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CURRICULUM VITAE
Professor S.T. Hettige
Date and Place of Birth : February 25, 1950
Galle, Sri Lanka
Nationality : Sri Lankan
Marital Status : Married with two children
Present Position : Senior Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology,
University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Official Address : Department of Sociology, University of Colombo,
Colombo 3
Sri Lanka
E-Mail Address : [email protected]
Tel. No: 011 – 2553188
Other Positions : Director, Social Policy Analysis and Research Centre, Faculty
of Arts, University of Colombo
Chairman, Social Science Research Committee, National
Science Foundation, 2004 - to date
Key Previous Positions : Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo 1992-2002
Senior Students Councilor, University of Colombo 1989 –
1992
Head, Department of Sociology 1987 – 1988, 1992-94, 1995-1999
University Education :
Institution Year Degree Rank
University of Colombo 1972 B.A. Honors. (Sociology) Second Class
(Upper Division)
- do - 1974 B.Phil. (Sociology) First Class
Monash University, 1980 Ph.D. (Social Anthropology)
Australia
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Scholarships, Fellowships and Grants :
1976 - 1980 - Monash Graduate Scholarship, Monash University, Australia.
- 1977 - - Commonwealth Travel Fellowship, Sri Lanka-Australia.
1980 - Kellogg Travel Fellowship (USA) to attend the 5th World
Congress of Rural Sociology, Mexico.
1982 - National Science Council of Sri Lanka Grant to undertake
field research on the urban poor in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
1985a - U.S. Information Service Travel Fellowship to undertake library
research at ASRC, Hyderabad, India
1985b - U.S. Education Foundation Travel Fellowship to attend the
Salzburg Seminar, February 1985.
1986 - 87 - U.S.S.R.C. Grant to conduct research on seasonal
labour migration in rural Sri Lanka.
1986b - National Science Council Grant to undertake research on social
networks and exchange of favors in formal organizations in
Sri Lanka.
1987 - USAID grant to take part in the inter-disciplinary group meeting in
irrigation management, Colorado State University, USA.
1986 - 87 - Netherlands Universities Foundation for International Cooperation
grant to undertake research on Middle East migration.
1988 - 89 - Visiting Faculty, Ethnology Seminar, University of Zurich.
1989 - Visiting Faculty, University of Constanz, Germany.
1990- 92 - WHO grant to undertake research on health and poverty.
(Applicant was the Principal Investigator)
1992 - 93 - UNICEF Regional office for South Asia grant to undertake the Sri
Lanka Study on Indigenous People (Veddhas) as part of the UN
Year of the Indigenous people.
1994 - British Academy Fellow, Department of Sociology, University of
Edinburgh, Scotland (April-May 1994)
1994 - 95 - Fulbright Senior Scholar, SARS, University of Pennsylvania,
U.S.A.
1998 - National Science Foundation Grant to undertake research on
„Urban Growth in the Colombo Metropolitan Region.
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1999 - UNDP grant to undertake the National Youth Survey of Sri Lanka,
1999 –2000
2000 - 2003 - DFID Grant to undertake an international study on Globalization,
Qualification and livelihoods in Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.
Jointly with Angela Little of the Institute of Education,
University of London, U.K.
2001 - Distinguished visiting Scholar, University of Adelaide, Australia
(March-April)
2002 - Senior Visiting Fellow, Centre for Development Research,
University of Bonn, Germany (Sep.-Nov.)
2004 - Distinguished visitor, Indian Council of cultural Relations,
Delhi, India.
2005 - UNDP Grant to undertake research on Leadership Networks for
HIV/AIDS Prevention
2005 - National Team Leader, UN University to grant to undertake
research on social impact of Tsunami in Sri Lanka in
collaboration with researchers from the UN University, Bonn,
Germany
2006 - USAID Grant to undertake research and prepare a White Paper
on Impact of Corruption on youth in Sri Lanka
2007 - ILO Grant to undertake research on child Vulnerability and
Child Labour in Sri Lanka.
2008 - Advisor to ILO on National Migration Policy in Sri Lanka
2009 February - Visiting Professor, University of Kuopio, Finland
2009 - UNDP/ILO/IA/FES grant to undertake 2009 National Youth
Survey of Sri Lanka
2009 - Principal Fellow, School of Philosophy, Geography and
Anthropology, University of Melbourne, Australia
2010 - Co-investigator, British Academy Grant to undertake research
on Sri Lankan Labour migration in collaboration with Mike
Collyer of the University of Sussex.
2009-2011 - Adjunct Research Associate, Centre for Population and Urban
Research, Monash University, Australia
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Teaching
a) Regular Positions Duration Position
Vidyodaya University, Sri Lanka 1973 -1976 Assistant Lecturer
- do - 1980 -1985 Lecturer
Colombo University, Sri Lanka 1985 -1986 Lecturer
- do - 1986 - 1991 Senior Lecturer
- do - 1991 - 1992 Associate Professor
- do - 1992 - 2000 Professor of Sociology
2000 – to date Senior Professor of Sociology
b) Visiting Appointments
Ruhuna University, Sri Lanka 1982-1983 Visiting lecturer
Moratuwa University, Sri Lanka 1984 -1987 - do -
Bandaranaike Centre for 1985 -1991 - do -
International Studies, Colombo
Faculty of Medicine, 1986 - do -
Colombo University
Institute of Worker Education, 1982 -1986 - do -
Colombo University
Sri Lanka Institute for Development 1987 - do -
Administration, Colombo
Ethnology Seminar, Zurich 1988/89 Visiting Faculty
Sociology Faculty, University 1988/89 W.S. Visiting Faculty
of Constanz, Germany
Post Graduate Institute of Management, 1990-1991 Visiting Lecturer (University of
Sri Jayewardenepura.)
