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).
Cities are stepping-up to confront many of the world’s biggest existential challenges – especially climate change. One reason is that cities have always been where the future happens firs...
News coverage of the catastrophic impacts of global warming are everywhere. From the Arctic to Brazil, the house is clearly on fire. One study recently estimated that the productivity of ...
未来比以往任何时候都更具威胁性与不祥性。一种带着厄运与忧郁的感觉正持续加深，特别是在西方国家。每天的新闻头条也不会起到什么作用。我们得知，美国与朝鲜、伊朗、俄罗斯或中国之间的紧张局势可能会突然爆发。
The future feels more threatening and ominous than ever. The sense of doom and gloom is deepening, not least in the West. The daily news headlines do not help. We are told that tensions b...
All coastal cities are facing sea-level rise, but some will be hit harder than others. Asian cities are in for a particularly rough ride. Part of the reason for that is that the populatio...
Cities are the defining form of human organization in the 21st century. In 1980, just 1.7 billion people lived in cities. By 2050, the world’s urban population will swell to 6.4 billion. ...
世界各地都出现了越来越动荡的不祥迹象。2001年以来，内战的数量翻了一番，从30场跃至70场；2005年以来，武装冲突致死人数增长了10倍；第二次世界大战以来，难民和无家可归的人民数量达到了历史新高。
Global cooperation is at a crossroads. Many of the world's biggest challenges are not a result of disagreements about how to cooperate, but a profound loss of direction about why to coope...
Religious violence is undergoing a revival. The past decade has witnessed a sharp increase in violent sectarian or religious tensions. These range from Islamic extremists waging global ji...
世界变得不那么暴力了吗？是，也不是。世界秩序的致命因素少了，但变得越来越乱了。尽管阿富汗、叙利亚和也门发生了大规模流血事件，但与过去相比，大规模战争的发生率有所下降。与20世纪相比，现在跨境战争和内战更少了，遭受暴力杀害的人数也下降不少。但当代武装冲突似乎比以往任何时候都难以解决。这些冲突形式不同、规模也不尽相同，而正是不同形式的冲突正在加剧世界秩序紊乱。在大多数国家进行...
Cet article fait partie de la Réunion Annuelle du Forum Économique Mondial
For centuries, herdsmen across Africa’s Sahel headed south during the long, hot dry season. Farmers typically welcomed them because their cattle and goats fertilized depleted cropland. Wh...
Cet article fait partie de la Réunion Annuelle du Forum Économique Mondial
The warning signs are increasingly hard to ignore. Sea-level rise is real, displacing thousands of people, destroying millions of acres of land and generating billions of dollars in losse...
Este artículo es parte de la reunión anual del Foro Económico Mundial.
