Manori Weeratunga, PhD
Professor, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Biography
Professor K. D. Manori Sujeewani Kaluthantiri Weeratunga is a leading Sri Lankan demographer and a Professor at the University of Colombo. She specializes in population ageing, migration, fertility, and gender studies. She holds a PhD in Demography from the University of Adelaide, Australia, where she received the University Award for Doctoral Thesis Excellence.
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Professor Manori has served as Head of the Department of Demography and is currently the Director of Centre for Ageing Studies at the University of Colombo. She is also a visiting Professor at Western Sydney University, Australia. Throughout her career, she has led and contributed to numerous national and international research projects for organizations such as UNFPA, Help Age International, and the WHO.
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An accomplished researcher, she has published widely in international journals and presented at major conferences worldwide. She is an active member and Vice President of the Population Association of Sri Lanka and a life member of the Asian Population Association and IUSSP. Her work continues to shape population and ageing policies in Sri Lanka and the region.
Publications
1. Weeratunga, Kaluthantiri, M., 2024 (Co-author), Influence of Education on Post-Transitional Fertility in Sri Lanka: An Analysis of Completed Cohort Fertility, Springer.
2. Weeratunga, Kaluthanntiri, M.,2023 (Co-author), Ecological Stability and Sustainable Development in China: A Demographic Perspective, in the book China’s Development and the Construction of the Community with Shared Future Mankind, Doi: 10.1007/978-981-19-7423-6 115.
3. Weeratunga, Kaluthantiri, M.., 2021, (Co-author), Feminization of Ageing and Longevity in Sri Lanka, Asian Profile, Vol. 49, No:3
4. Weeratunga, Kaluthantiri, M., 2021, (Co-author) Elder Abuse and the Rights of Older Persons, Issue Focus, ASEM Global Ageing Centre, Vol. 2, No. 1, Spring and Summer 2021.
5. Weeratunga, Kaluthantiri, M., (2021), (Co-author), Can the Illegal Migration be Stopped? Sri Lankan Experience, Citizenship Illegal Immigration and Politics, Adhyyan Books, ISBN: 978-93-91374-69-3
6. Weeratunga, Kaluthantiri, M., 2018, (Co-author) “Transition to the New Demography of Death: The case of Sri Lanka, International Journal of Advanced Research and Review (IJARR), Volume 3 Issue 7: pg. 1-8
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7. Weeratunga, Kaluthantiri, M., 2018, “Population Ageing and Emerging Intergenerational Inequalities in Sri Lanka, International Journal of Advanced Research and Review (IJARR), Volume 3 Issue 5: Pg. 9-17
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8. Weeratunga, Kaluthantiri, M.,2018,(Co-author), Changing Nature of the Labour Force in Sri Lanka: Predicting Occupational Structures of Major Industry in Sri Lanka, International Journal of Advanced Research and Review (IJARR), Volume 3 Issue 2: Pg. 16-26
9. Weeratunga, Kaluthantiri, M., 2013, The Impact of tsunami Disaster on Demography of Sri Lanka, LAP Lambert Academic Publishing ISBN
10. Weeratunga, Kaluthantiri, M., 2010,(Co-author), “Fertility and Natural Disasters: The Case of Tsunami Disaster in Sri Lanka”, Asian Profile, Vol. 37, No.1
11. Weeratunga, Kaluthantiri M., 2009,(Co-author), “Tsunami Mortality and the Future: the case of Sri Lanka”, Asian Profile, Vol. 37, No.3
12. Weeratunga, Kaluthantiri M, 2010, Influence of Tsunami Disaster on Migration in Sri Lanka, In Lakshman Dissanayake and Edward Halpin (Eds.), Regional Development Perspectives, Kumaran Book House, Chennai and Sri Lanka, Pg. 45-71, ISBN: 978-955-659-232-0
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