Robert Muggah
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| name = Robert Muggah
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|7|20}}
| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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| 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,{{cite web|title=The SecDev Foundation Home - The SecDev Foundation|url=https://secdev-foundation.org/|website=secdev-foundation.org}} 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,{{cite web|url=https://igarape.org.br/en/mapping-arms-data-2/|title=Mapping Arms Data - Igarapé Institute|date=2 April 2015}} track homicide,{{cite web|url=https://igarape.org.br/en/apps/homicide-monitor/|title=Igarapé Institute - Homicide Monitor}} predict crime,{{cite web|url=https://igarape.org.br/en/apps/crimeradar/|title=CrimeRadar - Igarapé Institute}} and promote police accountability{{cite web|url=https://igarape.org.br/en/apps/smart-policing/|title=Igarapé Institute - Smart Policing}} is globally recognized. He was listed as one of the top 100 most important people in violence prevention{{cite web|url=https://aoav.org.uk/2013/top-100-the-most-influential-people-in-the-world-of-armed-violence/|title=The 100 most influential people in the world of armed violence - AOAV|date=28 June 2013}} and is the recipient of numerous honors, including the Lewis Perinbam Award{{Cite web|url=https://wusc.ca/2017-lewis-perinbam-award-for-international-development-winner-robert-muggah/|title=2017 Lewis Perinbam Award for International Development Winner: Robert Muggah|date=2018-02-10|website=WUSC (World University Service of Canada)|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-19}} for outstanding humanitarian service and the Lind Fellowship in 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://lindinitiative.ubc.ca/speakers/robert-muggah/|title=Robert Muggah}} One of his organization's, the Igarapé Institute, was ranked the world's top social policy think tank in 2019 by Prospect Magazine.{{Cite web|last=Team|first=Prospect|title=Think Tank Awards 2019—the winners!|url=https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/think-tank-awards-2019-the-winners|access-date=2020-09-16|language=en-US}}
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,{{Cite web|title=Facebook - Log In or Sign Up|url=https://www.facebook.com/|access-date=2020-09-16|website=Facebook|language=en}} Google,{{Cite web|title=Google|url=http://www.google.com/|access-date=2020-09-16|website=www.google.com}} McKinsey's and Co,{{Cite web|title=McKinsey & Company {{!}} Global management consulting|url=https://www.mckinsey.com/|access-date=2020-09-16|website=www.mckinsey.com|language=en}} Uber and other companies.
He is the co-chair of the advisory committee of the Global Parliament of Mayors{{cite web|title=Advisory Committee - Global Parliament of Mayors|url=https://globalparliamentofmayors.org/consultative-committee/|website=globalparliamentofmayors.org}} and the Know Violence in Childhood Network{{cite web|title=Know Violence in Childhood - Who we are|url=http://www.knowviolenceinchildhood.org/about/ourpeople|website=www.knowviolenceinchildhood.org}} He was nominated by the UN Secretary General to advise a panel on Youth, Peace and Security{{cite web|date=2016-08-12|title=Secretary-General Nominates Lead Author and Advisory Group for Progress Study on Youth, Peace and Security|url=http://www.un.org/youthenvoy/2016/08/secretary-general-nominates-lead-author-advisory-group-progress-study-youth-peace-security/|website=www.un.org}} and is a fellow with the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime,{{cite web|date=2017-11-15|title=Robert-Muggah- - Global Initiative|url=http://globalinitiative.net/network/robert-muggah/|website=globalinitiative.net}} the Chicago Council on Global Affairs,{{Cite web|last=Affairs|first=Chicago Council on Global|date=2018-01-19|title=Robert Muggah|url=https://www.thechicagocouncil.org/expert/robert-muggah|access-date=2020-09-16|website=Chicago Council on Global Affairs|language=en}} the Canadian Global Affairs Institute,{{Cite web|title=Robert Muggah|url=https://www.cgai.ca/robert_muggah|access-date=2020-09-16|website=Canadian Global Affairs Institute}} and the Global Council for the Future of Cities and Urbanization{{cite web|title=The Future of Cities and Urbanization|url=https://www.weforum.org/communities/the-future-of-cities-and-urbanization|website=World Economic Forum}} 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{{Cite web|title=University of King's College {{!}} Halifax, Nova Scotia|url=https://ukings.ca/|access-date=2020-09-16|website=University of Kings College {{!}} Halifax, Nova Scotia|language=en}} 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,{{Cite web|title=Robert Muggah {{!}} Brazil LAB|url=https://brazillab.princeton.edu/people/robert-muggah|access-date=2020-09-16|website=brazillab.princeton.edu}} Singularity University in California{{Cite web|title=Dr. Robert Muggah - Faculty|url=https://su.org/about/faculty/robert-muggah/|access-date=2019-02-19|website=Singularity University|language=en}} 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, [https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/111/1118230/terra-incognita/9781529124194.html Terra Incognita: 100 Maps to Survive the Next 100 Years], is co-authored with Ian Goldin and published by Penguin/Random House.