University of Kuopio, Finland 2002-2003 Visiting Professor in Sociology
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Research and Publications :
A. Books, Edited Volumes and Monographs:
1984 - Wealth, Power and Prestige: Emerging patterns social inequality in a
peasant context, Colombo: Ministry of Higher Education.
1992a - Unrest or Revolt : Some aspects of youth unrest in Sri Lanka,
a collection of essays edited by the applicant, published by
The German Cultural Institute, Colombo. (reprinted in 1996)
1992b - Social Aspects of Population Growth, monograph in Sinhala
Published by the Population Division, Ministry of Health, Colombo.
1995 - The Blurring of a Vision: the Mahaweli; Economic, Social and
Political Implications, co-edited with H.P. Muller, Colombo:
Sarvodaya Publishers.
1998 - Globalization, Social Change and Youth, (ed), Colombo;
CASS/German Cultural Institute.
2000a - Sri Lanka at Cross roads, co-edited with M. Meyer, New Delhi:
Macmillan
2000b - Readership Survey of Sri Lanka 1997-98, Colombo: Ministry of
Cultural Affairs
2000c - Voter Aspirations in Sri Lanka, Colombo: Fredrich Ebert Stiftung
(FES).
2001 - Globalization, Electronic Media and Cultural Change: The Case of
Sri Lanka – (eds.) Hettige S.T. et.al., Colombo:German Cultural
Institute.
2002 - Sri Lankan Youth; challenges and responses, co-edited with M.
Mayer, Colombo, FES.
2004a - Contemporary Social Crisis in Sri Lanka, Colombo: Godage & Sons
(in Sinhala)
2004b - Improving Livelihoods, co- authored with Fernando, et.al. ,
Colombo: GTZ/ IMCAP/ CMC
2005a - School to Work Transition of Youth in Sri Lanka, (with Mayer,M
and Salih,M.,Geneva: ILO.
2005 - Perspectives in Social Development in Sri Lanka, (ed), SPARC:
Colombo
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2007 - Tsunami Recovery in Sri Lanka: Retrospect and Prospect , Colombo:
SPARC and Action aid International.
2008 - Youth, Peace and Sustainable Development in South Asia, Colombo.
CEPA (edited with an Introduction by the applicant)
Forthcoming :
2011 - Governance and Development in South Asia, Delhi; Sage
Publications
2011 - Youth, education and Livelihoods (co-authored with Angela Little)
based on research undertaken in Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom.
B. Research Papers and Articles:
1975 - Chapter on Feudal Society in Textbook on sociology for HNCE,
Colombo:Department of Education.
1983a - Agrarian Change and the Role of the Entrepreneurial Farmer
in the Sri Lanka Journal of Agrarian Studies, Vol.3, No.1.
1983b - Social Segregation as a Mode of Adjustment in an Under-developed
Urban Situation, paper presented at the annual sessions of the Sri
Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science(SLAAS),
Colombo. (Revised and published in Vidyodaya Journal of Social
Science)
1984a - Social Stratification, Social Mobility and Bureaucracy in Sri Lanka, in
Nanayakkara, et. al. (eds.) Management in a Socio-Cultural Context,
German Cultural Institute, Colombo
1984b - Education in Sri Lanka: Some general observations, in Economic
Review, May 1984, Colombo.
1984c - Social Differentiation and its Implications for Collective Action in
Lower Class Urban Communities, paper presented at the annual
sessions of the SLASS, Colombo.
1985a - Seasonal Influx of Agricultural Labour and Agrarian Relations in a
Sinhalese Village in the North Central Province, in Brow, J. and
Weeramunda, A. J. (eds.), Agrarian Change in Sri Lanka. Sage
Publications, London. A substantially revised version is also published
in Colombo University Review, Vol. 9. 1990
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1985b - Ideology of Peasant Proprietorship and Agrarian Policy in Sri Lanka,
paper presented at the annual sessions of the SLAAS, Colombo.
1986a - Some Aspects of Mass Communication Research with Special
Reference to Sri Lanka, in Present State of TV Research in Sri Lanka,
Rupavahini Corporation of Sri Lanka, Colombo.
1986b - Serving the Urban Poor through Micro-level Social Planning,
consultancy report submitted to UNICEF, Colombo.
1986c - Training Needs of Rural Workers in Sri Lanka, Colombo:ILO/
Ministry of Labour.
1986d - Commercialization of Agriculture and the Subsistence
Orientation of Peasant Life, paper presented at the annual sessions of
the SLAAS, Colombo.
1986e - Environmental Health and Community Development Project :A case
study in the Slums and Shanties of Colombo, in Cheema, G. S. (ed.)
Reaching the Urban Poor, Westview Press, Boulder, 101-124. (Co-
authored with Tilakaratne, S. and Karunaratne, W.)
1987a - Diagnostic Analysis of Irrigation Systems, (Sociology ),
Minneriya Irrigation Scheme, Sri Lanka, Water Management
Synthesis Project, Colorado State University, U.S.A.
