Robert Muggah
Co-founder and Research Director at Igarapé Institute (Brazil) and the SecDev Foundation (Canada)
Igarapé Institute (website), SecDev Foundation (website)
email: robert [at] igarape [dot] org [dot] br
Co-founder and Research Director at Igarapé Institute (Brazil) and the SecDev Foundation (Canada)
Igarapé Institute (website), SecDev Foundation (website)
email: robert [at] igarape [dot] org [dot] br
small arms and light weapons (SALW) | Latin America | global trade data/trends | harm to civilians | arms trafficking
Robert Muggah is co-founder and research director of both Igarapé Institute and the SecDev Foundation. A specialist in security and development. he has overseen large-scale research projects in more than 50 countries and has worked closely with dozens of multilateral and bilateral agencies on humanitarian action, development assistance, security and defense policy. He is a senior adviser to the Inter-American Development Bank, the United Nations and the World Bank on issues of public security and aid policy, especially in fragile settings.
Muggah also experiments with innovative new data collection and visualization techniques. In the past few years he has worked with teams to design award-winning arms mapping tools, homicide monitoring platforms, and money laundering monitoring systems.
Robert Muggah was the research director of the Small Arms Survey (2000-2011) in Switzerland and has authored or edited over a dozen books and hundreds of chapters, journal articles, reports and media editorials in leading outlets. He earned a doctorate from the University of Oxford and an MPhil from the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at Sussex University.
Recent Publications:
Robert Muggah is co-founder and research director of both Igarapé Institute and the SecDev Foundation. A specialist in security and development. he has overseen large-scale research projects in more than 50 countries and has worked closely with dozens of multilateral and bilateral agencies on humanitarian action, development assistance, security and defense policy. He is a senior adviser to the Inter-American Development Bank, the United Nations and the World Bank on issues of public security and aid policy, especially in fragile settings.
Muggah also experiments with innovative new data collection and visualization techniques. In the past few years he has worked with teams to design award-winning arms mapping tools, homicide monitoring platforms, and money laundering monitoring systems.
Robert Muggah was the research director of the Small Arms Survey (2000-2011) in Switzerland and has authored or edited over a dozen books and hundreds of chapters, journal articles, reports and media editorials in leading outlets. He earned a doctorate from the University of Oxford and an MPhil from the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at Sussex University.
Recent Publications:
- "We can halve most forms of violence by 2030. Here's how," World Economic Forum, October 28, 2019. *
"Building the Bridge: SDG 16 // Commentary on Arms Control To Reduce Violence, Prevent Conflict and Advance Sustainable Development," UNIDIR, July 2019. - "Opinion: Relaxing Brazil's Gun Laws Could Make A Murderous Country Even Deadlier," National Public Radio, Jan. 10, 2019.
- "How Toronto can curb gun violence," The Globe and Mail, July 25, 2018.
- "A derrocada violenta da Nicarágua," O Globo, July 25, 2018.
- "How smart tech help cities fight terrorism and crime," World Economic Forum, June 15, 2018.
- "Medindo os custos econômicos da criminalidade no Brasil," O Globo, June 13, 2018.*
- "Brazil Spends Billions on Public Security: Why is Violence Getting Worse?," Americas Quarterly, June 12, 2018.
- "Want to stop gun violence now? Regulate bullets," Los Angeles Times, March 26, 2018.
- "How to fix Latin America's homicide problem," The Conversation, June 28, 2017.
- "Why A 'Great Wall' Won't Stop The Cross-Border Gun Trade," Americas Quarterly, April 27, 2017.
- "The Trouble with Brazil's Expanding Arms Trade," Defense One, April 18, 2017.
- "Opinion: Brazil has a murder and gun problem. Here's why both could get worse," USA Today (PRI.org), March 30, 2017.*
- "Latin America's Murder Epidemic," Foreign Affairs, March 22, 2017.
- "Brazil's Merchants of Death," New York Times, October 23, 2017.
* Indicates author, co-author, or contributor.