Guy Lamb
Director of Safety and Violence Initiative (SaVI), University of Cape Town
phone: +27 21 808 2388
email: glamb [at] sun [dot] ac [dot] za
Director of Safety and Violence Initiative (SaVI), University of Cape Town
phone: +27 21 808 2388
email: glamb [at] sun [dot] ac [dot] za
small arms and light weapons (SALW) | Africa
Dr. Guy Lamb is the Director of Safety and Violence Initiative (SaVI) at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa. He also convenes postgraduate courses in various academic departments at UCT, including an executive course titled "Urban Safety Governance." He is a member of the Western Cape Provincial Government's Community Safety Improvement Partnership, and is also an advisor to the South African Cities Network's Urban Safety Reference Group. Prior to joining UCT, he was a Senior Research Fellow and Programme Head at the Institute for Security Studies.
He has undertaken research and published on arms control, violence reduction, urban safety, policing and peace-building issues in Africa for more than 20 years. He has served on the UN Security Council Panel of Experts on Liberia and was a member of the UN small arms control standards expert reference group.
Dr. Lamb holds a Ph.D. in Criminology and a master’s degree in International and Comparative Politics from UCT.
Recent publications:
Dr. Guy Lamb is the Director of Safety and Violence Initiative (SaVI) at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa. He also convenes postgraduate courses in various academic departments at UCT, including an executive course titled "Urban Safety Governance." He is a member of the Western Cape Provincial Government's Community Safety Improvement Partnership, and is also an advisor to the South African Cities Network's Urban Safety Reference Group. Prior to joining UCT, he was a Senior Research Fellow and Programme Head at the Institute for Security Studies.
He has undertaken research and published on arms control, violence reduction, urban safety, policing and peace-building issues in Africa for more than 20 years. He has served on the UN Security Council Panel of Experts on Liberia and was a member of the UN small arms control standards expert reference group.
Dr. Lamb holds a Ph.D. in Criminology and a master’s degree in International and Comparative Politics from UCT.
Recent publications:
- "Licensed to kill: Does owning a firearm in South Africa make you more or less safe? Well, it depends," Daily Maverick, June 23, 2021.
- "The coming crime catastrophe: The 2019/20 crime stats and post-COVID19 violence prevention in South Africa," Safer Spaces, August 4, 2020.
- "OPINION: Fear and policing in the time of Covid-19," News24, April 3, 2020.
- “The Conundrum of DDR Coordination: The Case of South Sudan,” Stability: International Journal of Security & Development, April 27, 2018 (with Theo Stainer).