1987b - Diagnostic Analysis of Irrigation Systems, Kaudulla Scheme,
Sri Lanka, WMSP, C.S.U., U.S.A.
1987c - Alcoholism in Sri Lanka : recent trends, in Erikson, et.al. (eds.)
Alcohol and Drugs ; perspectives, prevention and control, Colombo:
Alcohol and Drug Information Centre.
1987d - Potential Contribution of State Monopoly Systems to the Control of
Alcohol Related Problems, a conference communication compiled by
me, published by WHO, Geneva.
1988a - Middle East Migration, Social Stratification and Social Mobility in Sri
Lanka, in Sri Lanka Journal of Social Science, No.10. No.122.
1988b - Culture, Morality and Female Migration, in Vidyodaya Journal of
Social Science, Vol.2, No.10, 1989.
1988c - Social Research on Alcohol in Sri Lanka ; Issues and prospects, paper
presented at the Conference on Alcohol Research in Developing
Countries, published in Developing countries, published in Maula, J.
et. al. (eds.) Alcohol in Developing Countries, NAD Publication
No.18, Helsinki, 1990.
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1988d - Diagnostic Analysis of irrigation Systems in Polonnaruwa District,
Inter-Disciplinary Report, WMS Project, C.S.U., U.S.A. (with Nelson,
et. Al)
1988e - Migration of Sri Lankan Workers to the Middle East :A Sociological
View, in Sri Lanka Journal of Social Science, Vol.11, No.1 & 2.
1989a - Social Networks and Exchange of Favours among Middle Level
Officials in Organizations in Sri Lanka, paper based on field research
supported by NARESA, Sri Lanka, to be published in the Sri Lanka
Journal of the Social Science, Vol.12, No.1 & 2.
1989b - Western and Ayurvedic Systems of Medicine in Sri Lanka :Some
Preliminary Observations, discussion paper presented at Ethnology
Seminar, Basal, Switzerland. in Vidyodaya Journal of Social Science .
1990a - The Urban Informal Sector and the Politico-Economic Process : recent
trends with particular reference to Colombo, paper presented at the
Annual Conference of the Sri Lanka Association of Economists,
Colombo, June 9, 1990, published in Upanathi, Vol.4, No.1 & 2.
1990b - Irrigation Systems Management Project, Midterm Evaluation with
Rassas, et. al. ISPAN Report No. 34, Washington, D.C.
1990c - From Dependent House-wives to Bread-winners : some aspects of
migration of female workers to the Middle East in Women in Poverty
and Family Survival, CENWOR, Colombo.
1990d - Patterns of Subsistence Reproduction among Settled Urban Poor : a
Case Study from Sri Lanka, in Urban Anthropology, 1990 Fall.
1991a - Three Migration Pockets : A Sociological View Point, in
Eelens, F. et. al. (eds.) Labour Migration to the Middle East, Kegan
Paul, London, 1992.
1991b - Upper and Lower Circuits in Urban-Rural Exchange Relations in Sri
Lanka, in Sri Lanka Journal of Social Science, Vol. 13, No.2.
1991c - Human Resource Development in Sri Lanka : A Sociological
Perspective, paper presented at the Conference on Social Science
Contribution to HRD, NARESA, Colombo, published in Sri Lanka
Journal of Development Administration, Vol. 8, No. 1.
1991d - Migration of Rural workers to the Middle East : Economic Gains and
Social Costs, paper presented at the 4th Sri Lanka Studies
Conference, Amsterdam, published in Marga Quarterly Journal. Vol.
11, No. 2.
1991e - Alcoholism, Health and Poverty in Rural Sri Lanka, Paper presented at
the ICAA Institute, Stockholm, June 1991.
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1992a - Youth Unrest in Sri Lanka : A Sociological Perspective, in
Hettige,S.T. (ed.) Unrest or Revolt: some aspects of youth unrest in Sri
Lanka, Colombo: German Cultural Institute.
1992b - Health and Poverty ; some policy issues, paper presented at the
Regional Seminar on health policy, organized by the National Institute
of Health and Family Welfare, 16-19, March 1992, New Delhi.
1992c - Social Harmony and Social Progress in a Plural Society. 33rd
Bandaranaike Memorial Lecture, Colombo, published in Law and
Society Review. Vol. III, No. 50.
1992d - Sustainable Development and the Environment in Sri Lanka : Some
Sociological Issues, paper presented at the Seminar on sustainable
Development NARESA, Colombo, published in the Sri Lanka Journal
of Social Science, 1993)
1993 a - Social Disintegration and Youth Discontent, paper presented at the Sri
Lanka Studies Conference, 10-13, August 1993, Colombo.
1993b - The State, Consumerism and Alcohol in Sri Lanka. Paper presented at
the Symposium on Consumption : Risks, Pleasures and the State in
Contemporary Capitalism, June, 1993, Helsinki.
1993c - Open Economy and the Marginalization of Rural Youth in Sri Lanka,
paper presented at the SLAAS, Colombo.
1994a - Sociology of Poverty Alleviation: A critical Analysis of the Poverty
Alleviation Program in Sri Lanka, paper presented at the World
Congress of Sociology, Bielefeld, Germany..
1994b - Globalization and Reactive Nationalism, papers to be presented at the
xiiith World Congress of Sociology, July 18-23, 1994 - Bielefeld,
Germany.
