Dr. Kanchana N. Ruwanpura

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsHuman Geography,Asian Studies,Economic Policy, Applied Economics
KeywordsSouth Asian Studies, Feminist Economics, Labour Studies, Human Geography, Development Studies
Honours and awards

2018: Best Paper published in Progress in Development Studies for 2018

2014: Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore

2012: Visiting Fellowship, Centre for South Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh

2009: Mike Clark Teaching Award, University of Southampton

2005: Rhonda Williams Prize: Awarded annually by IAFFE (International Association for Feminist Economics)

2003: Humboldt/George Forster Research Fellowship: Awarded by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

2002: Frauinitiative Stiftung Fellowship (Declined)

2000: Dorothy Leet Fellowship: Awarded by International Federation of University Women.

1999: Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Award: Awarded by the University of Cambridge

1998: International Fellowship: Awarded by American Association of University Women

Current contact address

CountrySweden
CityGothenburg
InstitutionUniversity of Gothenburg
InstituteHuman Geography

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Stephan KlasenSeminar für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München
Prof. Dr. Srirupa RoyCentre for Modern Indian Studies (CeMIS), Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen
Start of initial sponsorship01/05/2003

Programme(s)

2002Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2006Kanchana N. Ruwanpura: ' Postcolonialism Meets Economics by Eiman O. Zein-Elabdin and S. Charusheela.' [Book Review] . In: Review of Radical Political Economics, 2006, 144-147
2006Kanchana 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
2006Kanchana N. Ruwanpura: Conflict and Survival: Sinhala Female-Headship in Eastern Sri Lanka. In: Asian Population Studies, 2006, 187-200
2006Kanchana N. Ruwanpura and Neloufer De Mel: Gendering the Tsunami: Women's Experiences from Sri Lanka. ICES & UNICEF, 2006
2006Kanchana N. Ruwanpura: Matrilineal Communities, Patriarchal Realities: A Feminist Nirvana Uncovered. University of Michigan Press, 2006
2005Kanchana 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
2005Kanchana 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
2004Kanchana N. Ruwanpura: Dutiful Daughters, Sacrificing Sons: Female headed households in Eastern Sri Lanka. In: DOMAINS, 2004, 8-37
2004Kanchana N. Ruwanpura: Exploring the links of Multi-Discrimination: Considering Britain and India . International Institute for Labour Studies, 2004
2004Kanchana N. Ruwanpura with Pallavi Rai: Forced Labour: Definitions, Indicators, and Measurements.. ILO, 2004
2004Kanchana N. Ruwanpura and Jane Humphries: Mundane Heroines: Conflict, Ethnicity, Gender, and Female Headship in Eastern Sri Lanka. In: Feminist Economies, 2004, 173-205
2004Kanchana N. Ruwanpura: Quality of Women´s Employment: A Focus on the South. ILO/Institute for Labour Studies, 2004
2003Kanchana 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
2003Kanchana N. Ruwanpura: The Survival Strategies of Sinhala Female-Heads in Conflict-Affected eastern Sri Lanka. International Labour Office, 2003
2001Kanchana 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
2001Kanchana 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
1999Kanchana 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
1994Kanchana 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.