K. Amirthalingam is a Senior Professor attached to the Department of Economics, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka and a Co-Director of the Migration & Displacement stream under UKRI GCRF Gender, Justice and Security Hub. His research interests are displacement, migration, public finance, and Sri Lankan economy. On the GCRF Hub, Amirthalingam is pursuing one project: gender and forced displacement. Amirthalingam is a researcher for several projects including IDRC funded “Involuntary Resettlement: A Cross Country Study on Urban Inequality” and “Poverty and Diasporas in Conflict Settings: Neglected Agents of Change”. His work has appeared in leading journals such as Journal of Refugee Studies, Disasters, Migration and Development.
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 2789 | |
| ResearchGate | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kopalapillai_Amirthalingam2 |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
The Right to Adequate Housing Following Forced Evictions in Post-Conflict Colombo, Sri Lanka
| Authors | Michael Collyer, Kopalapillai Amirthalingam, Danesh Jayatilaka |
| Year | 2017 |
| Book Title | Geographies of Forced Eviction | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Financing of internal displacement: excerpts from the Sri Lankan experience
| Authors | Kopalapillai Amirthalingam, Rajith W. D. Lakshman |
| Year | 2010 |
| Journal Name | Disasters | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |