Department of Geography

Prof. MI Fazeeha Azmi

Professor in the Department of Geography

B.A (Hons.) (PDN), M.Phil. (NTNU), Ph.D.(NTNU)

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About Me

I am serving as a Professor in the Department of Geography, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. My research interests include youth, poverty and livelihood changes, women and migration, internal displacement, tourism, small-scale fisheries, urban cultural heritage and post-war development in Sri Lanka. I am passionate about qualitative research methods. I love travelling, nature and culture. I have published journal articles and book chapters on the above areas and resented her works at international conferences.

Education

Postdoctorate

NTNU, Norway

2016 to 2018

Ph.D in Geography

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

2004 June

M.Phil (Social Change/Development Studies)

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

1999 June

BA (Hons)

University of Peradeniya

1995 April

Current Positions

Research Associate - University of the Fraser Valley

2023 - To Present

Editorial Board Member, Modern Sri Lanka Studies - University of Peradeniya

2023-2026 - To Present

University Research Council Member - University of Peradeniya

2020 - To Present

Chairperson, Faculty Research Committee - University of Peradeniya

2019 - 2022

Co-Editor, Modern Sri Lanka Studies - University of Peradeniya

2019 - 2022

Advisory panel member - International Centre for Ethnic Studies

2020 - To Present

Professor in the Department of Geography - University of Peradeniya

2020 July - To Present

Positions Held

Senior Student Councellor - University of Peradeniya

2009 - 2012

Director/Board of Directors - International Centre for Ethnic Studies

2013 - 2015

Member, Editorial Board, Modern Sri Lanka Studies - University of Peradeniya

2012 - 2019

Member, Board of Studies, Centre for Distance and Continuing Education (CDCE) - University of Peradeniya

2012 - 2015

Assistant Professor - Fiji National University

2015 August to 2016 May

Lecturer - University of Peradeniya

1996 - 2001

Senior Lecturer II - University of Peradeniya

2001 March - 2015

Senior Lecturer 1 - University of Peradeniya

2015 March to 2020 July

Memberships

Member - American Association of Geographers

Life Member - Sri Lanka Geographers Association

Awards

Awarded the Norwegian Quota Program Scholarship for developing countries to do Ph.D. in Geography at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway - Norwegian University of Science and Technology

2004

Awarded the Norwegian Quota Program Scholarship for developing countries to follow M.Phil., in Social Change (Development Studies) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway. - Norwegian University of Science and Technology

1997

Awarded the certificate for the Best Performance in Geography, Special Arts Degree Part-2 Examination- 1994/1995 University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka - University of Peradeniya

1995

Certificate for Best Performance in Geography, Senkadagala Lions Club Sri Pathirana Memorial Prize for Geography, Special Arts Degree Part -2 Examination - University of Peradeniya

1995

Expert Sustain Postdoctoral Award - University of Edinburgh South Asia Centre

2016

Postdoctoral Researcher Award - Norwegian University of Science and Technology

2016 December-2018 December

Publications

BOOKS

Fazeeha, A., Alphonsus, M. and Puvaneswary (2022), On the Move in Search of Greener Pastures: Unsafe Migration and Human Trafficking in Sri Lanka’s Tea Plantation Sector, ICES, Colombo

https://ices.lk/publications/on-the-move-in-search-of-greener-pastures-unsafe-migration-and-human-trafficking-in-sri-lankas-tea-plantation-sector-3/

Fazeeha A., Puvaneswary, P and Miriam, A (2022) Policy Brief On The Move In Search of Greener Pastures: Unsafe Migration and Human Trafficking in Sri Lanka’s Tea Plantation Sector

https://ices.lk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ICES-POLICY-BRIEF-ENGLISH.pdf

Azmi, F (2008) From Rice Barn to Remittances: A study of Poverty and livelihood changes in System H of the Accelerated Mahaweli Development Project (AMDP), Sri Lanka. Department of Geography, NTNU. ISBN 978-82-471-9 (Printed Version), ISBN 978-82-471-1009-6 (Electronic Version), ISSN 1503-8181.

