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SLSSRC-South Asia Regional Fellowship Program:
Winners from Sri Lanka
Three researchers from Sri Lanka, Oscar Amarasinghe, University of
Ruhuna; Nalani Hennayake, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka and
Jagath Munasinghe, University of Moratuwa are among the eighteen
winners of the 2005/06 South Asia Regional Fellowship Program of the
SSRC(USA). The general theme for this year was “ The Long 50s.
SLSNET congratulates their achievement and also expects them to be a
source of inspiration for their peers.
For more information visit: http://sarn.ssrc.org/sarfp/yr4theme.shtml
South SARFP of SSRC is usually announced in early months of the year.
Visit http://sarn.ssrc.org/sarfp/
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10th ICSLS Update
10th ICSLS
organizers have received 225 abstracts for consideration for
presentations. Proving the ICSSL tradition, paper submissions show
diversity in subject disciplines as well as that of the institutional
affiliation of contributors. Abstracts are being reviewed.
Organizing activities are handled by five sub-committees that are
assigned the responsibility of different conference activities. Each
sub-committee is chaired by a member of the national organizing
committee while international advisory committee members from Sri Lanka
also extend their fullest support to the 10th ICSLS Coordinator.
Registration details are now available at the conference homepage.
For more details visit 10th ICSLS Homepage http://www.kln.ac.lk/10thicsls/index.html
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Young Researchers’ Corner
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NSF-SL and CARP-SL Research Funding for 2006
National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka and Council for
Agricultural Research Policy usually publish calls for research
funding in national newspapers in November and December. Applications
are closed in end of January. Keep your proposals handy and watch for
news.
Visit NSF Website: http://www.nsf.ac.lk
Visit fCARP Website: http://www.slcarp.lk
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Graduate Training Opportunities: German Academic Exchange Service
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is continuing its aid
program for the areas in South Asia that were worst hit by the tsunami
by introducing new scholarships to enable the training of experts about
how best to act when a catastrophe hits. Supported financially by the
German Foreign Office, the DAAD will be sponsoring stays in Germany for
graduates, doctoral students and scientists from India, Indonesia,
Thailand, and Sri Lanka who would like to carry out further studies or
research in such fields as the geosciences, ecology, medicine and,
crisis and conflict management. The deadline for applications for 2006
is 30th November 2005. Also learn how they can help you in
reaching your career goals.
German Academic Exchange Service Homepage: http://www.daad.de/deutschland/index.en.html
Useful Books on
Research Methods and Academic Writing
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Research Methods in Social Sciences
Bridget Somekh and Cathy Lewin ( Manchester Metropolitan University)
December 2004
Sage (India): Vistar Imprint
ISBN: 8178294931
This comprehensive and wide-ranging volume brings together the
experiences of leading researchers from across the social science
disciplines. It discusses the process of social research, its design,
its sponsorship, its funding, the role of the researcher, and the
ethical issues with which she/he must engage. It also addresses the
major theories relating to research methods and examines the different
types of social research ranging from those of a fundamental kind to
more applied and policy-focused work.
Publisher's
Website: http://www.indiasage.com/browse/book.asp?bookid=880&Subject_Name=&mode=1
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The Academic’s Guide to Publishing
Rob Kitchin: National University of Ireland at Maynooth and
Duncan Fuller: University of Northumbria, Newcastle-upon-tyne, UK
This definitive guide to successfully publishing social science
research demonstrates that completing a project is only the first phase
of research. Dissemination is the second phase, and it requires
specific skills and knowledge. The book explains the different ways in
which research can be disseminated: in journals, books, reports, the
Internet, popular media, and conferences; demonstrates how the
structures, practices and procedures involved work—making them easily
understood and transparent; and situates research in the larger and
changing context of higher education.
