PhD
University of Western Sydney, Australia
2017
MA
University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
2011
BA
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
2004
University of Western Sydney, Australia
2017
University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
2011
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
2004
Warden - Ramanathan Hall, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
2020 - To Present
Activity Coordinator, AHEAD PROJECT( World Bank, Grant : Rs.100 million) - Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya
Oct 2019 - Mar 2023
Academic Coordinator - Centre for Study of Human Rights, University of Peradeniya
January 2018 - December 2018
General Member - South Asian Network for Public Administration (SANPA)
2023
University of Western Sydney International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (UWSIPRS) - University of Western Sydney, Australia
2012-2016
East-West Center Association Alumni Scholarship - East-West Center, USA,
Aug 2009 - May 2011
East-West Graduate Degree Fellowship - East-West Centre, USA
2009- 2011
Bamayuran, M. (2024) Centralized administration and pandemic governance in Sri Lanka. In Sangita Dhal, Nachiketa Singh, Amir M. Nasrullah, Mapping Governance Innovations Perspectives from South Asia. Routledge:India.
Nadarajah, P. & Balamayuran, M.(2024). Constitutional Amendments (2001-2022) and Democracy in Sri Lanka. In Aijaz Ashraf Wani, Arshid Iqbal Dar (Ed). Democracy in South Asia. Routledge:India.
https://www.routledge.com/Democracy-in-South-Asia/Wani-IqbalDar/p/book/9781032196558
Balamayuran, M. & Pushparajah, N. (2022). The Impact of Covid-19 on Ethnic Minorities in Sri Lanka. In Peter Birkelund Andersen, Amit Prakash and Meghna Guhathakurta (Eds), Special Issue - covid-19 and Civil Society in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka,NAVEIÑ REET: Nordic Journal of Law & Social Research. Journal Number 12.
Pushparajah, N., & Balamayuran, M. (2022). The Failure of Constitution-making in Sri Lanka (2015–2019). Millennial Asia. Sage Publications
Balamayuran, M. (2020), Disaster Capitalism in the Wake of COVID -19, Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (JHS), 3(2) 101-128.
http://pgihs.ac.lk/reserch/7/5.%20Dr.%20Malini%20Balamayuran%20(Final).pdf
Balamayuran, M (2018), Tamil Youth Radicalization after the Armed Conflict in Sri Lanka , in Keerawella G & Senanayake A (Eds), Trends in Youth Radicalization in South Asia (pp. 65-87), Colombo: Regional Centre for Strategic Studies.
https://rcss.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Trends-in-Youth-Radicalization-in-South-Asia.pdf
Is the Cure Worse than the Disease? Reflections on COVID Governance in Sri Lanka (2021), Pradeep Peiris (Ed.) Colombo: Centre for Policy Alternatives
Balamayuran, M. (2023), E-government initiatives and public service delivery: Perspectives from Northern region of Sri Lanka, ICT4D Study Group, 25-26th October 2023
Development Studies Association of Ireland Annual Conference
Ireland
Balamayuran, M. (2023), Sri Lanka’s road to Aragalaya: An assessment, Pluriversal Approaches to Human Rights and Sdg, XX ISA World Congress of Sociology (June 25-July 1, 2023).
International Sociological Association
Melbourne, Australia
Balamayuran, M (2018) De-radicalization of Tamil youth in post-war Sri Lanka: Gender perspective, Conference on Trends in Youth Radicalization in South Asia
Regional Centre for Strategic Studies
Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Balamayuran, M (2014) The performance of ethnic identity of Up-country Tamils in Sri Lanka
Asian Conference on the Social Science
Osaka, Japan,
Balamayuran, M (2010), The issues of Internally Displaced Persons in the post-conflict Sri Lanka
27th Annual Spring Symposium, Center for South Asian Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Hawaii, USA
Youth, Extremism, Disaster capitalism and issues related COVID-19
PSC 3008 - Contemporary Political and Social Thoughts
Department of Political Science
2021 - To Present
PSC 2007 - Modern Political Theory
Department of Political Science
2020 - To Present
PSC 2001 - Classical and Medieval Political Theory
Department of Political Science
2020 - To Present
Senior Researcher (January 2021- March 2021), Survey on Youth Social Media and Violence, Sri Lanka, Funded by British Council, Research Grant-2.5 million (LKR). https://www.britishcouncil.lk/sites/default/files/youth_social_media_and_violence_research_report_compressed.pdf
Senior Researcher (January 2020- March 2020), Pulse Survey on Next Generation of Sri Lanka, Funded by British Council, Research Grant-3.8 million (LKR).
Senior Research Fellow (April 2018- March 2019), Next Generation: Baseline Survey of Sri Lanka, Funded by British Council, Research Grant-29.4 Million (LKR). https://www.britishcouncil.lk/sites/default/files/next-generation-sri-lanka-march-2019.pdf
Balamayuran, M. (2022), Sri Lanka's Crisis 2022, Postcolonial Politics, Centre for Postcolonial Studies at Goldsmith, University of London. https://postcolonialpolitics.org/%ef%bf%bcsri-lankas-crisis-2022/