Ricardo Pérez-Restrepo is a transdisciplinar urban practitioner specializing in participatory methodologies to promote the climate resilience of vulnerable communities. He has been a PhD candidate in the Chair of Sustainable Construction since January 2025, where he is member of the Participatory Approaches for Climate Resilience Solutions (PARCS) project.

His academic background goes from Political Science (BSc from EAFIT University at Medellín, Colombia), passing through a master's degree in Building and Urban Design from the University College London. There, he gained extensive tools to understand the underlying socioeconomic and political webs that move around urban environments. His master's thesis proposed a framework to analyse urban regeneration projects through the environmental justice lens.

Ricardo has developed his professional life at Medellín, where he is founder of La Otra Ciudad, a youth-led grassroots organization that co-designs public spaces with vulnerable communities and promotes an environment-centred political agenda. Previously, he worked as research assistant at the Centre for Urban and Environmental Studies of EAFIT University, as well as for local private consultancies.