Academic Staff

 

 

 

     Picture Name Contact
Dr. Sanmugeswaran Pathmanesan (Head of the Department)
Senior Lecturer (Grade I)
Research Interests :
South Asian Caste System, Class, and Identity/ Hindu Temple Disputes, Temple Ideology, Sacred Landscape / Anthropology of Consciousness, Memory, Place, and Space / Migration, Diaspora, Transnationalism, and Globalization / Anthropology of Religion, Multi-Religiosity, and Cotemporary New Religious Movements / Displacement, Poverty, and Livelihood / Ethnomusicology, Bharatanatyam, Carnatic Music, and Tamil Music Drama Sri Lanka, India, and South Asia
spath@ou.ac.lk ; hdssd@ou.ac.lk 

Room No : 17, 2nd floor, , Department of Social Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

+94 (0)11 2853777, 2822712,  Ext: 2400

Emeritus Professor Upali Vidanapathirana
Emeritus Professor
Research Interests :
Plantation Economy, Labour in the Tea Sector, Tea Smallholdings, Indian Tamils in Sri Lanka
Indian Tamil Culture in Sri Lanka , Population in Sri Lanka, Migrant Workers, Higher Education
uvida@ou.ac.lk

Department of Social Studies
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

+94-11-2881436, Ext: 2401

Emeritus Professor Sirimevan Colombage
Emeritus Professor
Research Interests :
Macroeconomics, Monetary Policy and Central Banking, International Finance, Econometric Modeling

sscol@ou.ac.lk

Department of Social Studies
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

+94-11-2881417, Ext: 2412

Prof. A. S. Chandrabose (Retired)
Professor
Research Interests : Plantation Economy, Labour in the Tea Sector, Tea Smallholdings, Indian Tamils in Sri Lanka
Indian Tamil Culture in Sri Lanka , Population in Sri Lanka, Migrant Workers, Higher Education
ascha@ou.ac.lk

Department of Social Studies
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

 

Prof. Anton Piyarathne  (Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences)
Professor
Research Interests: Identity Construction and Negotiations/ Ethnicity, Nationalism and Citizenship/ Youth, Conflict and Social Justice/ Citizenship and Democracy/ Social Change and Every Day Social Lifeworld/ Religion, Pilgrimage, Rituals and Religious movements/ Subjectivity, Inter-subjectivity and Objectivity/ Existential Social Realities
apiya@ou.ac.lk

Department of Social Studies
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

+94-11-2881218, +94-11-2881001

Dr. N. S. Abeysinghe 
Senior Lecturer (G I)
Research Interests : 
nsabe@ou.ac.lk

Department of Social Studies
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

+94-11-2881436, Ext: 2401

Dr. B. M. P. Mendis
Senior Lecturer (Grade I)
Research Interests :
Sociology of organizations with special interests in Totalitarian institutions like prisons, organizational politics and culture, professionalization and professionalism, Democratic institutional building, freedom of expression and the media, good governance and transparency, structural reforms as in education
mmend@ou.ac.lk

Department of Social Studies
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

+94-11-2881033, Ext: 2401

Dr. S. N. Morais
Senior Lecturer (Grade I)
Research Interests : Microenterprise development, Social enterprise, Livelihoods
nsmor@ou.ac.lk

Department of Social Studies
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

+94-11-2881014, Ext:2411

Dr. Kanchana Sujananie Bulumulle (Director, Center for Gender Equity/Equality)
Senior Lecturer (Grade I)
Research Interests : Gender equality in higher education, Spirituality and peace, Love and love Labouring
kbulu@ou.ac.lk

Department of Social Studies
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

+94-11-2881000, Ext: 2406

Dr. Sepalika Welikala
Senior Lecturer (Grade I)
Research Interests : Socio-legal processes, Disputing and mediation, Human rights
sweli@ou.ac.lk

Department of Social Studies
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

+94-11-2881082, Ext: 2405

Mrs. Thiwankee Abeywardena Wickramasinghe
Senior Lecturer (Grade I)
Research Interests :
Democracy, Local Governance, Media Ethics and Self-Regulation, Comparative Studies on Media Regulatory frameworks in the Asian Region and in the Commonwealth, Evolutionary Process of Development and History of Mass Media, Humanitarian Diplomacy Media Management, Organizational Communication Culture, Open Distance Learning student support mechanisms
tawic@ou.ac.lk

Department of Social Studies
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

