Research

Research Interests & Research Activities

  • Democracy and Good governance
  • Political Changes in Sri Lanka and Local Governance
  • Human Rights
  • Constitutional Law
  • Conflict and Peace Building
  • Electoral Politics
  • Disaster Governance
  1. Principle Researcher on“Evaluation of Twelve-Day Language Teaching Program” of The National Institute of Language Education And Training (NILET): Colombo and Kandy districts, December 2017
  2. Conducting a research as the Principle Researcher on “Political Impact on Development Project of Moragahakanda”, 2017 –to date).
  3. Conducted a research as the Principal Researcher on “understanding on good governance and its practices in decision & policy making process in local government authorities (LGA) in Sri Lanka: a case study of selected LGAs in western province”, 2015-2017.
  4. A Principle Investigator to the “Monitoring the Local Government Election 2006”, conducted by the Department of Political Science and Public Policy, University of Colombo, 2006.
  5. Principle Investigator to the “Study on the 2004 General Election”, conducted by the Department of Political Science and Public Policy, University of Colombo, 2004.
  6. Conducted a research on the “Rights of the Refugee women a case study of Puttlem district” with the financial support of the Center for the Study of Human Rights, University of Colombo. 2004.
  7. Conducted a research on “Role of the Government and Non-Governmental Organizations in Promoting Democracy in Post Conflict Areas .A case study of Ampara”I was granted a scholarship by the GTZ with the collaboration of IMCAP, University of Colombo.
  8. Assistant Monitor, Election Violence during the Local Government Election,Center for Policy Alternatives and the Centre for the Monitoring the Election Violence, 1997.
  9. Assistant Researcher, Health Economy survey in the Northwestern and North-Central provinces with Senior Prof. N. Attanayake, Department of Economics, and University of Colombo, 1996.
  10. .Research Assistant, Political and Social Changers in a mono-caste village in Kegalle district, Social Scientists Association, Colombo 1997
  11. . Survey on “Flood and Urbanization” with Urban Development Authority in  Aluthgama and Ambalangoda under the supervision of Mr.K.Jinapala   Resource Organization and Management International P.V.T.LTD, Kollupitiya, 1993/94