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Department of Political Science

University of Peradeniya

Prof. Upul Abeyrathna

Head, Department of Political Science

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About Me

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Education

PhD in Political Science

Department of Political Science, Bangalore University, Bangalore

2010

MPhil in Political Science

Department of Political Science, University of Peradeniya

2005

BA in Political Science

Department of Political Science, University of Peradeniya

1992-1996

Current Positions

Head - Department of Political Science

2021 - To Present

Professor of Political Science - Department of Political Science, University of Peradeniya

24 November 2016 - To Present

Positions Held

Senior Lecturer (Grade I) - Department of Public Policy, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka,

1st June 2011 - 31st October 2016.

Senior Lecturer (Grade II) - Department of Economics, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka

1st June 2005 - 31st May 2011

Lecturer - Department of Economics, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka

1st January 1999 - 31st May 2005.

Assistant Lecturer - Department of Political Science, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

15th October 1996 - 31st of January 1999.

Visiting Lecturer, Masters Degree Programme in Conflict, Peace and Development Studies - conducted by Tribuvan University, Nepal, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka

2010 - 2011

Visiting Lecturer - Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, on Basic introduction to Social Studies, Democracy and Good Governance and Political Systems of the World

2005

Visiting Lecturer - Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka on Foundational Module on Social Harmony

2006

Visiting Lecturer - Political Academy, National Youth Services Council of Sri Lanka

1999

Deputy Proctor - Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka

December 2011 - November 2017.

Member of Senate - University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, nominated by the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences,University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka

December 2011 - 2014

Coordinator - Computer Centre of Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka

2011 - To Present

Secretary - Committee for Writing the Proposal on Improving Relevance and Quality of University Education (IRQUE) Improvement of Social Harmony Component, University of Ruhuna, Matara

2004 - To Present

Chairman - the teachers Association of Faculties of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka

2010 - 2011

Faculty Coordinator - Conflict Study Centre, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka

2004 - 2007

Member - Public Representation Committee for new constitution, Government of Sri Lanka

2016

Resource Person, - training workshop for journalist in Badulla District, USAID, office of Transition Initiatives Program, Ampara, Sri Lanka.

11th December 2004 - 13th December 2004

Resource Person - peoples Dialog program, Presidential Secretariat, Sri Lanka.

2000 - 2005

Resource Person - feedback Program on Subject for External Degree Candidates, External Examination Unit, University of Ruhuna

1999

Student Counselor - University of Ruhuna, From November

2000 - 2002

Resource Persons - National Integration Programme Unit, Ministry of Ethnic Affairs, Sri Lanka

1997 - 2002

Member - committee for Strategy and Planning, Ministry of Constitutional Affairs, Sri Lanka

1997 - 2001

Awards

Commonwealth Scholarship - Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Government of India

2007 – 2010

Gate Mudliyar A.G. Tillekeratne - Post Graduate Research Fellowship awarded by University of Peradeniyya

2000

Rt. Rev. C.L.Wickramasinghe Prize, 1999, for the best performance at the final examination in Arts (Political Science) - University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

1996

Honorary Citizen of Nebraska - United States of America

2011

Honorary Citizen of Lincoln - United States of America.

2011

Publications

BOOKS

Politics of Poverty Alleviation in Sri Lanka: Public Policy and Beneficiary Organizations

LAMBERT Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. KGHeinrich-Bocking-Str.6-8 (In English) 2011

Kantavanata Prajatantravadi Praveshayak, (A Democratic Intitiative for Women)

Co-author, Saviya Development Foundation, Galle. (In Sinhalese) 2011

Palat Palanaayathana, (Local Government Institutions)

Vikalpa Pratipatti Kendraya, Colombo. (In Sinhalese) 2007

Sahabagitva Sanvardanaya: Janasaviya Vedapilivela (Participatory Development: Janasaviya Programme)

Supun Graphic, Colombo. (In Sinhalese) 1997

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

The Annotated Bibliography on Sri Lankan Discourse on Peace and Conflict

(Contributor) The Netherlands Institute of Relations ‘Clingendael’ Maharagama. 2004

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Co-author, “Revolutionary Idealism and Parliamentary Politics: A study of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (Pepole’s Liberation front) in Sri Lanka

Special Issues, No. 01 December, 2010(In English)

Participatory Development and Policing the Poor: A study of National Poverty Alleviation Programme in Sri Lanka

Vol 29(3) BiiSs Journal, Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies, Pp: 302-304. (In English) 2008

Rajya Paripalana Vidyave Vikasaya: Venasvana Paradimanena Adhyanayak: (Evolution of the study of Public Administration: A study of Changing Paradigms)

Vimasuma, Pp. Department of Sociology, University of Ruhuna. (In Sinhalese) 2011

Rajya Paripalanaya: Vishay Kshetraya ha Maata Kalina Prvanata(Public Administration: Scope of the Discipline and Recent Trends)

Samajeeya Vidya Vimarshana, Vol.01 Samajeeya Vidya Adhyana Kenraya (In Sinhalese) August 2000

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Participatory Development and Government: A study of Implementer- Beneficiary Syndromes,

10 Academic Session, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka. 2011

Poverty Alleviation in Sri Lanka: A Study of Policy Impact on Political Behavior

9th Academic Session, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka. 2010

Co-author, Physical Intimidation and Discourse of Deceive: A Study of Political Violence at the University of Ruhuna,

Second Academic Session, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka. 2004

PUBLISHED IN ABSTRACT FORM

Role of Civil Society Organizations and Politicians in Disaster Management in Sri Lanka: A study of post-tsunami Rehabilitation Work

(Co-author) 10 Annual Conference on Sri Lankan Studies. 2005

Poverty, Public Policy Implementation and the politics of the beneficiaries: A study of Samurdhi Movement of Sri Lanka, Culture and Society in a Colonial Context

Leonard Woolf Memorial International Conference, University of Ruhuna, University of Ottawa and Sri Lanka Studies Network. 2004

War and Ethnic Identity in an Ethnically Mixed Village Community in Panama Village in the Ampara District of Sri Lanka

9th International Conference on Sri Lankan Studies, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka p. 114. 2003

Responses of Majority Community to the Ethnic Conflict in a Multi Ethnic Society: A Study of the Present Conflict of Sri Lanka

(Co-author) 9th International Conference on Sri Lankan Studies, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka p. 114. 2003

CHIEF EDITOR/EDITOR

Review of Humanities and Social Sciences

(Editor in Chief) , University of Ruhuna. 2011

Research Interests

Public Policy Management

Minority Politics

Poverty

Transnational studies

Power Rivalry in the Indian Ocean