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Department of Geography

Faculty of Arts - University of Peradeniya

Dr. M.M. Alikhan

Senior Lecturer

BA (Hons) (CMB), MPhil (Pera), Phd (Sussex, UK)

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About Me

Alikhan is a lecturer at the Department of Geography, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. He graduated from the University of Colombo with first-class honors in geography, and then he did his MPhil at the Department of Geography, the University of Peradeniya. He has been a visiting lecturer at the Department of Geography, University of Colombo. Alikhan has completed his PhD at the University of Sussex, United Kingdom.

Education

PhD in Geography

University of Sussex, United Kingdom

Mphil in Geography

University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

BA (Hons) Geography

University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Current Positions

Lecturer - University of Peradeniya

- To Present

Positions Held

Senior Treasurer - Geography Society, University of Peradeniya

2014 - 2016

Student Internship Coordinator - Department of Geography, University of Peradeniya

2015 - 2016

Research Coordinator - University of Sussex

2009-2012 - To Present

Visiting Lecturer - Department of Geography, University of Colombo

2006-2008 - To Present

Memberships

Member - Sri Lanka Association of Geographers (SLAG)

Awards

Royal Geographical Society / University of Sussex PhD Scholarship - Royal Geographical Society / University of Sussex, UK

2016

Publications

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

Alikhan, M.M., Alikhan, S., Perera, E.L.S.J. (2023). Older Person’s Lives in Relocated Community: A Case Study of Development-Induced Relocation in Colombo, Sri Lanka. In: Lakshman, R.W.D., Rajan, S.I. (eds) Forced Migration and Urban Transformation in South Asia. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-6179-5_6

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Brun, C., Alikhan, M. M., Jayatilaka, D., Chalkiadaki, E., & Erdal, M. B. (2024). The dynamic space of aid relations in protracted internal displacement: The case of Sri Lanka's northern Muslims. Disasters, e12623. https://doi.org/10.1111/disa.12623

Lakshman, I. M., Alikhan, M. M. and Azam, A. (2020) “Finding ‘Reasons to Stay’ Amidst Issues of Well-Being: A Case Study of Two Underserved Communities in Colombo”, European Scientific Journal, ESJ, 16(35), p. 94. doi: 10.19044/esj.2020.v16n35p94.

CONFERENCE PAPERS
PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
UNPUBLISHED THESIS

Conviviality, tension and everyday negotiations: subaltern cosmopolitanism and governance dynamics of low-income neighbourhoods in Colombo, Sri Lanka

http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/109012

Conferences

International Initiative for Promoting Political Economy (IIPPE)

Presented a paper on ‘Falling through policy gaps: Comparing water systems for workers in a Sri Lanka Tea Estate’

Rey Juan Carlos University of Madrid, Spain

September 2023

National Geography Conference (NGC-2021)

Presented a paper on, 'Watta culture': A study of subaltern cosmopolitanism of low-income neighbourhoods in Colombo, Sri Lanka

University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

2021

Royal Geographical Society (RGS-IBG) annual conference

Presented a paper on, Living together? Subaltern cosmopolitanism in low-income neighbourhoods in Colombo, Sri Lanka

London, UK

2019

Annual conference of British Association of South Asian Studies

Presented a paper on “Cannot trust politicians”: Political affiliation of urban subalterns in Colombo, Sri Lanka

University of Durham, UK

2019

International Conference on Migration, Diaspora and Development

Present a research paper on “Labour Migration and Development: Economic Reintegration of Sri Lankan Return Migrants from the Middle East.

New Delhi, India.

2016

Peradeniya University International Research Session

Presented a paper on, Plantation to Urban: Phenomenon and Causes of Youth Migration in the Pitakanda Estate, Matale

University of Peradeniya:

2015

Teaching

GGY 1004 - Human Geography

Department of Geography, UoP

To Present

GGY 2029 - Political Geography

Department of Geography, UoP

To Present

GGY 3031 - Advanced Human Geography

Department of Geography, UoP

To Present

GGY 405 - Geopolitics

Department of Geography, UoP

To Present

GGYE 302 - Regional Geography

CDCE, UoP

To Present

Research Interests

Migration

Urban politics

Research Grants Received

University research grant, University of Peradeniya


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