Ricardo Ramirez

Ricardo Ramirez has been registered as an independent researcher and consultant in Guelph, Ontario since 1997. He holds a PhD in Inter-disciplinary Rural Studies and is a Credentialed Evaluator with the Canadian Evaluation Society. His current work includes the design and implementation of utilization-focused and developmental evaluation approaches; capacity development in evaluation and communication, multi-stakeholder and collaborative approaches for natural resource management; and participatory planning in complex adaptive contexts.

Since 2009 he has co-directed DECI, a capacity building project that trains researchers in evaluation and communication globally. He is Adjunct Professor in Capacity Development and Extension at the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, University of Guelph. Prior to that he worked with a think-tank in the Netherlands, with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN in Rome, and with NGOs in Latin America and the Caribbean involved in subsistence agriculture, rural development and capacity building projects.