{{Cite web|last=Muggah|first=Ian Goldin,Robert|title=Terra Incognita|url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/111/1118230/terra-incognita/9781529124194.html|access-date=2020-09-16|website=www.penguin.co.uk|language=en}} Two others, Relocation Failures in Sri Lanka[http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/R/bo20851840.html Relocation Failures in Sri Lanka] (2008) and Refugee Militarization in Africa[http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/N/bo20851013.html Refugee Militarization in Africa ] (2006) are focused on migration and resettlement. Two more, Stabilization Operations, Security and Development[https://www.routledge.com/Stabilization-Operations-Security-and-Development-States-of-Fragility/Muggah/p/book/9780415536769 Stabilization Operations, Security and Development] (2013) and Security and Post-Conflict Reconstruction[https://www.routledge.com/Security-and-Post-Conflict-Reconstruction-Dealing-with-Fighters-in-the/Muggah/p/book/9780415460545 Security and Post-Conflict Reconstruction] (2009) are concerned with UN peace operations and international stability missions. The others, including the Global Burden of Armed Violence[http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17440572.2012.755124 Global Burden of Armed Violence](2008, 2011) and Open Empowerment,[https://www.amazon.com/Open-Empowerment-Digital-Protest-Cyber-ebook/dp/B01D0LVXCY Open Empowerment] (2016) 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,{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/author/robert-muggah/|title=Robert Muggah|last=Muggah|first=Robert|website=The Atlantic|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-19}} BBC,{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/magazine-23822086/rio-de-janeiro-s-igarape-institute-visualises-global-arms-trade|title=Visualising the global arms trade|website=BBC News}} CBC,{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/robert-muggah-1.2704406|title=Robert Muggah - Latin America|website=CBC|language=en|access-date=2019-02-19}} CNN, CBS,{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4s0GZ8zsH8|title=Entrevista de Robert Muggah à CBS|last=Instituto Igarapé|date=12 August 2016|via=YouTube}} The Globe and Mail,{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-only-way-out-of-nicaraguas-violent-crisis-rests-in-ortegas-hands/|title=The only way out of Nicaragua's violent crisis rests in Ortega's hands|access-date=2019-02-19}} Fast Company,{{Cite web|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/person/robert-muggah|title=Robert Muggah: Latest News, Work, Videos, Photos|website=Fast Company|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-19}} Financial Times,{{Cite web |last=Muggah |first=Robert |date=2019-07-09 |title=Violent crime has undermined democracy in Latin America |url=https://www.ft.com/content/7bbc9228-a09f-11e9-a282-2df48f366f7d |url-access=subscription |access-date=2020-09-16 |website=Financial Times}} Foreign Affairs,{{Cite news|url=https://www.foreignaffairs.com/authors/robert-muggah|title=Robert Muggah|date=2017-08-08|work=Foreign Affairs|access-date=2019-02-19|language=en-US}} Foreign Policy,{{Cite web|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/author/riolas/|title=Robert Muggah|last=Muggah|first=Robert|website=Foreign Policy|language=en|access-date=2019-02-19}} Globo News,{{cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/globo-news/milenio/videos/v/milenio-robert-muggah-analisa-dados-de-violencia-urbana-e-trafico-de-armas/5449285|title=Milênio: Robert Muggah analisa dados de violência urbana e tráfico de armas - GloboNews - Vídeos do programa Milênio - Catálogo de Vídeos}} Le Monde,{{Cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/series-d-ete-2018-long-format/article/2018/07/30/steven-pinker-et-robert-muggah-la-democratie-liberale-se-porte-tres-bien-merci_5337608_5325928.html|title=Steven Pinker et Robert Muggah : " La démocratie libérale se porte très bien, merci "|date=2018-07-30|access-date=2019-02-19|language=fr}} Newsweek,{{cite web|url=http://www.newsweek.com/tackling-drug-gangs-operating-social-media-474469/|title=U.S. law enforcement are tracking gang activity on social media|website=Newsweek|date=27 June 2016}} The New York Times,{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/search?query=robert+muggah|title=The New York Times - Search|website=www.nytimes.com|access-date=2019-02-19}} and Wired Magazine,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/cyber-cartels|title=Guns, gore and girls: the rise of the cyber cartels|magazine=Wired UK|first=Katie|last=Collins|date=2014-11-05}} among others. He delivered talks on the future of cities in TED in 2019, 2017{{Citation|last=Muggah|first=Robert|title=The biggest risks facing cities -- and some solutions|url=https://www.ted.com/talks/robert_muggah_the_biggest_risks_facing_cities_and_some_solutions?language=en|language=en|access-date=2019-02-19}} and 2015,{{cite web|url=https://www.ted.com/speakers/robert_muggah|title=Robert Muggah - Speaker - TED|first=Robert|last=Muggah}} the World Governance Summit{{Cite web|title=Session Detail|url=https://www.worldgovernmentsummit.org/events/annual-gathering/session-detail/how-cities-can-shape-the-future-of-our-world|access-date=2020-09-16|website=World Government Summit - Session Detail}} in 2018 and at the World Economic Forum Summit in Davos in 2016, 2017{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwHcObM4Hys|title=Urban Fragility with Pan Jiahua and Robert Muggah|last=World Economic Forum|date=13 February 2017|via=YouTube}} and 2019.{{Citation|last=World Economic Forum|title=Davos 2019 - Ending Violence in the Sahel|date=2019-02-10|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTaKGiqsVcg|access-date=2019-02-19}} He has also spoken on new technologies{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTeSe5xlIZY|title=Web Summit 2014, Day 2. Library Stage. Robert Muggah, Research Director at Igarape Institute|last=Web Summit|date=28 January 2015|via=YouTube}} at the Web Summit in 2014, on smart policing{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ0im58A35w|title=Smart Phones and Smarter Law Enforcement|last=Jigsaw|date=24 October 2013|via=YouTube}} with Google in 2013 and on arms trafficking{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75E7e2Sew4w|title=Disrupting Illicit Arms|last=infosummit2012|date=28 July 2012|via=YouTube}} in 2012.
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