Luc Mougeot
Senior Program Specialist - Education and Science Programme - International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Luc Mougeot is a Senior Program Specialist with the Education and Science Programme of Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in Ottawa. He currently manages a large portfolio of projects for advanced scholars from low and middle income countries, particularly for women in science and technology.
From 2004 to 2014, Luc worked with IDRC’s Canadian Partnerships Programme, with research grants to Canadian universities, Canadian learned societies and Canadian NGOs active in research and cooperation for development. From 1996 to 2004 Luc created and led IDRC’s Program on urban agriculture, called Cities Feeding People. This programme played a key role in the creation of a global partnership on urban agriculture and food systems, called RUAF.
Luc holds a doctorate in geography from Michigan State University, completed a post doc programme in Germany and the United Kingdom, and was seconded to the World Bank in Washington, DC. for research on environmental and social impacts of large development projects.
Luc has authored, co-authored or edited over 70 publications. His edited book Putting Knowledge to Work (2017) looks at the rapidly changing ecosystem for international development and at how Canadian development NGOs have been using knowledge to stay relevant, effective and influential in this ecosystem.