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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 : shettige@hotmail.com

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.