Department of Geography

Ms. Uthpala Iranjani Mudalige

Lecturer (Probationary)

Department of Geography
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Education

PhD (Reading)

Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

M.Sc. Geographical Information Systems (GIS)

School of Geography, University of Leeds, UK

2023

M.Sc. Natural Resource Management

PGIA, University of Peradeniya

2017

B.A. Geography

Department of Geography, University of Peradeniya

2013

Current Positions

Lecturer (Probationary) - Department of Geography, University of Peradeniya

2021 - To Present

Positions Held

Assistant Lecturer - Department of Geography, University of Peradeniya

2013 - 2015

Academic Sub-Warden - Sangamitta Hall, University of Peradeniya

2013 - 2015

Awards

Commonwealth Shared Scholarship - University of Leeds and Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, UK

2022

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Mudalige U, Carver S. Unveiling Sri Lanka’s Wilderness: GIS-Based Modelling of Wilderness Attributes. Land. 2024; 13(4):402.

https://doi.org/10.3390/land13040402

PUBLISHED IN ABSTRACT FORM

Iranjani, H.M.U. (2021) Placing the displaced: A study of people’s attachment to the environment. Presented at the International Symposium on Rebuilding Communities after forced Displacement (regard), Organized by the University of Lund-Sweden, University of Huddersfield-UK, University of Central Lancashire-UK, Tallinn University of Technology-Estonia, and the University of Colombo-Sri Lanka.

Iranjani, H.M.U. (2019) The impact of national forest and timber policies on the rural wood-based manufacturing sector. Presented at the Peradeniya University International Research Sessions (iPURSE).

Research Interests

Participatory GIS

Counter-mapping

GIS and Environmental Modelling

Wilderness Mapping