Dr.

R. W. IIangasingha

Senior Lecturer Grade II

Department of Business Administration

risini@sjp.ac.lk

BIO

Dr Risini Ilangasingha is a Senior Lecturer in Business Management and Organisational Behaviour at the Department of Business Administration. She received her PhD from the Faculty of Business and Law of the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia. Dr Ilangasingha graduated with a first class in her B.Sc. Business Administration (Special) degree and completed her M.Sc. in Management at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. She is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK.

TEACHING INTERESTS

  • Business Management
  • Organizational Behavior
  • Qualitative Research Methods

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Gender
  • Identity and Work
  • Organizational Space and Place
  • Feminist Human Geography
  • Qualitative Research Methodology

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Queensland University of Technology, Australia (2023)
  • Master of Science in Management, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka (2015)
  • Business Administration (Special) Degree, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka (2009)

AWARDS & HONOURS

  • Executive Dean’s Commendation for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis for 2023, Queensland University of Technology, Faculty of Business and Law
    Awarded by Queensland University of Technology, Faculty of Business and Law

PUBLICATIONS

Journal Article

Spas in the Socio-Cultural Geography of Sri Lanka: Interrogating the Social Space of Spas through Lefebvre’s Spatial Triad

2023 Vidyodaya Journal of Management

Ilangasingha, Risini W; Grant-Smith, Deanna; Mayes, Robyn

Conference Paper

Becoming a Masseuse at the Place Called the Spa; A Narrative Analysis of the Lives of Masseuses in the Geographic Context of Sri Lanka

2022 Gender, Work and Organization Conference, Bagota, Colombia

Risini Ilangasingha

Conference Paper

The Threatened Existence of Cooperatives Under Neo-liberal Economic Conditions in Sri Lanka

2021 Decent Work in the 21st Century Research Symposium, Brisbane, Australia

Ilangasingha, R.; Samarasinghe, V.

Conference Paper

Corporate Social Responsibility and Vulnerable Local Community: A Case from a Developing Country Context

2021 Decent Work in the 21st Century Research Symposium, Brisbane, Australia

Alahakoon, Yasanthi; Samarakoon, Gayani; Ilangasingha, Risini; De Peiris, Nayomi

Conference Paper

Aestheticized Work Environment, Spirituality and the “Seduced” Manager: Breaking the silence of aestheticization of managerial life in Sri Lanka’s corporate sector

2017 The 10th Critical Management Studies Conference, Liverpool, UK

Ilangasinha, Risini; Jayawardena, Dhammika

Consultancy Work

Academic Consultancy - Centre for Media and Information Literacy

2025.01.17 - 2025.05.30

A consultant to the research project on Cyber Gender-Based Violence and Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights of the undergraduates of the state universities of Sri Lanka.

MEDIA APPEARANCES