Research

Research Interests

  • Sexuality and gender
  • Disaster risk management
  • Community resilience
  • Social work

Research Experiences

  • MA dissertation: “Unseen Lives: Making Transgender Identities Visible in Urban Sri Lanka” (2013-2014).
  • BA dissertation: “Attitudes towards Lesbianism in the Sri Lankan Context (2010-2011).
  • The Sociology Analyst of the island–wide study on sexual harassment in public transport in Sri Lanka collaboratively conducted by the United Nations Organization with Mhec Ltd. Sri Lanka (2015).
  • Field researcher in the study of the causes for lack of women’s political participation in Sri Lanka conducted by the Social Policy and Research Centre (SPARC), University of Colombo (2015).
  • SPSS data entry operator in a research project on vulnerability to floods and landslides conducted by the Centre for Environment and Human Security, United Nations University, Australia (2011).
  • Field researcher in the research project conducted by the Women’s Support Group for Asia Action Research to address violence against non-heteronormative women and transgender persons on the basis of their sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression (2011).
  • Research team member and content analyst of media texts about advocacy research on the media coverage of the 2010 Presidential Election conducted by Transparency International Sri Lanka (December 2009 – February 2010).