| | Jayasuriya, Laksiri
| | Laksiri Jayasuriya AM, is Emeritus Professor at the University of Western Australia (UWA). Currently Honorary Senior Research Fellow at UWA, he has held a variety of academic and public appointments in the UK, USA, Australia and Sri Lanka. A graduate of the University of Sydney, Professor Jayasuriya obtained his PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK in 1959. Prior to coming to UWA, he was Dean/Social Sciences at the University of Ceylon, Colombo, Sri Lanka, in addition to holding the Foundation Chair of Sociology and Social Welfare. He held the Foundation Chair of Social Work and Social Administration at UWA for over 20 years until his retirement in 1992. At the University, he also served as the Director of the Centre for Asian Studies, and was the Chair of the West Australia Inter-University Consortium on Development Studies. He was awarded an Hon. D.Litt by the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka and also made a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Social Sciences. In Australia, he has been involved in a range of community activities in the field of social policy, welfare and particularly ethnic affairs where he has had a major involvement. In addition to research and writing extensively on multiculturalism and ethnic affairs policy, he has served on numerous government bodies and Committees of Inquiry. |
Latest Book by Jayasuriya, Laksiri
9789812103949, Changing Face of Electoral Politics in Sri Lanka, 1994-2004
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