Adam Baird

Dr Adam Baird, born in London, specializes in armed violence prevention, gangs, and organized crime, focusing on Latin America and the Caribbean.

He is a globally recognized expert in masculinities and recently developed the concepts of ‘chronic vulnerability’ and ‘masculine vulnerability’ to explain the persistence of violence in poor urban communities. These ideas were highlighted in an Issue Paper by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, presented to the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime in 2022. 

Adam has carried out baseline assessments and written corresponding reports on ‘Weapons and Ammunition Management’ across Central America. His latest book, From South Central to Southside: Gang transnationalism, gender, and chronic vulnerability in Belize City will be published by Temple University Press, in spring 2024.

His 2025 publications include: ‘No man’s land? Focusing on men to reduce global armed violence’, UNIDIR; and with Myrttinen, H., Lewis, C., Touquet, H., Schulz, P., Yousaf, F., & Laruni, E. ‘Masculine Vulnerability, Gangs, and Perpetual Violence’, Routledge Handbook of Masculinities, Conflict, and Peacebuilding.