Dr. Upali Weerakoon is a Senior Lecturer attached to the Department of Sociology, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. He has worked as a temporary lecturer in the Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Mihintale. He earned his B.A. (Hons) in Sociology from the University of Peradeniya in 1994. Subsequently, he obtained his M.Phil. in Sociology from the same university in 2002 and a PGD in Education from the Open University of Sri Lanka, Nawala, Nugegoda, in 2006. Later, he completed his Ph.D at the University of Peradeniya in 2012. His research areas are rural sociology, social issues, social work and welfare, sociology of religion, and sociology of education.