Menik Wakkumbura
Having experienced in the field of International Relations and Peace & Conflict Studies for more than 18 years, Dr. Menik Wakkumbura is currently serving as a Senior Lecturer at the Department of International Relations, University of Colombo. Prior to joining the University, she served as a Consultant at the Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration (SLIDA). Among the publications, she has authored two handbooks titled Peace Negotiation in International Relations (2020) and Introduction to International Security (2023) published by Colombo University Press among those edited books Applied Case Studies in Public Administration (2015) and Applied Research with Agency Partnership (2017) were published by the Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration. She has published number of book chapters and in reputed international journals. Dr. Wakkumbura is a recipient of renowned scholarships including NORAD Scholarship (2005), Norwegian Government’s Quota Scheme Scholarship (2006-2008), Australian Leadership Award (AUSAID) in 2014, Malaysian International Scholarship (MIS) (2016) and recipient of scholarship grant from National Center for Advance Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences (NCAS), Sri Lanka (2018-2020). Dr. Wakkumbura holds the PhD from University of Colombo (Sri Lanka), MPhil in Peace & Conflict Studies from University of Oslo (Norway), and BA Honors, First Class in International Relations, University of Colombo. She contributes to research, focusing her research interests on geopolitics in the Indian Ocean, International Security, International Negotiation and Peacebuilding and Reconciliation.