+94-11-2881402, Ext: 2409

Prof. Galagedarage Thushari Madhubhashini Hewage
Professor in Communications
Research Interests :
Development Communication, Rural empowerment, Right to Information, New Media, Social Media, ICT & Digital Divide, Disaster Communication, Communication Research and Audience Research, Traditional folk media communications, Women and Media, Children and Media, Animal Communication, Television and education, Creative Communication, Media Education, Media Ethics, Open and Distance Learning (ODL), E- Learning,
gtmad@ou.ac.lk

Central Campus, Room number 7, Level 1,
Department of Social Studies
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

+94-11-2881403, Ext: 2413

Ms. Purnima Perera
Senior Lecturer (Grade II)
Research Interests :
Sub-fertility, Bioethics, Open and Distance Learning (ODL, OER)
japer@ou.ac.lk

Colombo Regional Center, Department of Social Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

+94-11-2881402, Ext: 2406

Mrs. Lekha Erandi Karunadasa
Senior Lecturer (Grade II)
Research Interests :
Development Communication, Political Communication, Women and Media, Women Empowerment, Community Development, Environmental Communication, Advertising &Promotion, Distance learning
klkar@ou.ac.lk

Room No.: 4, 1st Floor, Department of Social Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

+94-11-2588034, Ext: 2408

Mrs. Thushari Gamage
Senior Lecturer (Grade II)
Research Interests :
Media and Conflict, Media representation, Development Communication, Cross Cultural Communication, Media Impact on Children etc
gddam@ou.ac.lk

Room No.: 4, 1st Floor, Department of Social Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

+94-11-2881034, Ext: 2408

Dr. S. M. A. K. Samarakoon
Senior Lecturer (Grade II)
Research Interests :
Currently working on Sino-Sri Lanka Relations, and A Neo-Realist Analysis of Sri Lanka’s Relations with Major Powers
smasa@ou.ac.lk

Department of Social Studies
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

+94-11-2881082, Ext: 2405

Ms. Udeni Herath
Senior Lecturer (Grade II)
Research Interests :
Youth Studies
hmuhe@ou.ac.lk

Department of Social Studies
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

+94-11-2881417, Ext: 2412

Mrs. Dulanii Liyanahetti
Senior Lecturer (Grade II)
Research Interests :
Knowledge economy, devolution of power, financial autonomy of provincial governments
ddliy@ou.ac.lk

Room No : 3, 1st floor,  Department of Social Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

+94-11-2881034, Ext: 2408

Mr. N. Balamurali – Jaffna R.C.
Senior Lecturer (Grade II)
Research Interests :
Labour Economics, Youth Issues, Time Series & Cross Sectional Data Analysis.
nbala@ou.ac.lk

Jaffna Regional Center, Department of Social Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

+94-21-2223374

Mr. Binara Angammana – Kurunegala R.C.
Senior Lecturer (Grade II)
Research Interests :
Kinship Studies
arang@ou.ac.lk

Kurunegala Regional Center,
The Open University Regional Center, Malkaduwawa, Kurunegala, Sri Lanka

+94-37-2223473

Dr. Achinthya Koswatta
Senior Lecturer (Grade II)
Research Interests :
Trade-Growth Nexus, Institutions and the Economic Analysis, Tourism and Investment, Innovation and, R&D.
hmkos@ou.ac.lk

1st Floor, Department of Social Studies
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

+94-11-2881034, Ext: 2408

Ms. Buddhima Padmasiri
Lecturer (Probationary)
Research Interests : Gender and Sexuality, Labour Studies, Human Rights and Conflict Studies
khpad@ou.ac.lk

Department of Social Studies
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

+94-11-2881436, Ext: 2401

Mrs.  M.N. Vineeshiya
Senior Lecturer (Grade II)
Research Interests :
Gender Studies, urban studies, Rural Studies, family and marriage, waste management, social policy and social development, work and work organization, social psychological studies, Applied Social Research
mnvin@ou.ac.lk

1st Floor, Department of Social Studies
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

+94-11-2881126, Ext: 2407

Dr. Sandunika Hasangani
Senior Lecturer (Grade II)
Research Interests :
International Relations, Digital Peacebuilding, Digital Ethnography, Digital Diplomacy, Silk Roads, South Asian Studies
kahas@ou.ac.lk

1st Floor, Department of Social Studies
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

+94-11-2881083, Ext: 2403

Ms. Madhuwanthi Godagampala
Lecturer (Probationary)
Research Interests :
Development Theories, Human Capital Investments, Econometric Data Analysis, Non Parametric Methods
gdgod@ou.ac.lk

1st Floor, Department of Social Studies
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

+94-11-2881083, Ext: 2403

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