. 2 April 2015.
  3. Web site: Igarapé Institute - Homicide Monitor.
  4. Web site: CrimeRadar - Igarapé Institute.
  5. Web site: Igarapé Institute - Smart Policing.
  6. Web site: The 100 most influential people in the world of armed violence - AOAV. 28 June 2013.
  7. Web site: 2017 Lewis Perinbam Award for International Development Winner: Robert Muggah. 2018-02-10. WUSC (World University Service of Canada). en-US. 2019-02-19.
  8. Web site: Robert Muggah.
  9. Web site: Team. Prospect. Think Tank Awards 2019—the winners!. 2020-09-16. en-US.
  10. Web site: Facebook - Log In or Sign Up. 2020-09-16. Facebook. en.
  11. Web site: Google. 2020-09-16. www.google.com.
  12. Web site: McKinsey & Company Global management consulting. 2020-09-16. www.mckinsey.com. en.
  13. Web site: Advisory Committee - Global Parliament of Mayors. globalparliamentofmayors.org.
  14. Web site: Know Violence in Childhood - Who we are. www.knowviolenceinchildhood.org.
  15. Web site: 2016-08-12. Secretary-General Nominates Lead Author and Advisory Group for Progress Study on Youth, Peace and Security. www.un.org.
  16. Web site: 2017-11-15. Robert-Muggah- - Global Initiative. globalinitiative.net.
  17. Web site: Affairs. Chicago Council on Global. 2018-01-19. Robert Muggah. 2020-09-16. Chicago Council on Global Affairs. en.
  18. Web site: Robert Muggah. 2020-09-16. Canadian Global Affairs Institute.
  19. Web site: The Future of Cities and Urbanization. World Economic Forum.
  20. Web site: University of King's College Halifax, Nova Scotia. 2020-09-16. University of Kings College Halifax, Nova Scotia. en.
  21. Web site: Robert Muggah Brazil LAB. 2020-09-16. brazillab.princeton.edu.
  22. Web site: Dr. Robert Muggah - Faculty. 2019-02-19. Singularity University. en.
  23. Web site: Muggah. Ian Goldin,Robert. Terra Incognita. 2020-09-16. www.penguin.co.uk. en.
  24. http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/R/bo20851840.html Relocation Failures in Sri Lanka
  25. http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/N/bo20851013.html Refugee Militarization in Africa
  26. https://www.routledge.com/Stabilization-Operations-Security-and-Development-States-of-Fragility/Muggah/p/book/9780415536769 Stabilization Operations, Security and Development
  27. https://www.routledge.com/Security-and-Post-Conflict-Reconstruction-Dealing-with-Fighters-in-the/Muggah/p/book/9780415460545 Security and Post-Conflict Reconstruction
  28. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17440572.2012.755124 Global Burden of Armed Violence
  29. https://www.amazon.com/Open-Empowerment-Digital-Protest-Cyber-ebook/dp/B01D0LVXCY Open Empowerment
  30. Web site: Robert Muggah. Muggah. Robert. The Atlantic. en-US. 2019-02-19.
  31. Web site: Visualising the global arms trade. BBC News.
  32. Web site: Robert Muggah - Latin America. CBC. en. 2019-02-19.
  33. Web site: Entrevista de Robert Muggah à CBS. Instituto Igarapé. 12 August 2016. YouTube.
  34. News: The only way out of Nicaragua's violent crisis rests in Ortega's hands. 2019-02-19.
  35. Web site: Robert Muggah: Latest News, Work, Videos, Photos. Fast Company. en-US. 2019-02-19.
  36. Web site: Muggah . Robert . 2019-07-09 . Violent crime has undermined democracy in Latin America . subscription . 2020-09-16 . Financial Times.
  37. News: Robert Muggah. 2017-08-08. Foreign Affairs. 2019-02-19. en-US.
  38. Web site: Robert Muggah. Muggah. Robert. Foreign Policy. en. 2019-02-19.
  39. Web site: Milênio: Robert Muggah analisa dados de violência urbana e tráfico de armas - GloboNews - Vídeos do programa Milênio - Catálogo de Vídeos.
  40. News: Steven Pinker et Robert Muggah : " La démocratie libérale se porte très bien, merci ". 2018-07-30. 2019-02-19. fr.
  41. Web site: U.S. law enforcement are tracking gang activity on social media. Newsweek. 27 June 2016.
  42. Web site: The New York Times - Search. www.nytimes.com. 2019-02-19.
  43. Guns, gore and girls: the rise of the cyber cartels. Wired UK. Katie. Collins. 2014-11-05.
  44. Web site: Robert Muggah - Speaker - TED. Robert. Muggah.
  45. Web site: Session Detail. 2020-09-16. World Government Summit - Session Detail.
  46. Web site: Urban Fragility with Pan Jiahua and Robert Muggah. World Economic Forum. 13 February 2017. YouTube.
  47. Web site: Web Summit 2014, Day 2. Library Stage. Robert Muggah, Research Director at Igarape Institute. Web Summit. 28 January 2015. YouTube.
  48. Web site: Smart Phones and Smarter Law Enforcement. Jigsaw. 24 October 2013. YouTube.
  49. Web site: Disrupting Illicit Arms. infosummit2012. 28 July 2012. YouTube.