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.
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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
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. See Link: https://krisrampersad.com/to-new-tech-emperors-how-to-reverse-macaulay-minute-one-min/
Civil Society & Community Transformation
Founder and lead strategist of influential campaigns and networks, including:
- AuthenTHINK Intel & AI AnalyEthics to balance Artificial Intelligence
- CEIBA-EDUtainment blended learning from preschool to policymaking integrating traditional, technical & scientific Knowledge
- Digital Decolononisation – Reprogramming the Colonised Human
- Women Agents of Change (Commonwealth Caribbean to UN adoption)
- LiTTributes & LiTTours for Cross Continental Engagement on Sustainable Development Issues
Success markers: Campaigns moved beyond awareness to measurable shifts in participation, leadership pipelines, and public discourse.
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.
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.
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)
“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.
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
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.
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.
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.
- To New Tech Emperors How To Reverse Macaulay Minute One Min
12 Emperors of Tech, one globe-trotting truth-seeker with a coveted roadmap & one tech minute to Reverse the Macaulay Minute & change the course of the New Age War for Peace more at www.krisrampersad.com - Epic Great War Oils New World Battle in Diaspora High Seas
Did someone say War? What is a War without an EPIC or an EPIC without War, complete with Hero, Heroine Villains & a sage guru describing unfolding War action on oiled frontier battlefield of Demokrissy. Journey with me in the face of our New World Wars…new Epic with modern twists - EPIC Treks New Diasporas Cross Routes Roots of Ancient World
On the path of ancient scribes, I journey through the Ancient Silk Routes to find the startling primeval prehistoric heritage and other interconnections between East and West … - Resource Bridging for EPIC Treks through New World Heritage
What is it that last longer than a magnificently constructed bridge; bridges the greatest physical and metaphysical divides and and spans time and space in an eternal continuum – Inspired by the opening the new bridge in Petro-Enriched Guyana, Dr Kris Rampersad looks into the enduring interconnections in Bridges of the Future … - Monumental Missing Links of Island to World Heritage
This year of planetary alignments shed light on the some of the missing links between Small States and World Heritage, illuminating a lifetime of research treks and explorations . Here’s How… - Golden Bridge Oils New Silk Route To East in West
As Guyana’s Demerara Bridge unfurls across the river in a gleaming arc of steel and spirit, it connects far more than two shores. Dr. Kris Rampersad journeys through its symbolism — from the poetry of nation-building to the ancient crossings of civilization that continue to shape the region’s place in the world. - In the News Retuning the Republic New Civic Education
Wouldyou believe that changing the form and channel of this adds whole new dimensions to how we perceive, receive and understand our world. Happy REpublic Day. Building a Nation with novel solutions …. - Sale of Creative Assets miss the Forex boat fuel Exodus
How leading National Energy agency missed the boat on the knowledge economy and it is not only about that sale of audio visual archives T&T Loss, Barbados Gain…. Symptoms of Black Gold Epidemic and warning to region’s emerging oil economic - Sovereignty Sale Buy Out Culture Gaslight Feuds Fuel Crime
Sovereignty For Sale How Dutch Disease evolved to the Trinidad and Tobago Black Gold Epidemic to create not just in a State of Emergency against Crime. but also a State of Emergency in Education, Media, Culture, Tourism, Agriculture and strife in intercultural relations and negative development spiral. Reflecting on the State of Development in a month of conteplation on the State of the State at Indepdence and the sale of intellectual assets Dr Kris Rampersad Sovereignty Trilogy - PM Mottley More Sweetness To The Culture Market Basket
Curious about what really went down at CARIFESTA XV – maturing into a regional stage of opportunities to trade culture and creativity…. here’s an insider glance at the slide show – Caribbean Picong and Satire at its premium best! - Kashi City of Infinity connects Caribbean to EPIC World Heritage
In this time of ancestral ancestral rememberances, a sneakpeak India EPIC Landscape & Mindscapes of Heritage & History This Is Kashi I come to Kashi, from the world to detach Instead to Kashi’s other-worldly anchors I become attached… - EPIC Landscapes and Mindscapes of World Heritage and History New!