1994c - Globalization and Reactive Nationalism, The Case of the Southern Rural
Youth Movement in Sri Lanka, in Sociological Abstracts, 42-7, p.135.
1995a - Globalization and Social Transformation at the Periphery, paper
presented at the Center for South Asian Studies, University of
California, Berkeley, February 13.
1995b - Dismantling the State Sector in Sri Lanka: Are the Problems Behind
Us?, paper presented at the South Asia Program, Cornell University,
Ithaca, NY.
1995c - Integrated Rural Development in the Context of Poverty Alleviation,
in Senaratne, J.L. et. al. (eds.) Integrated Rural Development
Programme: 15 Years of Experience in Sri Lanka, Colombo: Regional
Development Division, Ministry of Finance and Planning.
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1996a - Pseudo Modernization and Its Impact on the Process of Nation-
building in Sri Lanka, paper presented at the Regional Conference of
the ISA, Mumbai, Inidia, published in Mukharji, P. et. al. (eds.)
Sociology in South Asia, Heritage and Challenges, ISA, Montreal,
Canada.
1996b - Class Polarities and Cultural Bridges, paper presented at the American
Studies Association of Sri Lanka Seminar on Multi-culturalism, March
16, 1995, Weligama, Sri Lanka
1996c - Impact of Economic Liberalization on Social Inequality, in Sri Lanka
Journal of Social Science, Vol. 18, No. 1 & 2.
1996d - Social Conflicts over Water Resources: the Case of Mahaweli in Sri
Lanka, paper presented at the International Conference on Livelihoods
from Resource Flows, August 19-22, 1996, Lincorping, Sweden.
1996e - Economic Liberalization and Health Policy in Sri Lanka, paper
presented at the International Conference on Social Science and
Medicine, September 2- 6, 1996, Peebles, Scotland.
1996f - Pseudo-Modernization and the Formation of Youth Identities in Sri
Lanka, paper presented at the Seminar on Youth in Transitional
Societies, Colombo, October 25-26, 1996
1996g - Global Integration and Disadvantaged Youth, paper presented at the
Seminar on Youth in Transitional Societies, Colombo, October 25-26,
1996
1996h - Development, Consumption Patterns and Energy Use in Modern
Societies, Economic Review, A People‟s Publication, Vol. 22 No. 5,
1996
1997a - Conflict over Water Resources: the Case of Mahaweli, paper presented
at the Seminar on Socio-economic Factors affecting Sustainable
Development, Colombo: NARESA.
1997b - Globalization and Local Cultures: recent trends in Sri Lanka, paper
presented at the National Seminar on Globalization and Local
Cultures, Colombo: NARESA
1997c - Economic Liberalization, Social Class and Ethnicity: Emerging Trends
and Conflicts in South Asia, Vol. xx, Special Issue, 1997
1997d - Social Structural Change and the Changing Position of Women in Sri
Lanka, in Cenwor Document Series No 60, 23-36, Colombo.
1997e - Is there a Crisis in the Social Sciences ?, Presidential Address,
SLAAS, Section F, delivered at the Annual Sessions held at the
University of Ruhuna, Matara, December 10, 1997
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1997f - Democracy, Ethno-nationalist Politics and Patronage: Sri Lankan Style
(with Siri Gamage), in Asian Studies Review, Vol. 21, No. 2 & 3,
Nov. 1997
1997g - Socio-economic Issues relating to the Sustainability of the Mahaweli
Upper Catchments, in SLJSS, Vol. 20, No. 1 &2, 1997.
1998a - Economic Interests and Social Concerns: recent trends in the alcohol
economy of Sri Lanka, paper presented at the Annual Alcohol
Epidemiology Symposium, Florance, Italy, June 1-5, 1998.
1998b - Understanding Youth Unrest: towards a conceptual framework, paper
presented at the ISA World Congress, July 1998, Montreal, Canada.
1998c - Economic Liberalism, Food Security and Rural Livelihoods: a critical
analysis of the national agricultural policy of Sri Lanka, paper
presented at the ISA World Congress, July 1998, Montreal, Canada,
1998d - Social Aspects of the Emerging Urban Landscape in Colombo, paper
presented at the Seminar on City as a Social Space, Nov. 19, Colombo,
1998e - Challenges and Opportunities for Asian Youth in the 21st Century,
paper presented at the 4th Asian Youth Studies Conference, Macau,
Nov.26-30, 1998,
1998f - Persisting and Emerging Trends in the Healthcare System of Sri
Lanka, paper presented at the 4th APSSAM Conference, December 7-
11, 1998, Yojyakarta, Indonesia
1999a - Transformation of Society in Lakshman, W.D. and Tisdell, C.A
(eds.)Sri Lanka's Economic Development since Independence, New
York; Nova Science Publishers.
1999b - Economic Liberalization, Qualifications and Livelihoods, in
Assessment in Education, Volume 7,
No. 2
1999c - Impact of Economic Change on Social Inequality, paper presented at
the 7th Sri Lankan Studies Conference, December 3 – 6, 1999,
Canberra.
2000a - Politics, Social Order and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka, paper
presented at the Conference on Rule of Law and the Organization of
the State, Friburg, Switzerland, October 8-11, 1998, (forthcoming)
2000b - Impact of market expansion on quality of Healthcare, paper presented
at the world Health Forum, Interlaken Switzerland, May 10 -13, 2000
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2000c - Alcohol Prevalence among Sri Lankan Youth: some evidence from the
National Youth Survey, paper presented at the Annual Alcohol
Epidemiology Symposium, Oslo, Norway, June 4-10, 2000.
