amilcar peter sanatan works between East Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, and Helsinki, Finland. His public leadership focuses on the political economy of SIDS and the Global South/Majority World within the global multilateral system, as well as the regional integration of the Caribbean and the Americas. His work encompasses the youth-child-gender equality nexus in development, decolonial urbanism, and the role of literary publics in social change. He champions co-imagined and co-created approaches to development across the Caribbean and the Americas.
Recognised for his service to communities on the margins, sanatan is the recipient of multiple professional and social leadership awards. He advocates for 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.