Professor Siri Hettige

Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of Colombo

Qualifications

  • Second class 1973

    B.A. (Hons.),

    Colombo

  • First class 1974

    B.Phil. (sociology)

    Colombo

  • Ph.D. 1980

    Ph.D.

    (Monash, Australia )

  • Honors 1976 - 1980

    Honors

    Monash Graduate Scholarship, Monash University, Australia.

  • Honors 1994 -1995

    Fulbright Senior Scholar

    SARS, University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Grants

  • 1990- 1992
    grant to undertake research on health and poverty
    1990- 92 - WHO grant to undertake research on health and poverty.
    (Applicant was the Principal Investigator
  • 2014
    National Research Council Merit Award for Scientific publication
    2014-National Research Council Merit Award for Scientific publication
  • 2014
    esidential Research Award, NRC
    2014 - Presidential Research Award, NRC, 2007-9, Sri Lanka
  • 1986
    National Science Council Grant
    1986 - National Science Council Grant to undertake research on social
    networks and exchange of favors in formal organizations in Sri Lanka
  • 1982
    National Science Council of Sri Lanka Grant to undertake field research on the urban poor in Colombo
    Grants-
    1982 - National Science Council of Sri Lanka Grant to undertake field research on the urban poor in Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • 2012
    Adjunct Professor, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
    2012 Adjunct Professor, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
  • 2009
    UNDP/ILO/IA/FES grant to undertake 2009 National Youth Survey of Sri Lanka
    2009 - UNDP/ILO/IA/FES grant to undertake 2009 National Youth Survey of Sri Lanka
  • 1986-1987
    U.S.S.R.C. Grant to conduct research on seasonal labour migration in rural Sri Lanka
    1986 - 87 - U.S.S.R.C. Grant to conduct research on seasonal
    labour migration in rural Sri Lanka
  • 1992 - 1993
    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
    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.
  • 1987
    USAID grant to take part in the inter-disciplinary group meeting in irrigation management
    1987 - USAID grant to take part in the inter-disciplinary group meeting in
    irrigation management, Colorado State University, USA.

  • 2005
    UNDP Grant to undertake research on Leadership Networks for HIV/AIDS Prevention
    2005 - UNDP Grant to undertake research on Leadership Networks for HIV/AIDS Prevention
  • 2010
    British Academy Grant to undertake research
    2010 - Co-investigator, British Academy Grant to undertake research on Sri Lankan Labour migration in collaboration with Mike Collyer of the University of Sussex, United Kingdom.
  • 1986 - 1987
    grant to undertake research on Middle East migration
    1986 - 87 - Netherlands Universities Foundation for International Cooperation grant to undertake research on Middle East migration
  • 1999
    UNDP grant to undertake the National Youth Survey of Sri Lanka
    1999 - UNDP grant to undertake the National Youth Survey of Sri Lanka,
    1999 –2000
  • 1998
    National Science Foundation Grant to undertake research on ‘Urban Growth in the Colombo Metropolitan Region
    1998 - National Science Foundation Grant to undertake research on
    ‘Urban Growth in the Colombo Metropolitan Region
  • 2005
    National Team Leader, UN University to grant to undertake research on social impact of Tsunami in Sri Lanka
    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
  • 2007
    ILO Grant to undertake research on child Vulnerability and Child Labor in Sri Lanka
    2007 - ILO Grant to undertake research on child Vulnerability and Child Labor in Sri Lanka
  • 2000 - 2003
    DFID Grant to undertake an international study on Globalization
    2000 - 2003 - DFID Grant to undertake an international study on Globalization
  • 2006
    Grant to undertake research and prepare a White Paper on Impact of Corruption on youth in Sri Lanka
    2006 - USAID Grant to undertake research and prepare a White Paper on Impact of Corruption on youth in Sri Lanka