With 100% of the economy being dependent on nature, the way we choose to define our economies going forward will tip the scales towards either an equitable nature-positive future, or an irreversible nature-negative one – with devastating impacts for people and the planet. The ‘bioeconomy’…

  Extracted from the UNODC’s 2023 World Drug Report, this summary addresses the nexus between drugs and environmental crimes, as well as converging crimes in the Amazon Basin. The extract, for which the head of Innovation at the Igarapé Institute, Robert Muggah, was responsible, indicates…

More than one-fourth of the world’s population lives in conditions of insecurity because of high levels of crime and violence, especially in the Global South

Robert Muggah’s contribution focuses on resilience, the now essential concept in helping organisations withstand intrusions, wherever they come from

Katherine Aguirre, Igarape’s researcher, contributed to the book with a chapter on the flow of illegal weapons in Central America

Robert Muggah contributed to this report that aims to campaign to halve violence by 2030 with cities around the world.

Robert Muggah contributed to the annual Global Risks Report.

Despite numerous attempts to decrease homicides in the Latin American region, high homicide levels have persisted.

Is it possible for societies to reduce crime without creating or exacerbating adversarial relationships between the police and citizens?

Louise Marie Hurel contributed with a chapter on cyber-security governance in Brazil.

Robert Muggah and Katherine Aguirre contributed with a chapter for The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Latin America.

This study considers the trajectories of armed conflict in a ‘business-as-usual’ scenario between 2020-2030.

Most countries have actually experienced sustained declines in homicidal violence across several decades. Notwithstanding the disruptive effects of COVID-19 and associated economic stresses in 2020, these trends are expected to continue in several parts of the world.

This Handbook offers a comprehensive examination of the peace, security, and development nexus from a global perspective, and investigates the interfaces of these issues in a context characterised by many new challenges.

Strategic Notes on Third Generation Gangs builds upon the third generation street gang (3Gen Gang) theory first articulated in a series of papers by John P. Sullivan in 1997