Mr. Kulasabanathan Romeshun
Mr. Kulasabanathan Romeshun, was the Team Leader of Basic Services and Social Protection thematic and Senior Research Professional at CEPA carried out an overseeing and advisory function on most of CEPA’s quantitative research related work. He has worked in the development sector for the past 25 years before joining CEPA and has extensive work experience in […]
Dr. George E. Frerks
Dr. Georg Frerks has a PhD in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, and a Master’s in Rural Development Sociology from Wageningen University, the Netherlands. He has been Professor of Conflict Prevention and Conflict Management at the Centre for Conflict Studies, Utrecht University, holds the Chair of International Security Studies at the Netherlands Defense Academy and was […]
Prof. Nihal Perera
Prof. Nihal Perera is Professor (Chair) of the Department of Urban Planning at Ball State University and the founder and Director of CapAsia, an immersive semester programme based on collaboration in Asia for American students. In addition to teaching in the USA, he has taught in Germany, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and […]
Dr. Arusha Cooray
Dr. Arusha Cooray served as Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Norway, Finland and Iceland. She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of New South Wales, Australia, and a MA(Economics) and BA(Economics) from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. She has lectured at the University of New South Wales, University of Sydney, Victoria University, University […]
Prof. Dileni Gunewardena
Prof. Dileni Gunewardena is Professor (Chair) of Economics at the University of Peradeniya. She holds a doctorate from the American University and a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Peradeniya. Her research is mainly in Development Microeconomics and includes empirical analyses relating to poverty measurement, child nutrition, gender wage inequality and ethnic inequality in Sri […]
Ms. Priyanthi Fernando
Ms. Priyanthi Fernando is a feminist and an advocate for women’s human rights. She holds a BA (Hons) in Sociology at the University of Peradeniya and MA in Mass Communications at the University of Leicester, UK. Priyanthi is passionate about issues of injustice and about challenging structural inequalities whether they be inequalities relating to gender, […]
Dr. Udan Fernando
Over the past 20 years, Dr. Udan Fernando has held leadership positions in Sri Lankan development organisations and was a senior staff member in a research and consultancy organisation in the Netherlands, working in Europe, East and West Africa and Southeast Asia. Also, he has functioned as a freelance consultant in Sri Lanka and abroad. […]