amílcar peter sanatan works between East Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, and Helsinki, Finland. His public leadership focuses on the political economy of Small Island Developing States and the Global South/Majority World within the multilateral system. He champions the regional integration of the Caribbean and the Americas. His work encompasses mainstreaming the youth-child-gender equality nexus in development, decolonial urbanism, and the role of literary publics in social change.
Recognised for his service to communities on the margins, sanatan is the recipient of multiple professional and social leadership awards. He advocates for co-imagined, co-created, democratic, sustainable, and community-driven solutions for national, regional, and global development.
sanatan is the author of two poetry chapbooks, co-editor of two special issues of journals on Caribbean gender and cultural studies, and a fellow of numerous academic and artistic programmes. He performs, reads, facilitates workshops, and delivers lectures globally. He also platforms social and thought leaders hosting open mics, co-producing podcast and television series, and interviewing public figures including Canisia Lubrin, Chronixx, Earl Lovelace, Freetown Collective, Machel Montano, Protoje, and Olive Senior.