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Dr. Kris Rampersad is a distinguished expert in the fields of knowledge research, information services, and resource development. With an extensive background in interdisciplinary scholarship, cultural studies, and communication, Dr. Rampersad is recognized globally for contributions to education, heritage preservation, media, and sustainable development.
Dr Kris Rampersad is an award-winning journalist, multilateral relations specialist and change agent, multimedia innovator, independent global thought-leader and scholar, development policy influencer, educator, facilitator and consultant.
Dr Kris Rampersad straddles spheres of media, culture, gender and education to integrate sustainable approaches to positively impact developmental challenges of the Caribbean and Latin America, Small Island States, Developing World and the Global South. With a PhD in global Literatures in English, she is a Commonwealth Professional Fellow (Association of Commonwealth Universities/Commonwealth Foundation), Nuffield Foundation Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge, ITEC scholar and Rajasthan Patrika awardee of the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, and Fellow of the Foreign Press Centre of Japan.
Dr Kris Rampersad's innovations in the arena of new media include development of AuthenTHINK Intel & AI AnalyEthics to balance the hype, hyperbole & hysteria over AI and the world's newest creative genre, the MultiMedia MicroEpic during the existential Pandemic panic and piloted to the Commonwealth Scholars Forum. She developed innovative offsprings to this as CEIBA-EDUtainment, a blended medium aimed at bridging gaps between representation of tradition and technologies in formal to non-formal education, entertainment, outreach and communications. Most recently her conceptualisation of AuthenThink Intel and AI AnalyEthics aim to remove the hype, hyperbole and hysteria over artificial intelligence (AI) and centre the value of AI within the long tradition of human knowledge streams. These stem from her early strides to bridge entrenched silos within knowledge systems that divide and make distinctions among agents of education, communication and socialisation by setting up hierarchy of distinctions between formal and non-formal mechanisms for media as conventional - print and electronic, TV/Radio, traditional media rooted in aural and oral culture and techno-based new media and data science.
Dr Kris Rampersad was instrumental in shaping and building the field of communications for development, embracing new media as a counterpoint to conventional journalism and formal education by bridging the two and stepping into the new media environment with her blog, Demokrissy. This was named a pioneer winner in development policy blogging for new media by the Communications Initiative of development partners, DIFD, UNESCO, BBC Trust at the turn of the millennium.
In the arena of multilateral relations, Dr Kris Rampersad, the first sitting journalist of the region to complete a PhD, conceptualised and piloted the Women Agents of Change initiative for the Commonwealth Caribbean which is now adopted by the UN global community. As Vice President of the UNESCO Executive Board Programme and External Relations Commission, unchallenged for four consecutive terms, she piloted the notion of revising the designation and acronym of small island developing states (SIDS) to Big Ocean Sustainable States (BOSS). She also successfully challenged and motivated the UNESCO Executive Board to unanimously adopt a resolution to revise the developed/developing world classifications and notions of low, middle and high income categories that are inimical to advancement of smaller nations.
She further tabled communications as a core competent within UNESCO’s global strategies and action plans for World Heritage and Intangible Cultural Heritage, having served as an independent member and Vice President of the Consultative Body to UNESCO InterGovernmental Committee on Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Her web platform, the GloCaL Knowledge Pot features her developing multimedia expositions, novel creations that blend education and entertainment for all ages and sectors from pre-school to policy-making.
Dr Rampersad is IBM certified in range of disciplines across Data Science, AI, Machine Learning, computer languages, project management, leadership, communications as well as a National Geographic Educator, UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Facilitator, Global Woman Techmakers’ Ambassador, Google Digital Skills Ambassador and Small Island Innovators’ Ambassador. Internationally, she has served variously as President of the UNESCO Education Commission, Vice President of UNESCO Programme and External Relations Commission, Vice President and Independent Member of the Consultative Body to the InterGovernmental Committee on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Vice President of the Commonwealth Journalists’ Association.
Knowledge Research Information Services & Resources:
Dr. Kris Rampersad’s Knowledge, Research, Information Services & Resources represent more than a service portfolio. It constitutes a knowledge ecosystem that bridges research, lived experience, policy influence, multimedia communication, and community transformation across local, regional, and global spaces.
Rooted in the Caribbean and operating globally, this body of work has consistently translated complex knowledge into action, ensuring that gender, culture, equity, and sustainability are not abstract principles but operational realities in development, governance, education, media, and technology.
Key Successes & Achievements
1. Policy Influence at Global, Regional & National Levels
• Direct contributions to global frameworks, including:
• Successful agenda-setting and negotiation of gender- and culture-sensitive language in multilateral resolutions and policy texts.