Professor Rob Kitchin is the Director of the National Institute for
Regional and Spatial Analysis of the National university of Ireland,
Manooth and also Professor of Human Geography
Visit Prof. Kitchin’s academic homepage: http://www.nuim.ie/nirsa/people/admin/kitchin.shtml#publications
Dr. Duncan Fuller is Lecturer in Human Geography within the Division of
Geography at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Visit Dr. Fuller ’s academic homepage: http://northumbria.ac.uk/sd/academic/sas/staffbiog/geog/duncanf/
July 2005
Sage (India): Vistar Imprint
ISBN: 817829592X
Publisher's
Website: http://www.indiasage.com/browse/book.asp?bookid=929&Subject_Name=&mode=1
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The Essential Guide to Doing Research
Zina O’Leary: University of Western Sydney
This book is a comprehensive and practical guide to understanding and
embarking upon social science research. Adopting an accessible and
logical approach, the book encourages students to understand, think
about, and engage with every aspect of doing research.
It is based on the premise that just being able to make sense of, or
even being a scholar of methods, is not enough to `do’ research. The
author stresses that all good research is a `thinking game’ and that
research needs to be accompanied by a constant assessment of one’s work
with a view to making the best possible decisions for obtaining
credible data and trustworthy results. To that end she invites readers
to think for themselves about the research methods that are best suited
to their project.
July 2004
Sage (India): Vistar Imprint
ISBN: 8178294923
Publisher's
Website: http://www.indiasage.com/browse/book.asp?bookid=879&Subject_Name=&mode=1
[ * ]
Your Research Project: A Step-by-Step Guide for the First-Time
Researcher ( 2 Ed.)
Nicholas S R Williman: Oxford Brookes University
This new edition of a bestselling book even better with the addition of
a number of new features whilst retaining all the benefits of the
original. Will be a very useful guide to understand the research
process and lay the foundations for a new research.
Chapters include: Research and the Research Problem, Information,
and How to Deal with It, Types of Research, Nature and Use of Argument,
More about the Nature of Research, Research Quality and Planning,
Research Methods, Honesty and Research Ethics, Preparing the Research
Proposal and Starting to Write.
June 2005
Sage (India): Vistar Imprint
ISBN: 8178295407
Publisher's
Website: http://www.indiasage.com/browse/book.asp?bookid=915&Subject_Name=&mode=1#abt
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Resources for Researchers
[
* ] Modern Sri Lanka
Studies: A Journal of the Social Sciences
Modern Sri Lanka Studies: A Journal of the Social Sciences is a journal
of contemporary work in Social Sciences in Sri Lanka. The
publication of this well known journal is being reviewed.
The journal based at the University of Peradeniya had its last issue in
1997.
MSLS publishes articles on current research and theoretical
developments on any discipline within Social Sciences related to Sri
Lanka. It aims an international audience. Articles relating to
Humanities will also be considered for publication provided that they
have shown their relevance and applicability to the Social
Sciences. Reviews of articles published in other journals
and reviews on contemporary books on Sri Lanka are also
considered for publication. All articles/review articles/book reviews
will be reviewed by a member of the editorial board and two outside
experts in the relevant fields.
Paper submission guidelines: http://www.slageconr.net/slsnet/journals/modernsrilankastudies.pdf
Please make e-mail inquiries through srilankastudies@gmail.com
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Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Each year some 800 faculty and professionals from around the world
receive Fulbright Scholar grants for advanced research and university
lecturing in the United States.
Individuals who meet the eligibility requirements apply for grants
through the Fulbright commission/ of Sri Lanka.
Read more about Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program. visit:
http://www.cies.org/vs_scholars/
[ * ]
Ethnic Studies Report Past Issues Now Online
The Ethnic Studies Report (ESR), an internationally-circulated research
journal on ethnicity, ethnic conflict and related issues is produced in
January and July every year and is in its 18th year of publication. The
ESR is abstracted in International Political Science Abstracts,
Sociological Abstracts, PAIS International in Print and ICSSR Journal
of Abstracts and Reviews. Past issues of ESR (1997-2002) is currently
available for downloading as PDF files.
Visit ESR Homepage : http://www.ices.lk/publications/esr.shtml
International Center for Ethnic Studies Homepage: http://www.ices.lk
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Teaching
and Learning Resources
[
* ] Humanities Net
H-Net is an international interdisciplinary organization of scholars
and teachers dedicated to developing the enormous educational potential
of the Internet and the World Wide Web. H-Net is based at the Center
for Humane Arts, Letters, and Social Sciences Online, Michigan
State University. The site offers a guide to edited websites that
publish web sites publish peer reviewed essays, multimedia
materials, and discussion for colleagues and the interested public.