2000d - Ethnicity and the Changing urban landscape: The case of Colombo
paper presented at IUAES, Inter Congress on the Metropolitan Ethnic
cultures. Beijing, China, July, 2000
2000e - Knowledge Economy and Youth Employment in Asia: Myths and
Realities, paper presented at the 5th
International Symposium on Asian
Youth Studies, Dec. 1 – 5, 2000, Macau
2000f - Emerging Issues of Healthcare Reform in Sri Lanka, Paper presented
at the Asia Pacific Regional Health Social Science Conference,
Sri Lanka, Sept 24 – 28, 2000
2000g - “Politics, Social Order and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka” in – (eds.)
Lidija R. Basta Fleiner -et. al. Rule of Law and Organization of the
Sate in Asia: The multicultural State in Asia, Munich: Helbing &
Lichtenhahn.
2000h - “Development of Social Science Education” (With Karunanayake M.M.)
in- S.Tilakaratne and H.M.P. Gunasena (eds.) University Education
Since Independence, Colombo: University Grants Commission.
2000i - Methodology in Social Research Essays in Honor of Ramakrishna
Mukherjee (Book Review), in Sri Lanka Journal of Social Science 2002 -
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2000j - Understanding Sri Lankan Youth: Some Selected Aspects and
Illustrated Data, National Youth Survey-1999, CASS, 2000
2001a - “Knowledge Economy and Youth Employment in Asia : Myths and
Realities” in – Proceedings, Welfare Printing Limited : Macau, 222 –229
2001b - „Consumerism, Youth and Identity formation‟ in Hettige, S.T. et.al,
Globalization Electronic Media and Cultural Change,Colombo: Germen Cultural
Institute.
2001c - Empowering Local Communities Through Devolution of Power in Sri
lanka; the Unfinished Agenda, Governance Journal, Sri Lanka Institute
of Local Governance, 21- 31, Vol. 1 No.01
2002 - Globalization and Its Impact on Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Journal of Social
Science 2002- 25
2003 - Economic Liberalization, Changing Opportunity Structures and Ethnic
Conflict in Sri Lanka, Winslow, D. and Woost, M. (eds.) Economy,
Culture and Civil War in Sri Lanka, Bloomington, Indiana University
Press.
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2004a - Economic Growth and Social Polarization under Globalization, in
Glatzer, W.(ed.) Rich and Poor: Disparities, Perceptions and
Concomitants, Dordrechts: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 203-216
2004b - Pseudo- Modernization and the Formation of Youth Identities in Sri
Lanka, is Mukherji, P. and Sengupta, (eds.) Indigeneity and Universality
in Social Science, New Delhi: Sage Publications.
2004c - Migration of Labour to the Middle East and its Social Policy Implications,
paper presented at the Modern South Asian Conference, University of
Heidelberg, Germany
2004d - Ethnicity vs. Nationalism: The Devolution Discourse in Sri Lanka (Book
Review), Sri Lanka Journal of Social Science 2004-27
2004e - Devolution of Power: Theory and Practice, Sri Lanka Institute of Local
Governance, Governance Journal, 1-5, Vol. No. 03
2005a - “Colombo” in Nas Peter (ed) – Diversities of Urban Change in Asia,
London: Routledge
2005b - Gender and Alcohol in Sri Lanka in Alcohol, Gender and Drinking
Problems, Geneva, WHO, (co-authored with D. Paranagama)
2005c - Peace, Conflict and Development in the context of Sri Lanka, in
Sociological Bulletin, vol. 54, No3.
2005d - Empowering Local Communities for Better Poverty Monitoring and
Planning in Sri Lanka, in New Challenges for the CBMS; Seeking
Opportunities for a More Responsive Role, CBMS/ IDRC/AKI, Manila
2006a - Conflict and Development in the context of Sri Lanka, in The Journal of
the Indian Sociological Society
2006b - Education and Employment in a liberal Economic Environment, in
Abstracts, ISA, 2006 – 107
2006c - Report on Participatory Development Planning and Budgeting of Local
Authorities in Sri Lanka, 2006
2006d - Measuring Vulnerability at Local Level in Birkmann, J. (ed) Measuring
Vulnerability to Natural Hazards, Tokyo: United Nations University
Press (article co- authored with John Birkmann and Nishara Fernando)
2007a - Peace, Conflict and Development: A Macro Sociological Perspective, in
Beyond Borders, The SAARC Journal of Literature, Ideas and Arts, New
Delhi, vol. 3, No. 1,Spring
2007b - Modernization, Education and Social Justice in Sri Lanka in Kumar, K.
and Oesterheld, J. (eds.) Education and Social Change in South Asia, New
Delhi: Orient Longaman Ltd.
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2007c - Understanding Pervasive Corruption in Sri Lanka Journal of Development
Administration, vol. 3, No 1, 45- 62
2008a - Local Democracy: The Sri Lankan Experience in Gellner, D and
Hachchetu, K. (eds) Local Government in South Asia: Micro –
processes of Democratization in Nepal and its neighbors, Delhi: Sage
Publications
2008b - Youth and Political Engagement in Gellner, D. (ed) Ethnic Activism and
Civil Society in south Asia, New Delhi: Sage publications
2008c - Policy, State, Nation- state and Ethnicity in Sri Lanka, in Embong, A.R.
