A research methods specialist supporting effective research on agroecology and agroforestry.
Senior Advisor at Landscape Alliance (ICRAF, the World Agroforestry Centre, Nairobi, Kenya) after working with them for 36 years in Africa and globally. Senior Advisor at Statistics for Sustainable Development (Reading, UK) since helping to set up the organisation 10 years ago.
Special interests in:
- Landscapes and systems research
- Co-creation and participatory research approaches
- Embedding research in action
- Making sense of messy data
- Helping people think about research

Recent activity includes working with UNESCO (community research around a biosphere reserve), European Agroecology Partnership (monitoring system change), Agroecology TPP (institutionalising transdisciplinary methods), AFSA (farmer centred research), McKnight Foundation (agroecology research practice), University of Eldoret (dryland landscape research).
After many years in East Africa, I now live in southern Finland.
I am a founder and Board member of Liana and Margaret Tebbutt Foundation.
Contact: ric(at)riccoe.net
Linked in: Ric Coe
ORCID: Ric Coe