PhD, University of Oxford. Political economist focused on security and development in urban spaces. Co-Founder, Igarapé Institute, a think and do tank devoted to using new technologies to tackle global challenges. Co-Founder, SecDev Group, a digital risk firm; and oversees projects in Latin America, Africa and Asia. Advises various UN agencies, the IADB, McKsiney's, and the World Bank. Faculty, Singularity University. Fellow, University of Oxford, the Graduate Institute in Geneva, the Chicago Council for Global Affairs, the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. Member: Global Agenda Council on the Future of Cities, World Economic Forum; Global Risk Report 2018 and 2019, World Economic Forum; Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime; Know Violence in Childhood Initiative; other international networks. Has given TED talks on fragile and resilient cities in 2017 and 2015. Research and data visualizations on homicide, arms, and cities have been featured by the BBC, CBC, CNN, FastCompany, Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, New York Times and Wired. Author of seven books, dozens of articles. Named one of the top 100 most influential people working on violence (2013).
Decision-makers are dusting off their international relations textbooks to make sense of our increasingly disorderly world. Some analysts suggest we're already locked into Cold War 2.0 – ...
网络犯罪是各国家、企业和国际组织的重要议程之一。正如即将发布的《2023年全球风险报告》所指出的那样，不断加深的地缘政治紧张局势增加了所谓的高级别持续性威胁（APTs），而这些威胁正变得既复杂又普遍。
La ciberdelincuencia ocupa un lugar destacado en la agenda de los Estados nación, las empresas y las organizaciones internacionales de todo el mundo. Como mostrará el próximo Informe sobr...
Cybercrime is high on the agenda of nation states, corporations and international organizations everywhere. As the forthcoming 2023 Global Risk Report will show, deepening geopolitical te...
It can seem like climate change affects all communities equally. From flash floods and wildfires to record-breaking heat waves, its impacts are spreading – from the parched well-to-do nei...
The world is confronting multiple intersecting geopolitical events with highly unpredictable consequences. Coming in the wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the Russian-Ukrainian war is...
While all cities around the world are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, its impacts are unevenly distributed between and within them. Firstly, the virus and its variants disproportionate...
The world is more wired than ever. Digital networks connect everything from office computers and bank accounts to baby monitors and pacemakers. Connectivity is blurring the lines between ...
The COVID-19 pandemic is generating monumental challenges for most governments, corporations and societies, both online and off. There is a very high probability that we’ll look back on 2...
While the coronavirus pandemic is ravaging around the globe, we will continue to experience unprecedented urbanization in the coming decades. Today, 55% of the global population lives in ...
Globalization is the most progressive force in the history of humankind. It has heralded more rapid improvements to more people than any other human intervention. While COVID-19 has tempo...
Why are maps so popular? Their tremendous capacity to convey complex ideas quickly is one reason. The fact humans are hardwired for maps is another; they appeal directly to our enlarged c...
デジタル経済の時代がついに到来しました。1990年代半ば、テクノロジーマニアは、インターネットやスーパーコンピューターの急速な普及によって、新たな効率性、イノベーション、規模の経済性が生まれると予測しましたが、ドットコムバブル（ITバブル）が崩壊し、それと同時に電子ビジネスや電子商取引において期待された革命は、勢いを失ってしまいました。しかし、それ以来、世界のデジタルデー...
Around the world, responses to the first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic are understandably focused on reducing infections and fatalities. There are also redoubled efforts to av...
The digital economy has finally arrived. During the mid-1990s, technology enthusiasts predicted that the rapid spread of the internet and super-computing would generate new efficiencies, ...
