Dr Kris Rampersad is an award-winning independent international journalist, researcher, writer, content producer and sustainable development strategist, educator/facilitator.
About Dr Kris Rampersad, AuthenThink Intel AI AnalyEthics Sustainabler
Dr Kris Rampersad is Creative Sustainabler-In-Chief of AuthenThink Intel AI AnalyEthics. She brings keen creative and technical insights, experiences and skills of a global thought leader, governance and multilateral relations specialist, an award-winning Investigative Journalist and Editor with a track record as a high-achieving academic scholar, working with grassroots multisector leadership to disrupt sully and sullied mainstream movements for social, political and economic justice equity and equality for marginalised entities.
Dr. Kris Rampersad is a Multilateral, Multisector International Relations Consultant, Facilitator, and Educator with over two decades of global experience, adept at navigating and responding to contemporary global dilemmas. Her exceptional leadership abilities and expertise in intergovernmental relations are bolstered by her specialization in innovative media strategies and gender- and culture-sensitive approaches to development.
Her extensive background in leadership, intergovernmental relations, and media, combined with her gender and culture-sensitive approaches to development, positions her as a formidable force in addressing global challenges. Her roles as President of the UNESCO Education Commission, Vice President of the UNESCO Programme and External Relations Commission, and Vice President of the InterGovernmental Committee on Intangible Cultural Heritage underscore her commitment to fostering international cooperation and cultural preservation.
In her distinguished media career in which Dr. Rampersad served Vice President of the Commonwealth Journalists Association, member of the Media Complaints Council and directed Media Watch initiatives to advance democratic practices for information use. She has also served as a Specialist Media/New Media Consultant for multilateral entities such as the Commonwealth Foundation, CIVICUS – World Alliance for Citizen Participation, the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute, and the Organisation of American States’ Active Democracy Network and holds Trinidad and Tobago’s national medal for Advancement of Women/Journalism.
Dr. Rampersad’s unique blend of expertise combines deep insights into global geopolitics and diplomacy with a proven ability to harness and amplify the voices of marginalized segments of the Global South, including Small Island Developing States (SIDS), Low-Lying Coastal Regions, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Her success in leveraging these groups’ collective influence within international systems as the UN, Commonwealth, and OAS underscores strategic acumen and commitment to equity, equality, and inclusion. With her visionary ability to integrate conventional and new media with development goals, she crafts responsive, actionable programs tailored to institutional or jurisdictional needs.
With cross-sectoral expertise spans emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, Blockchain, and ICTs for Climate Change, Leadership, Project Management & Sustainability, she is uniquely equipped to address the multifaceted crises of our time as her abilities to blend traditional skills with new media technologies, techniques & tools ensure responsive and effective action implementation. These competencies position her as a transformative force in addressing contemporary crises, including geopolitical instability, climate risks, and the digital divide. They underscore her dedication to amplifying the voices of marginalized communities.
She has spearheaded numerous successful multilateral campaigns to promote equity, visibility, and inclusion for the LAC, SIDS, and Global South regions. These include winning a place for Trinidad and Tobago on the UNESCO Executive Board with the highest number of votes for the LAC community, enhancing the visibility of the myriad cultures of the region, including enlisting Reggae on the UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage, troubleshooting fragmented socio-cultural post-colonial relations to earn Jamaica’s Blue & John Crow Mountains a place on the World Heritage list and conceptualising and driving the Commonwealth Caribbean Women Agents of the Change Initiative that is now adopted by the UN and global entities.
Pivoting beyond her doctoral focus on World Literatures in English, her self-driven initiative to advance literary appreciation in collaboration with Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott saw legacy ripples in inspiring the current national film and literary festivals in Trinidad and Tobago and national Nobel Laureate Week in St Lucia.
These exemplify her expertise in harnessing the power of marginalized segments of the developing world, including the Global South, Small Island Developing States (SIDS), and Low-Lying Coastal Regions. Her deep understanding of interconnected cultural and social relations, coupled with her gender-sensitive insights, enables her to craft solutions that are both inclusive and impactful.
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Dr Kris Rampersad facilitates cultural heritage safeguarding inventory session documenting Mayan Culinary Heritage at UNESCO Workshop Belize 
Dr Martin Luther King & Dr Kris Rampersad We Have a Dream museum musings 
Dr Kris Rampersad Demokrissy Blogs at GloCal Knowledge Pot poster cover image 
Dr Kris Ramprsad and Terry Waite at Commonwealth People’s Forum Africa 
Global Small Island Talks US Secretary of State John Kerry, Ambassador Cynthia Nixon and Dr Kris Rampersad at UNESCO Paris Dr Kris Rampersad 
Dr Kris Rampersad and Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott at Evening Epic Year of Derek Walcott 
Dr Kris Rampersad and His Royal Highness Prince Charles at Commonwealth People’s Forum in Uganda Africa 
Demokrissy winning blogs Cover Webpage 3D Post Pandemic Planet 
Post Pandemic Planet with Dr Kris Rampersad 
Dr Kris Rampersad Career Highlights Timeline Civic Outreach Empowerment 
Why Media Matters Dr Kris speaks to ACP-EU on Communicating Agriculture & Food Security to Encourage Investment
She meshes exploration with research interests in connecting the diversity of Caribbean and Latin American society, politics, economy and cultures to global phenomena.
She has been involved in the development of global policy and actions through agencies of the United Nations as UNESCO, UNDP, UNWomen/UNIFEM, agencies of the Commonwealth, Organisation of American States, CELAC and Caribbean Economic Community/CARICOM.
Dr Kris Rampersad has written and presented original research and analyses and perspectives to international forums. Her perspectives draw from experiences of multicultural, ruralism and the interplay of gender, culture, politics, economics, in development of small island states, Latin America and the developing world.
Dr Kris Rampersad utilises original research data from home-grown situations to challenge imported and irrelevant data and theories to make a case for new approaches that more adequately reflect the realities of societies.
Dr Kris Rampersad’s policy critiques and recommendations through oral presentations, print and video documentaries on governance, education, culture, media, agriculture and information and communication technologies have influenced programmes and actions of leading think tanks and agenda-setting organisations as the Commonwealth Foundation, United Nations, European Union and Commission, UNESCO, the Organisation of American States and CARICOM along with regional and local level community organisations.
- To Vote Like We Party Politics of Inclusion
- Caribbean Action Plan for World Heritage
- Reenvisioning WhiteHall People before Power and the Politics of Ugly
- Global Kudos for Dr Kris GloCaL FEDs COVID Challenge
- Musical Road thru UNESCO Creative Cities
- Guardian features fables’ musical mix
- Munnie Takes Flight
- Novel approach to Changing the Climate
- Moments of Excellence
- 60 Secs Inspiring Walk of Excellence
- The Funeral Scores A final farewell with a fanfare of Nobel Naipaulian-flavoured fictive irony
- A Writer People Love to Hate Memoires on death of Nobel Naipaul
- My nephew Saiesh tops national SEA exams
- Heritage to stem violent extremism
- Spicing up appetites with creative conversations LiTTribute to Toronto
- First Female President of T&T how can she make a difference Elimination Gender Bias
- Trinidad and Tobago Tops Region in UNESCO Executive Elections
- BBC’s Ros Atkins to speak at LiTTribute to LondonTTown
- Caribbean meet to prepare heritage dossiers
- T&T author Antigua icons in LiTTribute to Antilles
- Resuscitating Guyana Economy culturally
- Caribbean Education Planning for the Future
- Updates: Through the Political Glass Ceiling
- Cuff Links: The Human-Bat Connection
