Anoji Ekanayake holds a PhD in Development Studies from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. She has extensive experience in research on migrant workers and internally displaced persons. Her PhD thesis focused on the return, reintegration, and remigration of Sri Lankan migrant workers from the Gulf region.
She is currently a Senior Researcher at the Centre for Migration Research and Development (CMRD) in Sri Lanka, where she is involved in implementation research on providing psychosocial support...
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 2640 | |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6229-6888 |
| https://www.linkedin.com/in/anojiekanayake/ | |
| https://twitter.com/anoji_ek | |
| Research Gate | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anoji-Ekanayake |
Expertise
Migration processes
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Migration drivers
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Migration forms
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
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Socio-economic consequences
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Transversal consequences
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Qualitative research
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Quantitative research
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Centre for Migration Research and Development
Research Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Senior Researcher -
The Gender, Justice and Security Hub, London School of Economics and Political Science
Other, London, United Kingdom
Research Assistant -
GCRF Gender, Justice and Security Hub, LSE
Other, London, United Kingdom
Research Assistant -
Verité Research
Other, Colombo, Sri Lanka
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Monash University
University, Clayton, Australia
Research Assistant - Freelance
Research
Drivers of return of Sri Lankan migrants in the skill spectrum from the Gulf region
| Authors | Anoji Ekanayake, Anoji Ekanayake |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Asian and Pacific Migration Journal |
Gender and Forced Displacement in Humanitarian Policy Discourse: The Missing Link
| Authors | Anoji Ekanayake, Rajith Lakshman, Brad K. Blitz, ... |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Journal on Migration and Human Security |
Returning Home: A Comparative Analysis of the Experiences of Sri Lankan First- and Second-Generation Refugee Returnees from India
| Authors | Anoji Ekanayake, Anoji Ekanayake, Kopalapillai Amirthalingam, ... |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Refugee Survey Quarterly |
The economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Sri Lankan migrants in Qatar
| Authors | Anoji Ekanayake, Kopalapillai Amirthalingam |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | Comparative Migration Studies |
An empirical study of the factors that motivate Sri Lankan professionals to migrate to Qatar
| Authors | Anoji Punchikumari Ekanayake, Kopalapillai Amirthalingam |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | Migration and Development |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Impact of migration of Sri Lankan professionals to Qatar on skill acquisition and brain drain
| Authors | Anoji Ekanayake, Kopalapillai Amirthalingam |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | Migration and Development |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
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