Humanities Net Homepage: http://www.h-net.org/
[ * ]
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Since September, 1995, this resource is managed by the Metaphysics
Research Lab of the Center for study of Language and Information,
Stanford University, USA. The site adopts the principle of
dynamic reference work, and each entry is maintained and kept up to
date by an expert or group of experts in the field. All entries and
updates are refereed by the editors before they are available to the
public. The main site in the US is accompanied by three mirror sites in
Australia, the UK, and the Netherlands.
Homepage: http://plato.stanford.edu/
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Organizational Profile
[ * ] Wayamba University of
Sri Lanka
Wayamba University of Sri Lanka belongs to the third wave of building
blocks to the national university system in Sri Lanka. In early 1990s
affiliated university colleges were established to improve access to
education at the regional level and to offer a curricula that suits
more to the modern world. Northwestern Province Affiliated University
College was upgraded to the university status in 1996 as the Wayamba
Campus of the Rajarata University and was offered independent
university status in 1999.
Wayamba University today has four faculties, Agriculture and Plantation
Management, Livestock. Fisheries and Nutrition, Business Studies and
Finance and Applied Sciences. The university has focused its research
capacity to solve problems in the area showing how a community
can benefit by closer access to a university.
Recently launched Wayamba University Homepage: http://www.wyb.ac.lk
[ * ] British
Association of South Asian Studies
The British Association of South Asian Studies (BASAS) is a
professional association for scholars working on countries of South
Asia and South Asian Diaspora. Membership includes academics in
British universities and others who are interested in the region.
Since 1987, BASAS organized an annual conference on South Asia. And
publishes BASAS Bulletin Newsletter to disseminates current news. BAS
has installed annual Nirman Foundation Lecture on topics of key
interest and also awards a prize to the best student paper presented at
its annual conference. The journal, Contemporary South Asia publishes
its annual BASAS issue since 2003.
BASAS Homepage:
http://www.basas.ac.uk/
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University of New England Asia Centre (UNEAC)
Established in July 1992, the University of New England Asia Centre
(UNEAC) recognizes the long and extensive expertise and experience of
Asia within the UNE. The center closely works with the Asia
Studies Program of the university and facilitates teaching and research
on Asia. The center also offers scholars of Asia from other
institutions formal academic attachment as affiliated fellows, also
manages UNEAC Research Fellowship aimed at attracting to the Centre
sabbatical and other visiting scholars working on Asia facilitating
stays upto three months. UNEAC Asia Papers is a peer reviewed
electronic journal publishing recent research on Asia.
The center’s current activities includes coordination of “
SouthAsiaNet” , an electronic focal point on academic activities on
South Asia and plays a key role in the South Asian Studies Association
of Australia (SASA), and its refereed journal, South Asia.
Visit UNEAC Homepage: http://www.une.edu.au/asiacenter/
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Conference Announcements
[ * ] Eighth
International Meeting of the Society for Social Choice and Welfare.
13 -17 July 2006, Istanbul, Turkey.
The conference solicits papers in all areas related to the ethical and
positive aspects of welfare economics and collective choice theory.
Co-authored papers should be submitted by the author who intends to
present the paper. Please note that each participant may present at
most one paper in the contributed sessions. Papers or extended
abstracts must be submitted before March 15, 2006, through the
electronic submissions page of the conference website.
Conference Homepage: http://scw2006.bilgi.edu.tr/default.asp
[ * ] The 19th
European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies (ECMSAS)
27–30 June 2006 in Leiden, the Netherlands.
The conference will be hosted by the Department of South Asian Studies
at Leiden University with organizational assistance from the
International Institute of Asian Studies (IIAS). The organizers
has approved 39 panels approved and there is a chance os new panels
accepted. Deadline for sending abstract is 1 March 2006, and a limited
number of travel grants will be available for paper presenters and/or
panel organizers from developing countries.
More details: http://www.iias.nl/iias/show/id=51103
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After the Tsunami: Human Rights of
Vulnerable Populations
Laurel E.
Fletcher, Eric Stover, and Harvey M. Weinstein (eds.)
Publisher: Berkeley: Human Rights Center, University of California,
Berkeley
And Honolulu: East-West Center
Publish Date: October 2005
ISBN: 0-9760677-1-4
After the Tsunami: Human Rights of Vulnerable Populations is based on
interviews conducted by research teams in March and April 2005 with
hundreds of tsunami survivors, government officials, human rights
activists, and aid workers in five tsunami-affected countries—India,
Indonesia, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, and Thailand.
(Available for downloading free of charge)
Publisher's
Website: http://www.eastwestcenter.org/res-rp-publicationdetails.asp?pub_ID=1961
Chapter on Sri Lanka
Download at: http://www.eastwestcenter.org/stored/misc/AfterTsunami09SriLanka.pdf
[ *
] Balancing Irrigation and Hydropower: A Case Study
from Southern Sri Lanka
Molle, F.;
Jayakody, P.; Ariyaratne, R.; Somatilake, H. S.
Construction of Samanalawewa Reservoir and diversion of water from the
main river course of Walawe River for power generation has led to a
conflict between the farmers of Kaltota Irigation Scheme and the Ceylon
Electricity Board. This study analyses the conflict and proposes
solutions for better use of water.
Research Report 94
2005
International Water Management Institute (IWMI).
Colombo, Sri Lanka:
ISSN 1026-0862
ISBN 92 9090 607 3
Full Paper
(PDF format) : http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/pubs/pub094/RR94.pdf
[ *
] Locating the Poor: Spatially Disaggregated Poverty
Maps for Sri Lanka.
Amarasinghe,
U.A.; Samad, M.; Anputhas, M.
The study generates poverty maps for Sri Lanka at sub-district level to
identify the poor and their locations and demonstrates the use of
poverty maps in understanding causes of poverty and in geographical
targeting of poverty-alleviation interventions.
Research Report 96
2005
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Colombo, Sri Lanka:
ISSN 1026-0862
ISBN 92 9090 617 0
Full Paper
(PDF format) : http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/pubs/pub096/RR96.pdf
[ *
] Input Output Tables for Sri Lanka - 2000
D. Amarasinghe
and Jayatilleke S. Bandara
This publication contains: the Input-Output table of the Sri Lankan
economy for the year 2000 at producer prices, the inverse of the basic
Input-Output Table, a separate import matrix, a detailed procedure of
compilation of Input-Output tables, reconciliation of Input-Output
tables with the Sri Lankan National Accounts and also offers a
description of the economy in the year 2000.
June 2005
Institute of Policy Studies of Sri lanka
Macroeconomic Policy Series No. 16,
Publisher's
Website: http://www.ips.lk/publications/latest_publications.html
[ *
] Sri Lanka 's National Accounts 1950 – 2002
Terrence Savundranayagam
This study fills a vacuum in the available estimates of National
Accounts by presenting a long term comparable series of Gross National
Product and Gross National Expenditure measured at both current and
constant prices. In addition, it presents for the first time, long term
estimates of important components of the National Accounts such as
Capital Formation, Consumption and Savings, while setting out and
evaluating the sources and methods used in the estimates.
May 2005
Institute of Policy Studies of Sri lanka
Macroeconomic Policy Series No. 15,
Publisher's
Website: http://www.ips.lk/publications/latest_publications.html
[ * ] An Overview of the External Debt
Situation in Sri Lanka
Palitha
Pathberiya and Albert Wijeweera
Outstanding external debt of Sri Lanka has mounted to a staggering
level of US$ 10 billion in 2003. Using data from the last five decades,
this paper suggests that the capacity to service external debt is
becoming a difficult task in the face of deteriorating terms of trade,
mounting current account deficit, depreciating local currency value,
heavy dependency on imports and tightening borrowing conditions.
Authors also find that Sri Lanka should not be too complacent about its
external debt situation although it has received much needed foreign
debt assistance in the form of debt write offs and debt moratoriums
from its creditors after tsunami in December 2004.
2005
UNEAC Asia Paper 9
Full Paper
(PDF format) : http://www.une.edu.au/asiacenter/UNEAC_Asia_Papers_9.html
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