Introducing Innovative EPIC Landscapes & Mindscapes of World Heritage & History where heritage is more than monument, history more than date and decree.. find hidden and lost interconnections of our global heritage from the Caribbean to the world with startling insights and ask about creative partnerships … - Caribbean Oil Capital Guyana President New Mandate against Dutch Disease
Guyana President Dr Irfaan Ali took office five years ago, relatively unknown to World Leadership, now five years later his country polls its verdict …. Multilateral Policy Influencer Dr Kris Rampersad reflects on the Caribbean’s new oil capital and the changing tones of the leadership and governance in the region and the Global South - Ahoy Matey! Navigating World’s Wickedest UNESCO Heritage City
Swashbuckling through tumultuos seas, vessels manned by corrupt pirates, massive bureaucratic blocks and resource limitation Caribbean Queen of Culture Dr Kris Rampersad lands on World’s Wickedest Heritage City to unearth treasure chest for economic diversification identity retrieval and social cohesion and transformation - LAC Awesome foursome enter UNESCO World Heritage List
our New UNESCO World Heritage Sites for the regio… Maurading the High Seas of Heritage, clutching the lost map retrieved from the depths of the World’s Wickedest Heritage City, the swashbuckling Queen of Caribbean Culture & Heritage, Dr Kris Rampersad, is hot on the trail to unlocking the code to the treasure troves for economic diversification, identity retrieval & social transformation…like & follow for more F krisrampersad.com krisrampersad: youtube, instagram, linkedin - My World Heritage footprints on UNESCO sites
Swashbuckling Queen of Caribbean Heritage Dr Kris Rampersad navigates the treacherous global waters of World Heritage to leave a trail of footprints to a treasure trove for economic diversification, identity retrieval and social transformation … follow this trail to our interconnected global heritage - SOS! 2025 Security Emergency reopens forgotten Diary of 1990 Coup-bid
A State of Emergency, a government confronting criminality & corruption, weaknesses in justice systems and law enforcement agencies with weary and blood-thirsty citizens demanding guns and arms. Dr Kris Rampersad deep dives into the roots of social violence, experiences of the 1990 coup attempt & legacies States of Emergencies - In the News: Life-Altering Journey Through India
In the News: Heritage educator Dr Kris Rampersad on mapping India’s development 180 years after ancestors left. “An - Inside Pulse of A Civilisation – Tracing Ancestors’ Footsteps in World’s Largest Diaspora
With a blank creative canvas to turn audio visual light on India’s development thrust while retriacing ancestral footsteps, I hurled into the vortex that is India – beyond its racial, religious and geospatial walls - Knowledge Exchange on Daughters of World Largest Diaspora – A visit with the India Ambassador
He might be busy getting in placethe nuts and bolts of the visit of Indian Primce Minister Narendra Modi to Trinidad and Tobago but India High Commissioner to TT, Shri Pradeep Rajpurohit took the time to welcome me back to TT from India and to do this .. - Sopari Mai Reboot! PM Kamla’s 2nd historic election victory to shatter Glass Ceiling
Sopari Ki Mai, Kamla Persad-Bisessar victory at the post is the stuff of legends that resonates from this twin islnd republic across the region to our interconneted diaspora. What’s next on the road to development as a Woman Prime Minister, for the Caribbean as she joins Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley and for the diaspora and the Global South? Dr KRis Rampersad’s AuthenThink Intel Analyses pinpoints key benchmarks… - In The News: Reshaping Inclusive Development at World’s Largest Diaspora Gathering
As we face explosion of crime and as the world explodes in conflict and wars, local and international - Cultures Converge in Historic MahaKumbh Mela Pravasi in Prayagraj
The locals believe that those who show up for the Maha Kumbh Mela that takes place once every - My Date with Narendra Modi – revisiting India in the West reshaping a New World Order
Prelude to a closer look at the India-Caricom Summit, coming on the heels of the Brazil-hosted G20 Summit, and some new AuthenThink Intel AI AnalyEthics and insights into what this should mean for the region, the Americas, the Global South and the emerging New World Order! - Toxic Politics Petticoat Obsession US Election Knickers A-Twist in Race To The Polls A Woman’s Place When America Sneezes
In the cut and thrust of a toxic political culture with a petticoat obsession that leaves many-a-knickers-in-a-twist, how is the USA treating with skews, biases and prejudices that persist in the political playpen and reflecting in its polling analyses, media outputs, advertising and campaign prospects? Dr Kris Rampersad, AuthenThink AI AnalyEthics Development Strategist punches at the appearances in the USA Election Campaign. - High Stakes in US Elections Leadership Matters to Emerging New World Order – When America Sneezes
No matter how vehemently the USA sneezes, virally spreading its cold, flu and pandemic ailments across borders, it is not the whole shebang of the Americas that is our Hemisphere, struggling to assert and affirm myriad identities in a panoramic cultural mosaic - Future AI SciTech Learnings Passport To A Brave New ImaginedNation
‘Oh brave new AI world that there’s so much data in’t!’ Missed me since the Data Crash? I - What Is A Woman Power Shift in Musical Boardroom Sydnie Transcends Sinatra’s My Way the Hi-Way
Sydnie pitches Sinatra’s famed cocky melody onto a new path as the potential female anthem of aspiration, endurance