(ed.) .) Rethinking Ethnicity & Nation – Building, Malaysia, Sri Lanka &
Fiji in Comparative Perspective Kuala Lumpur: Persatuan Sains Sosial
Malaysia (co-authored with Thangarajah, Yuvi).
2008d - Public policies and ethnic relations in Sri Lanka, in Tarling, N.
Gomez,E.T. (eds.) The State, Development and Identity in Multi- Ethnic
Societies- ethnicity, equity and the nation, London & New York:
Routledge
2009a - Sociological Enterprise at the Periphery: case of Sri Lanka, in Proceedings
of the Regional Conference on Sociology in an Unequal World, held in
Taipei, Taiwan.
2009b - Youth Activism in Sri Lanka: the case of the JVP, in Gellner, D. (ed.)
Political Activism in South Asia, Delhi: Sage.
2010 - Concerns of Youth Affected by Civil Conflict in Sri Lanka in
Gunatlilaka, R. et. al. (eds.) The Challenge of Employment in Sri
Lanka, Washington, DC, The World Bank
2011 - Building Citizenship in Sri Lanka: The Dynamics of State-Action and
Ethnic Conflicts in Bhattacharya, et. al. (eds.) The Politics of
Citizenship, Identity and the State in South Asia, Delhi: Samskriti
Publishers (forthcoming)
Some Selected Recent Articles Published in National Newspapers
DAILY NEWS
2005 - Tropical storms, public policy and Sri Lanka‟s 30/09/2005
development path
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2004 - Globalization and its instabilities 09/11/2004
2004 - The issue of moral authority 07/09/2004
2004 - Towards a people‟s charter on good governance 02/08/2004
2004 - Taking people‟s aspirations seriously 28/04/2004
2002 - The present ethnic crisis some further challenges 24/05/2002
2000 - Roots of post- independence socio- political crises 09/02/2000
THE ISLAND
2006 - Reason, popular politics and public welfare 29/05/2006
2003 - Regaining Sri Lanka: Some critical comments 03/09/2003
2003 - Regaining Sri Lanka: A Rejoinder 19/09/2003
2001 - Tragedy of Sri Lanka: IS there a way out? 22/08/2001
2001 - „Enterprise‟ universities? 21/05/2001
1999 - Solving the problem of traffic congestion in the 25/05/1999
Colombo metropolitan area (part II)
DAILY MIRROR
2007 - School Admission Policy Legalizing social 13/09/2007
injustice?
2007 - Can we speak the truth? 28/07/2007
2007 - Power without accountability 28/06/2007
2007 - What lies beneath the surface? 13/06/2007
2007 - Education, Citizenship and development 01/03/2007
2007 - Back to adversarial politics? 22/02/2007
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2006 - „Public discourse important for governance to be 20/12/2006
accountable‟
2006 - Moving towards a more Transparent and 23/11/2006
Accountable Local Governance System
2006 - Living in Separate Worlds 15/09/2006
2006 - Energy Crisis: Have we woken up from a long 31/06/2006
slumber?
2006 - Evidence based policy making 30/03/2006
2006 - Mismanagement of social transformation in SL 23/03/2006
2005 - Dehumanization of society under neo – liberalism 01/10/2005
2005 - Political pragmatism and institutional decay: 29/04/2005
Obstacles to stability
2005 - „Tsunami mounds‟: A socially useful way to 14/02/2005
dispose of debris?
C. Unpublished Research
i. South Asian Regional Study on indigenous peoples; the case of Veddha
Community in Sri Lanka, sponsored by the Regional Office of the
UNICEF, New Delhi, 1998
ii. Social impact of migration of women to the Middle East, Presidential
Secretariat, Colombo, 1999
iii. Economic Liberalization and Sub – Urban Growth in the Colombo
Metropolitan Area, sponsored by National Science Foundation,1998.
iv. Changing Patterns of Social mobility in Sri Lanka, sponsored by the
University of Colombo 1997 – 2000.
v. National Youth Survey, 1999 Final Report, submitted to UNDP, Colombo
(2000)
D. Current Research:
(1) Youth, Education and Identity
(2) Social Protection in Sri Lanka
(3) Overseas Migration of Sri Lankan workers
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C. Memberships and Offices Held:
1980 - 85 - Member, International Rural Sociology Association
1982 - 84 - Secretary, Sociological Association of Sri
Lanka
1985 - 86 - Member, Sectoral Committee on Social Infra-
Structure, National Science Policy Planning
Project, Ministry of Plan Implementation,
Sri Lanka.
1985 - 88 - Member, General Research Committee,
Sri Lanka association for the Advancement of Science.
1985 - 87 - Assistant Secretary, American Studies
Association of Sri Lanka, Colombo.
1987 - 88 - Secretary, Social Science Section, SLAAS
1987 - 88 - President, Sociological Association of Sri Lanka.
1988 - 1991 Member, Working Committee on Social
Sciences, Natural Resources, Energy and Science
Authority of Sri Lanka.
1993 to date - Member, International Sociological Association.
1991 – 93 - Secretary, Local Organizing Committee, Sri Lanka Studies
Conference, Colombo and Kandy.