Published thesis

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

Fazeeha, A., and Lund, R. (2022) Governance orders and women fishers vulnerability and well-being in the land of singing fish. In Ratana Chuenpagdee and Svein Jentoft (eds.) Blue Justice for Small-Scale Fisheries, Springer International Publishing, Switzerland.

Fazeeha, A. (2021) Gendered well-being in postwar Sri Lanka. In Searle, B., Pykett,J., and Alfaro, M.J (eds.) A modern guide to well-being. Edward Elgar Publishers.pp.-119-134.

Based on qualitative interviews on war affected women

Fazeeha, A. and Lund R. (2020) “Female headship and exclusion from small-scale fishing in Eastern province Sri Lanka”. In Lund, R., Kusakabe, K., Rao, N. and Weeratunge, N (eds.) Fisher folk in Cambodia, India and Sri Lanka: Migration, Gender and Well-being. Routledge London. pp.75-91

Post doc project

Fazeeha, A., (2019) Perceptions of Quality of Life Among Two Different Generations of Women IDPs in Protracted Displacement in Mandalakkuda Camp in Puttalam District, Sri Lanka" in Sinha, B. (ed.) Multidimensional Approach to Quality of Life Issues: A spatial Analysis. Springer Nature, pp 210-229. ISSN 978-981-13-6958-2; DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-6958-2

Based on PDN-UR grant

Fazeeha, A., and Lund, R. (2017). Translating Gender Policies into Practice: Exemplified by research in Sri Lanka. In: Thilakasiri, L. (ed.) Geography in Development: Issues and Perspectives. Stamford Lake (pvt.) Ltd, Colombo, pp 381-399

A review article

Fazeeha, A. (2017). Negotiating Housing in a Heritage City: A Study of Mahayyawa Low Income Settlement in Kandy, Sri Lanka. In: Sengupta, U. and Shaw, A. (eds.) Coming of an Age: Trends and issues of housing in Asian cities. Routledge, London, pp 209-231.

Revisiting M.Phil. field work

Azmi F., Brun C., Lund R. (2017) Young People’s Recovery in Eastern Sri Lanka: From War to Post-war and Beyond. In: Skelton T., Harker C., Hörschelmann K. (eds) Conflict, Violence and Peace. Geographies of Children and Young People, vol 11. Springer, Singapore. pp 169-186

A collaborative project on youth in post war eastern Sri Lanka

Fazeeha, A., Brun, C., and Lund, R. (2016). Between exclusion and political engagement: Conceptualizing young people

Collaborative research on youth in post war Eastern Sri Lanka

Fazeeha, A., Brun, C., and Lund, R. Young Peoples Everyday Politics in Post-conflict Sri Lanka (2015). In Kallio, K. P., & Hakli, J. (Eds.). (2016). The Beginning of Politics: Youthful Political Agency in Everyday Life. Routledge. 106-122.

Collaborative research on youth in post war Eastern Sri Lanka

Fazeeha, A. (2015) I Want My Wings Back to Fly in a New Sky: Narratives of Ex- Female LTTE Combatants in Sri Lanka. In: Seema, S. (ed.) Female Combatants in Conflict and Peace. Palgrave Macmillan, London, pp 200-215

Work on Ex: Combatants

Fazeeha, A. (2014) Will the ‘Dancing Waves’ Brings Harmony to the Lives of the Poor? Making a Case for Pro-Poor Tourism Planning in Arugambay Sri Lanka. In: Dashper, K. (ed) Rural Tourism: An International Perspective. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle, pp 189-209

Research based on development in the post war East

Fazeeha, A. (2014) Impacts of internal displacement on Women’s agency in two Displacement contexts in Sri Lanka. In: Brun, C., Blaikie, P. and Jones, M (eds) Unravelling marginalization, Voicing change. Alternative Visions and Paths of Development. Ash gate Publishing Ltd, England, pp 220-.243.

Ragnhild

Fazeeha, A. (2012) To go or not to go: Struggle for belonging among second generation Muslim IDPs in Kalpitiya in Puttalam district in the context of post war resettlement. In Herath, D. and Silva, K.T (eds) Healing the wounds of war. ICES, Sri Lanka, pp 167-192.

