Dr. Kanchana N. Ruwanpura

Profile

Academic position	Full Professor
Research fields	Human Geography,Asian Studies,Economic Policy, Applied Economics
Keywords	South Asian Studies, Feminist Economics, Labour Studies, Human Geography, Development Studies
Honours and awards	2023: Bromanska Fellowship, Bromanska Foundation, Sweden 2023: Clarence Ayres Prize: Awarded to an international scholar for outstanding scholarship in Institutionalist Thought by AFEE (Association for Evolutionary Economics) 2020: France-ILO Chair Fellowship, Institute of Advanced Studies - Nantes, France 2020: Max-Weber Stiftung ICAS: MP Fellowship Delhi, India (declined) 2019: Humboldt Research Fellowship (Return), Göttingen University, Germany (academic host: late Stephan Klasen) 2018: Best Paper award from Progress in Development Studies 2013: Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore 2011: Visiting Fellowship, Centre for South Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh 2005: Rhonda Williams Prize by Feminist Economics and the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) to a young feminist scholar. 2003: Humboldt Research Fellowship, University of Munich, Germany (academic host late Stephan Klasen) 2002: Frauinitiative Stiftung Fellowship (Declined), Germany 2001: Dorothy Leet Fellowship, International Federation of University Women. 2000: Cambridge Political Economy Trust Award, Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge 2000: Sparke Fund Research Studentship, University of Cambridge 1999: Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Fellowship Award, University of Cambridge 1998: Allen, Meek and Read Trust Award, University of Cambridge 1998: International Fellowship American Association of University Women 1998: Marion Kennedy Research Studentship, Newnham College, Cambridge 1998: Suzy Paine Travel Fund, University of Cambridge 1993: Omicron Delta Epsilon: Economic Honor Society 1991: International Student Scholarship. William Smith College, USA

Current contact address

Country	Sweden
City	Gothenburg
Institution	University of Gothenburg
Institute	Human Geography

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Stephan Klasen	Seminar für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München
Prof. Dr. Srirupa Roy	Centre for Modern Indian Studies (CeMIS), Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen
Start of initial sponsorship	01/05/2003

Programme(s)

2002	Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2006	Kanchana N. Ruwanpura: ' Postcolonialism Meets Economics by Eiman O. Zein-Elabdin and S. Charusheela.' [Book Review] . In: Review of Radical Political Economics, 2006, 144-147
2006	Kanchana N. Ruwanpura: Child Rights: An Enabling or Disabling Right? The Nexus between Child Labour and Poverty in Bangladesh . In: Journal of Developing Societies, 2006, 359-378
2006	Kanchana N. Ruwanpura: Conflict and Survival: Sinhala Female-Headship in Eastern Sri Lanka. In: Asian Population Studies, 2006, 187-200
2006	Kanchana N. Ruwanpura and Neloufer De Mel: Gendering the Tsunami: Women's Experiences from Sri Lanka. ICES & UNICEF, 2006
2006	Kanchana N. Ruwanpura: Matrilineal Communities, Patriarchal Realities: A Feminist Nirvana Uncovered. University of Michigan Press, 2006
2005	Kanchana N. Ruwanpura: Children Supporting Households: Views and Perceptions of Female-Heads. In: Ronnate Asirwatham and Prashan Thalaysingham, Poverty and Social Conflict in Sri Lanka: Integrating Conflict Sensitivity into Poverty Analysis. CEPA/IMCAP, 2005. 93-118
2005	Kanchana N. Ruwanpura and Jane Humphries: Mundane Heroines: Conflict, Ethncity, Gender and Female Headship in Eastern Sri Lanka. In: Randy Albelda, Susan Himmelweit, and Jane Humphries, Dilemmas of Lone Motherhood. Routledge, 2005. 173-205
2004	Kanchana N. Ruwanpura: Dutiful Daughters, Sacrificing Sons: Female headed households in Eastern Sri Lanka. In: DOMAINS, 2004, 8-37
2004	Kanchana N. Ruwanpura: Exploring the links of Multi-Discrimination: Considering Britain and India . International Institute for Labour Studies, 2004
2004	Kanchana N. Ruwanpura with Pallavi Rai: Forced Labour: Definitions, Indicators, and Measurements.. ILO, 2004
2004	Kanchana N. Ruwanpura and Jane Humphries: Mundane Heroines: Conflict, Ethnicity, Gender, and Female Headship in Eastern Sri Lanka. In: Feminist Economies, 2004, 173-205
2004	Kanchana N. Ruwanpura: Quality of Women´s Employment: A Focus on the South. ILO/Institute for Labour Studies, 2004
2003	Kanchana N. Ruwanpura and Jane Humphries: Female-Headship in eastern Sri Lanka: A Comparative Study of Ethnic Communities in the Context of Conflict. International Labour Office, 2003
2003	Kanchana N. Ruwanpura: The Survival Strategies of Sinhala Female-Heads in Conflict-Affected eastern Sri Lanka. International Labour Office, 2003
2001	Kanchana N. Ruwanpura and Claire Harasty: Employment Creation and Striving for Egalitarian Gender Relations through Social Funds: The case of Madagascar and Zambia. In: International Labour Office, Social Funds Revisited: Focusing on the Employment and Gender Dimensions. ILO, 2001. 87-108
2001	Kanchana N. Ruwanpura: Introduction: Structural Adjustment, Gender and Employment-The Sri Lankan Experience. In: International Labour Office, Structural Adjustment, Gender and Employment: The Sri Lankan Experience. ILO, 2001. 1-15
1999	Kanchana N. Ruwanpura: Sri Lankan Women´s HDIs: The Holy Grail of Women´s Well-Being - Notes from a Feminist Standpoint. In: PRAVADA, 1999, 21-24
1994	Kanchana N. Ruwanpura: Structural Adjustment Policies and its Impact on Women, Ethnic Minorities and Low-Income Groups. In: United Nations Development Program, Human Development Report 1994. Oxford University Press, 1994.