1996- 1996 - President, Section F, Sri Lanka Association for the
Advancement of Science.
1996 - Member, Presidential Committee on Socio-.
Cultural Problems of the Plantation Community
1998 - Member, Presidential Task Force on the
Prevention of Suicide in Sri Lanka.
1998 - Member, Presidential Task Force on the Development
of a Social Safety Network for Migrant Women.
1988 - Commissioner, Presidential Commission on
Local Government Reform, Sri Lanka.
1998 – 2002 - Member, National Institute of Social
Development, Colombo.
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1999- 2002 - Chairman, Social Science Steering Committee, National
Science Foundation, (Formerly NARESA)
1999-2002 - Member, Governing Council, Alcohol and Drugs
Information Centre, Colombo.
2000-2001 - Member, Governing Council of the National
Institute for Local Governance, Colombo.
2000-2001 - Member, Youth Services Council, Sri Lanka.
2004 to date - Chairman, Social Science Research Committee, National
Science Foundation, Colombo
2004 -2008 - Member, Governing Council, Sri Lanka, Institute of Local
Governance. Steering Committee member, SA
Sociology Association.
2002- 2006 - Member, Advisory Council on Safe Migration,
SARIQ, Delhi
Member, steering Committee, Transparent
International, Colombo
2005- 2006 - Member, Committee on youth Policy, Ministry of Youth
Affairs
2006- 2008- Member, UNDP – VOICE Project, Ministry of Social
Services
2007- 2008 - Member, Governing Council, Institute of Labor Studies,
Ministry of Labor, Colombo
2005 -2007 - Member, Interim council, National Centre for the Advanced Studies
in humanities and Social Sciences, UGC, Colombo.
2005 2007 - Council Member, Anti-corruption Project, ARD/USAID,
Colombo
2007 -2008 - Member, National Committee on Grassroots Innovation,
Ministry of Science and Technology
2007 -2008 - Member, Think Tank Committee, Ministry of
Community Development and Social Inequity
Eradication
2007 -2008 - Member, Advisory Panel, Bandaranaike Centre for
International studies
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C. Major Professional Consultancies:
1. Senior Researcher, Final Evaluation of the UNICEF-assisted project on
Community Development and Environmental Health, Colombo City,
Sri Lanka, 1983.
2. In my capacity as a Consultant Sociologist, I have compiled the
following research reports for the Marga Institute, Colombo :
i. Institutional and non-institutional infrastructure for childcare,
Marga-Unicef project on Needs of Children, 1984.
ii. Rural Wells Project ; impact and people's response, IDRP,
Puttalam District, Sri Lanka.
iii. Report on the Monitoring of Progress of the FAO - Marga
project on Income Generating Activities for Plantation
Women, 1985.
3. National consultant, UNICEF/National Housing Development
Authority, Sri Lanka Project on Micro-Level Social Planning in
Disadvantaged Urban Areas, Sri Lanka, 1985-86.
4. Consultant Sociologist, Diagnostic Analysis of Irrigation systems in
the District of Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka, sponsored by USAID and
Ministry of Land and Land Development, Sri Lanka, 1985-86.
5. Member of the Team of Researchers, final evaluation of the Integrated
Rural Development Project, Puttalam District, Sri Lanka, 1986-87.
6. Consultant Sociologist, Evaluation of the Nutrition Education
Programme, implemented by the Ministry of Plan Implementation, Sri
Lanka sponsored by FAO/WFP, 1987
7. Consultant Sociologist, IDRC/Marga Institute (Colombo) research
project on Rural Terms of Trade in Sri Lanka (1985-89)
8. Principal Investigator, WHO/Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka sponsored
project on Health and Health Related Aspects of Poverty Alleviation
Programme, 1989-1992.
9. Institutional Development Specialist, Mid-term Evaluation of the
USAID funded Irrigation Systems Management Project, Sri Lanka,
March 1990.
10. Consultant Sociologist, IIMI/USAID sponsored research project on
Institutional Development in Major Irrigation Systems, 1989-90.
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11. Consultant Sociologist, WHO/MRI, Colombo sponsored study on
Control of DHF, Colombo City, 1989-90.
12. Principal Investigator, Evaluation of Bio Gas Technology Project,
sponsored by National Development Foundation, Sri Lanka, 1990.
13. Team Leader, ACTI/USAID, Research Project on Production and
Marketing of Highland Vegetables in Sri Lanka, 1992.
14. Team Leader, UNICEF Research Project on the Situational Analysis of
Nutritional Conditions in three selected AGA Divisions in Sri Lanka,
1991-1992.
15. Team Leader (Sri Lanka) UNICEF, South Asia Regional Office Research
Project on Indigenous Peoples, 1993.
16. National Evaluator, NHDA/UNHCS sponsored project on the
dissemination of Community Actions Planning Approach, Sri Lanka,
1992-1993.
17. Member, UNDP Mission to Sri Lanka on Aid Coordination and Aid
Management, Jan. 1994.
18. Member, TEC, Upper Kotmale Hydro power Development Project (EIA)
19. Member, TEC, Colombo-Katunayake Expressway Project (EIA),
20. Team Leader, Social impact Assessment, Colombo – Matara Express
Way project, 1999
21. Principal Researcher, National Youth Survey of Sri Lanka, 1999 – 2000,
UNDP, Univ. of Colombo
22. Consultant Sociologist, Western Region Development Master Plan,
BOI/UDA, Colombo 2004
23. Needs of Youth Affected by Conflict in Sri Lanka, World Bank, Colombo
24. Consultant Sociologist, ADB/RDA Roads Improvement Project
Resettlement Monitoring Programme, Road Development Authority,
Colombo.
