Robert Muggah
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DPhil in International Relations and Development Studies
University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, 2008 (no corrections, distinction)
MPhil in Development Studies
Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, UK, 1999 (distinction)
Combined Honours BA, Political Science and International Development
Centre for Foreign Policy Studies (CFPS), Dalhousie University, 1997 (honours)
Foundation Year – Contemporary Western Philosophy
University of Kings College, Dalhousie University, 1993-1994
Fellow, International Relations Institute, the Pontifícia Universidad Católica (Brazil): 06/09-present
• Coordinating a 3-year (2011-2013) assessment or urban violence and humanitarian action in Rio de Janeiro, Medellin, and Port-au-Prince (IDRC/ICRC partners) and overseeing 12 personnel
• Directing a 2-year (2011-2012) civilian roster for deployment to peace-keeping missions on behalf of the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Canada´s START and the UK´s DfID and overseeing 6 personnel
• Design and teaching of graduate and undergraduate courses in political science and development
• Leading a number of projects on south-south and triangular cooperation and wider aid engagement of BRIC states with fragile and conflict-affected countries with the Brazilian and Canadian governments
Principal, The SecDev Group and SecDev Foundation, Canada: 01/09-present
• Co-founder and principle of a think tank devoted to promoting evidence-based strategies to responding to „new‟ threats in cyberspace and fragile post-war contexts
• Coordination of policy development and outreach on armed violence/governance
• Coordinating a range of research projects on state fragility and humanitarian action (http://graduateinstitute.ch/ccdp/projects-statesoffragility.html) and urban resilience (http://www.urbanresilience.org/)
Research Director, Small Arms Survey, Switzerland: 04/00–08/11
• Design, management, and monitoring/evaluation of 50 projects in over 80 countries
• Coordination of 25 in-house and 20 external personnel
• Fund raising of over USD10 million, liaising with multilateral agencies and bilateral donors
• Co-coordinator of the Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development
• Management of Geneva Declaration Secretariat (www.genevadeclaration.org)
• Training in epidemiological research and GIS mapping software (SPSS/Access/EPI-Info)
• Management of quantitative/qualitative research in Africa, Asia, Middle East and LAC
• Editor/chapter author of 11 SAS volumes (CUP, OUP) and policy/peer-reviewed publications