PDN/UR grant

Fazeeha, A., and Lund, R. (2010) Eastern Fish are still singing, Does anyone listen? Self-perception and identity on Social inclusion of Youth, in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. In Herath, D., Hoglund, K., Schulz, M., and Silva, K.T (eds) Post War Reconstruction in Sri Lanka. Prospects and Challenges, ICES, Kandy, pp 233-250

University consortium research output

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Fazeeha, A., and Lund R. (2022) Women adjusting their sails: The role of motility in women’s livelihood strategies in a fishing village in Tamil Nadu, India. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, 43(3) 1-16.

Fazeeha, A., (2021) Small scale fishers and transformative potentials of fisheries policies in Cambodia, India and Sri Lanka, Vidyodaya Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 6(1), 156-173.

Discussing Sri Lanka

Fazeeha, A. (2021) Some fish do cry in the land of singing fish, FemAsia Asia Women’s Journal, 25th April. 2021

https://femasiamagazine.com/some-fish-do-cry-in-the-land-of-singing-fish/

Fazeeha, A. (2021) Blue Justice Alert: Xpress pearl disaster closer to the pearl of Indian Ocean. Too BIG To Ignore, Global partnership for Small Scale Fisheries Research.

http://toobigtoignore.net/blue-justice-alert-x-press-pearl-disaster-closer-to-the-pearl-of-indian-ocean/

Fazeeha, A., (2020) Brinjals and Drumsticks: Gendered diaspora tourism experience of Sri Lankan origin Tamils in Norway, Modern Sri Lanka Studies, xi (2), 77-97.

Research based on the Tamil diaspora community in Trondheim, Norway

Fazeeha, A (2020) Between the sea and the land: small scale fishers and multiple vulnerabilities in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka Journal of Social Sciences, 43(1), 7-22.

Publication based on the post doctoral project

Fazeeha, A., Lund, R., Rao, N., and Manimohan, R. (2020) Mobility as Mediator of Well-being: Vulnerable Female Heads of Fisher Households and Precarity in South-India. Gender Place and Culture, 27(4).1-22 DOI: 10.1080/0966369X.2020.1739003 https://doi.org/10.1080/0966369X.2020.1739003

Publication based on the postdoctoral project

Fazeeha, A., (2018) Female Heads of the Households Making Livelihoods in Protracted Displacement in Sri Lanka. Journal of Internal Displacement, 8(2), 5-19.

Funded by the University Research Grant

Azmi, F., Brun, C. and Lund, R. (2017) Between Exclusion and Political Engagement: Voices of youth from post-war Sri Lanka, South Asia @LSE

http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/southasia/2017/01/18/between-exclusion-and-political-engagement-voices-of-youth-from-post-war-sri-lanka/

Fazeeha, A. (2015) Changing place attachment and Belonging among IDP women in Mandalakkudha welfare camp in Kalpitiya in the district of Puttalam, Sri Lanka: Implications for durable solutions for IDP issues. Modern Sri Lanka Studies, 4(2), 84-122.

Funded by the University Research Grant

Azmi, F., Brun, C. and Lund, R. (2013) Young People

Based on a collaborative research project on youth and political participation in the East in the post war period: University Consortium (PDN, EUSL, SEUSL and NTNU)

Fazeeha, A. (2013) Rural Livelihood diversification as solution for sustainable rural livelihoods in Sri Lanka: Experience of Mahaweli system H. Parliamentary Research Journal, 1(3), 22-33.

Based on the PhD research

Azmi, F. and Lund, R. (2009) Shifting Geographies of house and home-female migrants making home in Sri Lanka. Journal of Geographical Science, 57. 33-54.

Based on PhD research

Fazeeha, A. (2009) Daughters to Middle East and Sons to North and East: Changing conceptualizations of poverty in the System H of the Accelerated Mahaweli Development Project (AMDP) in Sri Lanka. Just Change, 15, 22.

Just Change, 15, 22.

Fazeeha, A. (2008) Vulnerability of Women Traders in the Thambuttegama Periodic Market, or Pola, in Sri Lanka Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific Issue (17). http://intersections.anu.edu.au/issue17_contents.htm

Based on PhD research

Fazeeha, A. (2007) Changing livelihoods among the second and third generations of settlers in System H of the Accelerated Mahaweli Development Project (AMDP) in Sri Lanka. Norsk Geographic Tidsskrift-Norwegian Journal of Geography, 61(1), 1-12.