25. 2006 UN/ESCAP Consultant on Educational Challenges in Asia.
26. 2008, Advisor, ILO- Ministry of Foreign Employment Promotion on Sri Lanka
Labor Migration Policy
27. 2010- to date, Co-Chairman, Steering Committee, UNV- Ministry of Social
Services, Sri Lanka
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28. 2009, Advisor to ILO, Colombo on Labour Migration Policy of Sri Lanka
29. 2010 to date, Co-Chair, Steering Committee, UNV, Colombo.
D. Short-Term Training Programs and Workshops Participated in :
1. Salzburg Seminar on Abuse of Alcohol ; strategies towards control,
Salzburg, Austria, February 1986,
2 Workshop on the Use of Micro-computers for the analysis of
irrigation data, sponsored by Water Management Synthesis Project,
C.S.U., U.S.A. , held at Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka, 1987.
3. Interdisciplinary Research Group meeting on Irrigation Systems, held
at Colorado State University, U.S.A., May 1987.
4. Workshop on Computer Applications in the Social Sciences,
sponsored by the University of Colombo and the Leiden University
Collaboration Project, Colombo, March 1987.
Some of the Major International Conferences Attended
1. Asian Studies Conference, 1978, Melbourne, Australia.
2. International Rural Sociology Association Conference, 1980, Mexico City.
3. International Conference on Symbolic and Material Dimensions of
Agrarian Change in Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, 1986.
4. WHO sponsored Conference on Contribution of State Monopoly Systems to
the Control of Alcohol Related Problems, Stockholm, 1987.
5. Conference on Alcohol in Developing Countries, sponsored by the Nordic
Council for Alcohol and Drug Research, OSLO, 1988.
6. Social Science and Medicine Conference, Amsterdam, 1989.
7. 11th European Conference of South Asian Studies, Amsterdam, 1990.
8. Fourth Sri Lanka Studies Conference, Amsterdam, April 1991.
9. Social Dimensions of Health Policy, Regional Seminar held in New Delhi,
India, March, 1992.
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10. International Seminar on Irrigation and Society : The case of Mahaweli, Sri
Lanka, held in Mt. Verita, Switzerland, September, 1992.
11. Symposium on Consumption : Risks, Pleasures and the State in
Contemporary Capitalism, June 1993, Helsinki.
12. Sri Lanka Studies Conference, August 10-13, 1993, Colombo.
13. International Seminar on “Childhood and Adolescence in the on text of Social
Change” G.C.I., Colombo, February 1994.
14. International Sociology Association World Congress, Bielefeld, Germany,
June 1994
15. Annual Conference of the Association of South Asian Studies, November,
1994 Lancing, USA.
16 Annual Alcohol Epidemiology Symposium, Porto, Portugal, 1995 June
17. International Conference on Livelihoods from Resource Flows, Lincoping,
Sweden, August 19-22, 1996
18. International Conference on Social Science and Medicine, Peebles, Scotland,
September 2-6, 1996
19. Social Science and Medicine Conference, Peebles, Scotland, 1996
20 Regional Conference of the International Sociology Association, Mumbai,
India, 1997.
21. Regional Conference of the Asian Association of Social Science Research
Councils on Globalization and Local Cultures, held in Beijing, China, 12-17,
October, 1997,
22. International Sociology Association World Congress, Montreal, Canada, July
26-30, 1998.
23. World Health Forum, Inter Laken, Switzerland
24. IUAES Inter-Congress on Metropolitan Ethnic Culture, in Beijing, China, July
22 –12, 2000.
25. ISA Working Group Conference on “Rich and Poor, Berlin, Germany
October, 12 – 12, 200,
26. Regional Conference on Asian Youth Studies, Macau, Dec. 2 –5, 2000
27. International Conference on “Globalization and Change of Values”, sponsored
by German Cultural Institute, Colombo, held in Kandy, Sri Lanka, Novermber
23 – 28, 2000
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28. World Congress, International Sociology Association, 2002 Brisbane,
Australia.
29. UNESCO General Meeting, Paris, 2005
30. World congress, International Sociology Association, Durban, South Africa,
2006
31. World Forum of Sociology, Barcelona, Spain, 2006
32. International Congress of Asian Studies, Kuala Lumpur, 2007
33. Poverty and Economic Policy Conference, AIDS, Abala, Ethiopia, 2006, held
at UN regional Office
34. World Social Forum, Nairobi, Kenya, 2006
35. Asian Association of Social Science Research Councils Conference, New
Delhi, India 2005
36. Asian Association of Social Science Research Council Conference, Canberra,
Australia 2003
37. ISA Research Committee 19 Conference on Social Policy in a Globalizing
World, Florence, Italy 2007 August.
38. International Congress of Asian Studies, Kuala Lumpur, Malysia, 2007
39. Regional Conference of ISA National Associations, Taipei, Taiwan, 2009
February
40. ISA World Congress, Gothenburg, Sweden, July 2010
41. European Association of Modern South Asian Studies Conference, Bonn,
Germany, July 2010.
February 18 2011,
Colombo.