• National-level impact, including scrutiny and strengthening of sectoral strategic plans, Artificial Intelligence Road Mapping, gender-responsive budgeting, and reform-oriented advocacy (e.g. child marriage legislation, media and communications policies).
Success markers: Policy & diplomatic texts, action plans, and institutional strategies reflect gender-responsive, culturally grounded, and inclusive frameworks rather than generic development language.
2. Civil Society & Community Transformation
• Founder and lead strategist of influential campaigns and networks, including:
• Digital Decolononisation - Reprogramming the Colonised Human
• Women Agents of Change (Commonwealth Caribbean to UN adoption)
• Put A Woman Advocacy Campaigns for gender equality
• These initiatives contributed to:
• Increased women’s political participation and leadership
• Strengthened civil society advocacy capacity
• Enhanced public accountability and transparency in governance.
Success markers: Campaigns moved beyond awareness to measurable shifts in participation, leadership pipelines, and public discourse.
3. Knowledge Translation Through Media & Multimedia
• Pioneer in using journalism, multimedia storytelling, and digital platforms to make research accessible to: Policymakers, Communities, Youth and women, Educators and civil society leaders
• National Award Winner for Development of Women/Journalism. Lumination Award for Traditions Net Technologies, Bridging InterGenerational Digital Divide Early recipient of the BBC/UNESCO Communications Initiative for Development Award, recognising innovative policy-focused digital storytelling.
• Development of:
• Multimedia reports, documentaries, educational resources
• Public-facing policy narratives
• Legacy and institutional knowledge archives.
Success markers: Research transforms beyond reports to active tools, techniques and materials - teaches, mobilises, and influences behaviour and policy.
4. Capacity Building & Knowledge Empowerment
• Trained hundreds of women and civil society leaders across the Commonwealth, Caribbean & Latin America & Global South in:
• Media literacy
• Strategic communication
• Advocacy in the digital environment
• Designed and delivered:
• Workshops, fellowships, mentoring programmes
• Cross-sector dialogues linking government, NGOs, academia, and private sector.
• Enabled communities to:
• Identify systemic bottlenecks
• Engage decision-makers effectively
• Leverage media and digital tools for change.
Success markers: Participants become multipliers, not dependents, replicating skills and advocacy in their own contexts.
5. Pioneering Work at the Intersections of Media, Information, Culture, Gender, Education & Technology
• Leadering Global Equity in AI, decolonisation, and ethical technology frameworks with AuthenTHINK Intel & AI AnalyEthics, including:
• Developing proposals that reprogramme AI systems to detect and correct gender and cultural bias.
• Digitising archives and developing knowledge banks of the Global South.
• Advancing intersectional, gender-responsive AI governance.
Success markers: Anticipates global shifts - moving from critique to system redesign as a sustainabler
Outstanding & Distinctive Elements (What Sets This Work Apart)
1. “GloCaL” Knowledge Architecture – integrates local to global village into global village. Defining feature is the ability to operate simultaneously at global and local levels:
• Global frameworks are interpreted through local realities
• Local knowledge is elevated into global policy and discourse
This prevents the extractive, top-down knowledge practices common in development work.
2. Integration of Formal, Informal & Non-Formal Knowledge
Unlike traditional research services, this model:
• Values lived experience, indigenous knowledge, and cultural memory
• Bridges academia, journalism, policy, and community storytelling
• Treats knowledge as dynamic, intergenerational, and relational
3. Action Oriented Applicable & Adaptable Research
Research & information services & resources ar designed with:
• A clear pathway to implementation
• Built-in communication and outreach strategies
• Alignment with policy windows, advocacy moments, and institutional reform processes.
4. Ethical & Equity-Driven Knowledge Production
Gender sensitivity, cultural respect, and inclusion are design principles, not add-ons, inclusive of
• Gender-responsive budgeting analysis
• Media ethics and representation work
• Decolonisation of media, culture, education & AI initiatives.
5. Credibility Across Sectors
Dr. Rampersad’s standing allows her to operate credibly with:
• Governments and multilateral agencies
• Civil society and grassroots movements
• Academia, media, and private sector actors
This cross-sector trust is rare and amplifies impact.
Dr. Kris Rampersad’s Knowledge, Research, Information Services & Resources have reshaped how knowledge is produced, shared, and mobilised in the Caribbean and beyond, ensuring that development is inclusive, culturally rooted, gender-responsive, and future-ready.
More at https://krisrampersad.com/explore-our-world/who-we-are/dr-kris-rampersad-connecting-glocal-cultures/
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