Had the absolute privilege of contributing to this with the amazing Hope Bee ! Excited!

Excited to see this amazing collection out and OpenAccess! 🙏 to the amazing editors Kanchana N Ruwanpura 🐞💙🍀 and Amjad Mohamed-Saleem (PhD) Hope Bee and I had the pleasure of contributing to the discussion on the microfinance landscape in contemporary Sri Lanka.

Sharing some happy news😊 My PhD has been conferred🎓A massive thanks to the amazing women I met in the field, my brilliant supervisors Dr Samanthi Gunawardana (no longer on X) & Sara Niner, the wonderful Monash GPS and Monash Arts, my beautiful friends & family and everyone who helped me in this journey❤️

Discussion on 'Health Impacts of Financial Hardship and Climate Change among Agrarian Households in Sri Lanka's Dry Zone' with Gabriela Fernando, 9th September, 5.00 PM, SSA Lanka

ICYMI 🎥@ShirinMRai's keynote at #DSA2024, hosted at SOAS University of London, is now available to watch! Who does social reproductive work when you’re engaged in political work or activism? This crucial question was explored by Shirin from SOAS during her keynote speech. 📺 Watch the full

Cheers to joyous days surrounded by amazing people ♥️

Dr. Harini Amarasuriya 🥂 🥳 🙌 the new Prime Minister of #SriLanka School of Social & Political Science Edinburgh graduate! GENDER.ED @ University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh make note of this historic moment in 🇱🇰 a woman politician making it from outside political family circles @tobiaswkelly @genderpol Jo Shaw

Cheers to all the besties I met along the PhD journey 🥂♥️🎉

"In A Critical History of Women’s Health in Modern Sri Lanka Darshi Thoradeniya traces women’s health from the initial days of birth control and family planning, to development and population control, to militarisation and financialisation of women’s bodies.

📣 PhD students in social sciences: don’t miss this opportunity! 📢 The 2025 ISA Ph.D. Lab is here! ✈️🏨🥗 are covered if selected - check the call and the form application carefully!

🪙 From coins to code: the social consequences of new forms of money 🌐 📌 Join us on December 17 🗓️ at SOAS University of London #Economics to explore how digital currencies are reshaping societies, economies, and the very concept of money 💰 🔗 Info and registration ⬇️ tinyurl.com/ywkvxdwn

Check out this article by UK Geography alumni Nethmi Bathige (@nethmisachy.bsky.social)

Our first event for the year will discuss a another aspect of #lka's debt - the cost on the ground and the lived realities of communities directed affected by key post-war infrastructure and development projects for which we have incurred millions of $ worth of debt.

join Kusum Wijetilleke Dinesha Samararatne Hope Bee Rapti Siriwardane-de Zoysa, PhD Rapti Siriwardane Radhika Coomaraswamy Santhushya Fernando University Colombo in person ICES Sri Lanka on 01.24.2025 to discuss Amjad Mohamed-Saleem (PhD) and my edited 📕 with Routledge Books Routledge Politics, IR & Area Studies Dorothea Schaefter 🙏 share

📌 Join us at SOAS University of London #Economics for a discussion with with Suba Sivakumaran (UNESCAP) for a discussion on: 🌏 Bridging the Sustainable Finance Gap in Asia and the Pacific: Where Do We Go from Here? 🚀 🗓️ 27 January 🕦 5:15pm 📍 SOAS, Room G3 Info event🔗 tinyurl.com/2zws3b8j

Rest in power Michael Burawoy, legend.

a modest attempt at making sense of #SriLanka #debtcrisis by mobilizing #odiousdebt #corruptedcapitalism back to engaging with #heterodoxeconomics #OpenAccess Karl Polanyi in Sri Lanka: Odious Debt and Corrupted Capitalism tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

join Amjad Mohamed-Saleem (PhD) Rajni Gamage Nedha de Silva Missaka Hettiarachch Dominic Esler (LUMS), PremaChandra Athukorala (ANU Crawford School of Public Policy) Suji Sivasundaram (Cambridge South Asia) + Dr Samanthi Gunawardana (no longer on X) Kanishka Jayasuriya @fafner100.bsky.social ! Dorothea Schaefter Routledge Politics, IR & Area Studies CSAS South Asian Studies in Edinburgh docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

(𝐑𝐞-)𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐢 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 by 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐉𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐡𝐞 Critical Agrarian Studies Seminar 2025:02 Date: 28 May 2025 Time: 5PM-6.30PM Location: Social Scientists' Association 380/86, Sarana Road Colombo 07