John de Boer is the Managing Director of the SecDev Group, a strategic research advisory firm that works at the nexus of technology and social change. John has worked with the Canadian government, UN and a variety of think tanks and universities. He has advised numerous organizations and governments and has served as an expert for the UK Government's Expert Panel on Illicit Financial Flows, the International Federation of the Red Cross' World Disasters' Report 2016, the OECD's States of Fragility Report 2016. He was also an adviser to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, UN Department of Political and Peacekeeping Affairs, the UN Office of Counter Terrorism, UN-Habitat, the UN World Humanitarian Summit, the OECD and the World Bank. John has a Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo. He is author of dozens of peer-reviewed articles and books including Reducing Urban Violence in the Global South: Towards Safe and Inclusive Cities (Routledge, 2019) and Safer Cities in the Global South: Engaging Social Theories of Urban Violence (Routledge, 2018)