Based on PhD research

Fazeeha, A. (2007) Middle East Migration, Women’s empowerment and changing gender roles in a peasant colonization scheme in Sri Lanka. Modern Sri Lankan Studies, 2(2), 77-100

Based on PhD research

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Arambepola, S.K., Lokko, S and Fazeeha, M.I. (1999) Migration Trends and Industrialization in Thailand: From villages to super cities. In Ndumbaro, F. (ed.) Industrialization and its impact of Thailand: Report from Master’s Field course in Geography, autumn 1998. M.Phil. Degree in Social Change. NTNU, Trondheim, pp.59-71.

Field research, Chiangmai, Thailand

CHIEF EDITOR/EDITOR

Geographical Journal

SLAG Publication

Modern Sri Lanka Studies

Journal of the Faculty of Arts, PDN

Conferences

PGIHS Research Symposium, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

Jayathilaka, D.M.S.C.D.M., and Azmi, F. (2022, Dec. 16), Reflection of Territorialization over the Landscape: A Case Study in Bundala [Conference presentation abstract].

University of Peradeniya

2022

International Conference on Climate Change and Disasters , Department of Geography, Government College University

Fazeeha, A., (2023) Challenges of incorporating Gender Equality Disability and Social Inclusiveness (GEDSI), approach in the National Disaster Management Plan of 2023-2030- Sri Lanka: A review research. 2nd .

, Lahore, Pakistan

October 5th to 6th-2023

Annual University Research Sessions

Fazeeha, M.I. (2000) Urban poverty and poor housing qualities, Annual University Research Sessions University of Peradeniya Sri Lanka.

University of Peradeniya

2000

Annual University Research Session

Fazeeha, M.I. (2002) Mismatch of Education among recently recruited graduates, Annual University Research Session, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Vol.7.

University of Peradeniya

2002

Globalization risks and resistance in rural economies and societies. XI World Congress of Rural Sociology

Fazeeha, A. (2004) Women’s contribution to household livelihood strategies in a dry zone peasant colonization scheme in rural Sri Lanka., Globalization risks and resistance in rural economies and societies. XI World Congress of Rural Sociology, Trondheim, Norway

Trondheim, Norway

2004

NORASIA conference

Fazeeha, A. (2004) Negotiating for a living: struggles of survival in system H of AMDP in Sri Lanka, NORASIA conference (September 9 -11), Bergen Norway.

Bergen, Norway

2004

International Geographical Union (IGU), Conference

Fazeeha, A. and Lund, R. (2007) Shifting Geographies of house and home- female migrants making home in Sri Lanka. International Geographical Union (IGU), Conference (23rd -26th November), Taiwan.

Taiwan

2007

Place, Livelihood and Vulnerability

Fazeeha, A., (2008) Breaking vicious cycle: Female headed households and their struggles to escape poverty in system H of the Accelerated Mahaweli Development Project (AMDP) in Sri Lanka. Place, Livelihood and Vulnerability: 27th March, 2008, Trondheim, Norway.

Trondheim, Norway.

2008

National Geography conference

Fazeeha, A. (2009) Gender and Generation in Mahaweli. Geography for the Millennium: National Geography conference, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

University of Peradeniya

2009

Sri Lanka conference on Peace and Development

Fazeeha, A., and Lund, R. (2009) Researching youth in Eastern Sri Lanka: Contested meanings, Discourses and lived realities. Sri Lanka conference on Peace and Development, (23-25 August 2009), Hotel Tourmaline, Kandy, Sri Lanka.

Kandy, Sri Lanka

2009

NUFU Annual Workshop, 2009

Fazeeha, A., (2009) Critical understanding of youths’ citizenship and participation. NUFU Annual Workshop, 2009, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka

Batticaloa, Sri Lanka

2009

Peradeniya University Research Sessions

Fazeeha, A., (2010) Changing geographies of home among IDP women In Sri Lanka. Proceedings of Peradeniya University Research Sessions, Sri Lanka, Vol 15.pp 838-840.

