Session Speakers
Session 1 - Creating and Using the Global Evidence Base for Violence Reduction
Richard Matzopoulos Medical Research Council of South Africa, Specialist Scientist at the Burden of Disease Research Unit; University of Cape Town, Honorary Research Associate at the School of Public Health and Family Medicine |
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Christopher Mikton World Health Organization, Technical Officer at the Violence and Injury Prevention Unit Biography | Abstract |
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Karen Hughes Liverpool John Moores University, Professor of Behavioural Epidemiology at the Centre for Public Health Biography | Abstract |
Session 2 - Building Violence Prevention Research Capacity
Joseph Murray University of Cambridge, Wellcome Trust Research Fellow and Senior Research Associate at the Department of Psychiatry Biography | Abstract |
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Arturo Cervantes Anahuac University Mexico, Carlos Peralta Chair of Public Health at the Faculty of Health Sciences, General Director of Information Systems at the National Institute for Educational Evaluation Mexico |
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Abigail Fagan University of Florida, Professor of Criminology and Law at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
Session 3 - Reducing Sexual Abuse of Children and Adolescents
Maha Almuneef National Family Safety Founder and Executive Director of the National Family Safety Program, Regional Councilor of ISPCAN, President of the Arab Professionals Society for Prevention of Violence Against Children (Arab-ISPCAN) Biography | Abstract |
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Charlotte Watts London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Sigrid Rausing Professor, Director of the Gender, Violence and Health Centre Biography | Abstract |
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Joy Ngozi Ezeilo United Nations Human Rights Office, UN Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons Biography | Abstract |
Session 4 - Reducing Violence in Public Space
Robert Muggah Igarape Insitute, Research Director and Program Director for Violence Reduction Biography | Abstract |
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Alys Willman World Bank, Conflict, Social Development Specialist in the Crime and Violence Team Biography | Abstract |
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Amy Nivette University of Oxford, Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow at the Department of Sociology Biography | Abstract
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Session 5 - Promoting Good Governance and Civil Society
Mo Ibrahim (TBC) Founder and Chair of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation Biography | Abstract |
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Innocent Chukwuma Ford Foundation, Representative for the Ford Foundation West Africa Office Biography | Abstract |
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Maria Stephan United States Institute of Peace, Senior Policy Fellow; Atlantic Council, Non-Resident Senior Fellow |
Session 6 – Reducing Organised Forms of Violence
Leonid Kosals (TBC) Higher School of Economics, Professor at the Department of Sociology, Senior Research Fellow at the Laboratory for Studies in Economic Sociology, Chief Research Fellow at the Laboratory for Comparative Social Research Biography | Abstract
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James Putzel London School of Economics, Director of the Crisis States Research Centre, Professor of Development Studies at the Department of International Development Biography | Abstract |
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James Finckenauer Rutgers University, Founding Faculty Member of the School of Criminal Justice, Professor at the School of Criminal Justice Biography | Abstract |
Session 7 - Global Actors: International Organisations and Private Philanthropy
Robert Alexander Butchart World Health Organization, Coordinator of the Violence and Injury Prevention Unit
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Susan Bissell UNICEF, Chief of Child Protection at the Programme Division Biography | Abstract |
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Patricia Lannen UBS Optimus Foundation, Programme Director of Child Protection |
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Maya Ziswiler UBS Optimus Foundation, Programme Director of Education |
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Michael Feigelson Bernard van Leer Foundation, Interim Executive Director |
Session 8 - Scaling Up Interventions and Building Evidence-based Support Systems
Frances Gardner University of Oxford, Professor of Child and Family Psychology at the Department of Social Policy and Intervention Biography | Abstract |
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John Lawrence Aber New York University, Professor of Applied Psychology at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development Biography | Abstract |
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Catherine Ward University of Cape Town, Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology |
Session 9 - Reducing Intimate Partner Violence Against Women
Harriet MacMillan McMaster University, Professor at the Department of Psychiatry, Behavioural Neurosciences and Pediatrics, Chedoke Health Chair in Child Psychiatry Biography | Abstract |
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Suneeta Krishnan Research Triangle of San Francisco, Epidemiologist at the Women’s Global Health Imperative, Associate Director of the Research Triangle Institute Global Gender Centre, Technical Lead of the Research Triangle Institute India Liaison Office Biography | Abstract |
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Claudia Garcia-Moreno World Health Organization, Lead Specialist on Gender and Gender-based Violence in the Department of Reproductive Health and Research Biography | Abstract |
Session 10 - Controlling Access to Drugs, Alcohol and Firearms
Philip Cook Duke Sanford School of Public Policy, Terry Sanford Professor of Public Policy, Professor of Economics and Sociology and Faculty Affiliate at the Center for Child and Family Policy Biography | Abstract |
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Mark Bellis Liverpool John Moores University, Research and Development at the Centre for Public Health, Director of Policy Biography | Abstract |
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Keith Krause Graduate Institute of Geneva, Director of the Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding, Programme Director of the Small Arms Survey, Professor of International Relations and Political Science Biography | Abstract |
Session 11 - Reforming Police Forces and Making Them Better Serve Their People
Etannibi Alemika University of Jos, Professor of Criminology and Sociology of Law Biography | Abstract |
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Daniel Ortega CAF Development Bank of Latin America, Senior Economist and Impact Evaluation Coordinator; IESA Business School in Venezuela, Associate Professor Biography | Abstract |
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Patrick Burton Executive Director of the Centre for Justice and Crime Prevention Biography | Abstract |
Session 12 - What Penal Policy for Less Violent Societies?
Daniel Nagin Carnegie Mellon University, Teresa and H. John Heinz III University Professor of Public Policy and Statistics Biography | Abstract |
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Michael Tonry University of Minnesota, McKnight Presidential Professor in Criminal Law and Policy at the Law School, Director of the Institute on Crime and Public Policy; Free University of Amsterdam, Senior Fellow; Max Planck Institute on Comparative and International Criminal Law Biography | Abstract |
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Hauling Fu University of Hong Kong, Professor at the Faculty of Law Biography | Abstract |