Webinar: Urban governance

July 2016

On July 13 2016, Dr Robert Muggah (Igarapé Institute), and Dr Jaideep Gupte (IDS) joined GSDRC Research Fellow Dr William Avis to discuss key issues on urban governance, including urban governance in fragile cities.

An audio-only version is available here.

About the author: Robert Muggah

Dr. Robert Muggah is a security and development specialist and oversees research at the Igarapé Institute. He is affiliated with the Instituto de Relações Internacionais in Rio de Janeiro, the University of Oxford and the Center for Conflict, Development and Peace in Switzerland. Robert has extensive experience overseeing large-scale research projects in more than 50 countries and advises the Inter-American Development Bank, the United Nations and the World Bank on issues of public security and aid policy. He also oversees projects with research centres around the world on urban violence, resilience, peace support operations, organized crime and digital humanitarianism, and cyber-warfare. In addition to co-founding and directing research and policy at the SecDev Foundation in Canada, Robert also oversees the Stability Journal. Prior to joining Igarapé, he was the research director of the Small Arms Survey (2000-2011) in Switzerland.