University of Peradeniya

2010

Annual International Conference 2011. The Geographical Imagination, (31st August- 2nd September), London. Royal Geographical Society with IBG.

Fazeeha, A., Brun, C. and Lund, R. (2011) Inclusive Citizenship and gendered participation - Perceptions of Youth in Eastern Sri Lanka. Annual International Conference 2011. The Geographical Imagination, (31st August- 2nd September), London. Royal Geographical Society with IBG.

London, UK

2011

The First International Conference on the Social Sciences and Humanities. (16th -17th December), University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Fazeeha, A (2011) Challenges of fully accomplishing Millennium Development Goal (MDG) Scorecard on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment by 2015 in Sri Lanka. Proceedings: The First International Conference on the Social Sciences and Humanities. (16th -17th December), University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

University of Peradeniya

2011

PURSE-University of Peradeniya

Fazeeha, A. (2012) Changing place attachment and belonging among internally displaced women in the Mandalakkuda welfare camp in the district of Puttalam: Implications for durable solutions for IDP issues. PURSE, Vol. 17, 269

University of Peradeniya

2012

"Workshop 1: Women’s Migration From and Across Asia for Work: Histories, Emotions and Relationships. Workshop held in Malaysia (8th – 9th August)

Fazeeha, A (2014) Fish crying in water: Stories of Internally displaced women’s migration to the Middle Eastern countries from Sri Lanka. Presented at "Workshop 1: Women’s Migration From and Across Asia for Work: Histories, Emotions and Relationships . Workshop held in Malaysia (8th – 9th August)

Kualampur

2014

"Child poverty, youth (un)employment and social inclusion" (19th-21st November), Athens, Greece

Fazeeha, A (2014) Understanding youth poverty in post war Eastern Sri Lanka. Presented at the workshop on "Child poverty, youth (un)employment and social inclusion" (19th-21st November), Athens, Greece

Athens, Greece

2014

Gender, Conflict and Security: Perspective from South Asia, (23rd and 24th April) South Asian University, New Delhi.

Fazeeha, A and Thuvaraka, R (2015) War widows and post war livelihoods: Exploring the challenges faced by war widows in Northern Sri Lanka: A case study from Karaichi in the District of Kilinochchi. Paper presented at the Gender, Conflict and Security: Perspective from South Asia, (23rd and 24th April) South Asian University, New Delhi.

New Delhi

2015

The International Conference on the Social Sciences and Humanities. (27th and 28th July)Faculty of Arts University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

Fazeeha, A (2016) Proceedings: Living with vulnerabilities: Exploring Gendered vulnerability to Tropical Cyclone Winston in a Fijian village.The International Conference on the Social Sciences and Humanities. (27th and 28th July)Faculty of Arts University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

University of Peradeniya

2016

Geography Seminar at the Department of Geograpy

Fazeeha, A (2017) Gendered mobility, poverty and vulnerability reduction in fishing communities in Cuddalore (India) and Batticaloa (Sri Lanka) (13th March), Geography Seminar at the Department of Geography, NTNU, Norway.

Trondehim , Norway

2017

Geography Seminar Series, Department of Geography, NTNU, Norway

Fazeeha A., (2018) Migration poverty reduction and well-being in fishing communities in Cambodia, India, and Sri Lanka through policy net 12.11.2018, Department of Geography Seminar Series, Department of Geography, NTNU, Norway

Norway

2018

ICES conference on Labour's precarity

Fazeeha, A., Lund, R., Rao, N., and Manimohan, R. (2018) Well-being and Motility of Female Heads of the Households in Vulnerable and Precarious Situations: The case of a fishing village in South India. Presented at the ICES conference on Addressing Labour’s Precariousness in Sri Lanka and Beyond (1-2nd February), Colombo, Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

2018

AAG 2018

Fazeeha, A., Lund, R., Rao, N., and Manimohan, R. (2018) Mobility as Mediator of Well-being: Vulnerable Female Heads of Fisher Households and Precarity in South-India, (10th -14th April) AAG, New Orleans, USA

