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Biography

Dr. Pradeep Peiris is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Political Science and Public Policy, University of Colombo. He obtained his PhD in Political Science from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka in 2014 under the NUFU/ NOMA fellowship scheme of the University of Oslo, Norway. He has published on a wide array of subjects ranging from electoral politics to opinion polling, gender, liberal economy, and the democratic discourse in Sri Lanka. He is also Director and Treasurer of the Social Scientists’ Association in Colombo. His current teaching and research engagements focus on Political Theory, the Philosophy of Science, and Quantitative Research.

Also teach at following institutes

Philosophy of Science : University of Colombo School of Computing

Research Dissertation :Integrated Design, Faculty of Architecture, University of Moratuwa

Quantitative Techniques: Post Graduate Institute of English, Open University Sri Lanka

Comparative Politics: Faculty of Graduate Studies, Kothalawala Defense Academy

Qualifications, Fellowships and Certifications

  • Education level 2003

    BSc in Physical Science

    Faculty of Science, University of Colombo

  • PGDip. in Statistics

    Faculty of Science, University of Sri Jayewardenepura

  • PhD in Political Science

    University of Colombo

Qualifications, Fellowships and Certifications

  • Education level 2003

    Diploma in Quantitative Theory for Political Science

    University of Cape Town, South Africa

  • Education level 2002

    Diploma in Federalism

    Institute of Federalism, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

  • Education level 2001

    Diploma in Liberalism

    International Academy for Leadership, Gummersbach, Germany

Positions

  • Present2005

    Country Representative - Democracy Barometer

    State of Democracy in South Asia

  • 20032005

    Country Representative - WAPOR ASIA

    Position location

  • 20022003

    Treasurer

    Social Scientists' Association, Colombo

  • 20002002

    Member of Ethics Review Committee

    Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo

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    Member of the Editorial Board - Polity

    Social Scientists' Association (SSA)

Teaching

University of Colombo School of Computing

Integrated Design, Faculty of Architecture, University of Moratuwa

Post Graduate Institute of English, Open University Sri Lanka

Faculty of Graduate Studies, Kothalawala Defense Academy