New Orleans, USA

People and the Sea Conference, Amsterdam

Fazeeha, A., Lund, R., (2019) Female headship and exclusion from small-scale fishing in the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. (24-28 June 2019) People and the Sea Conference, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Netherlands

2019

7th Geography Conference NGC 2021. Sri Lanka Association of Geographers

Fazeeha, A., (2021) Women fishers well-being in the land of singing fish. (Re) negotiating space, environment and society: Proceedings of the 7th Geography Conference NGC 2021. Sri Lanka Association of Geographers. Colombo. Pp 41-45

Sri Lanka

2021

Specialization

Gender and Climate change

Small scale fishers

Urban cultural heritage

Youth and political participation

Tourism

Post war development

Migration

Qualitative Research

Gender and Development

Teaching

GGY4071 - Marine and Coastal Economies

Geography

To Present

GGY213 - Economic Geography

Geography

2008-2019 - To Present

GGY 498 - Dissertation Proposal Writing

Geography

2018 - To Present

GGY404 - Geography of Poverty

Geography

2018 - To Present

GGY 482 - Tourism Geography

Geography

2018 - To Present

GGY3021 - Geographical Research Methods

Geography

2021 - To Present

GGY 1004 - Human Geography

Geogrpahy

2008 - To Present

Research Interests

Gender issues, poverty, Transnational migration, mobility, forced migration, internal displacement, Post war development, political issues, urban housing issues, livelihood changes, youth and political participation, citizenship and tourism

Ongoing Research and Projects

Research on the intersections between gender and hate speech experienced by women, girls and gender and sexual minorities online and offline

The proliferation of hate speech, further exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic, represents an unprecedented challenge for our societies. The United Nation strategy and action plan on Hate speech defines Hate Speech as “any kind of communication in speech, writing or behaviour, that attacks or uses pejorative or discriminatory language with reference to a person or a group on the basis of who they are, in other words, based on their religion, ethnicity, nationality, race, colour, descent, gender or other identity factor.” Although hate speech has always existed, its ever-growing impact fueled by digital communication can be devastating not only for the specific individuals and groups that are targeted, but also for societies at large. It may expose those targeted to discrimination, abuse including violence, but also social and economic exclusion. When left unchecked, expressions of hatred can even harm social cohesion, peace, and development, as it lays the ground for conflicts and tensions, wide scale human rights violations, including atrocity crimes. As part of the UN’s effort to tackle hate speech, the United Nations Population Fund and the UNWOMEN are conducting a gender analysis of hate speech trends, in terms of the identity of instigators, targets/victims, audiences and challengers, and of the impact of the hate speech.

Forging our path: Formulating an Organic definition of women/girl child headed households in war affected districts of Sri Lanka

Women Heads of Households (WHH) remain one of the most complex groups, identified in recent times (post-war) as one of the most vulnerable social groups in present day Sri Lanka that is dominated by a patriarchal values system. The island’s post-independence history of war, violence and conflict, its present continuing challenges due to altered forms of transgressions and violence, and new challenges in facing a pandemic and sustaining a battered economy along with future social, political and economic phenomena brings to notice the ever-present challenges Sri Lankan women face. This acts as a precursor for the impact such issues will have on women such as WHHs who lay in the fringes of the power-dynamic structure of society. Along with such are other contributing factors in the form of physical and mental disabilities, sexual bribery and violence, drugs proliferation, predatory microfinance schemes, lack of representation at policymaking level and the lack of legal and wellbeing support networks. Priorities for WHH wellbeing include the security, safety, dignity in treatment, financial and social security, socio cultural economic and political rights of these women and the guarantee of a better future for their children. This WHH group significantly includes minority women, women affected by war and women living under extreme poverty.

Prevention of trafficking and unsafe migration to Middle East in the tea plantation sector in Sri Lanka

This project seeks to develop a nuanced understanding of safe migration and human trafficking in the plantation sector. This qualitative study will interview migrant workers, returnees, and their families in Badulla, Matale and Nuwara Eliya to investigate the factors and consequences of labour migration in the plantation sector. The findings and recommendations will seek to fill gaps in evidence in relation to the plantation sector and safe migration. The findings will be used to create a stakeholder dialogue on the issue and develop an appropriate policy response. .