Department of Biological and Geographical Sciences

Activities

Activities per year 1989 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2023

• 147 Oral presentation
• 131 Invited talk
• 106 Publication Peer-review
• 79 Organising a conference, workshop, ...
• 214 More
  • 70 Editorial work
  • 33 Membership of a Society or Institute
  • 28 Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
  • 20 Membership of committee
  • 19 PhD Examination
  • 18 Grant peer-review
  • 6 Membership of board
  • 5 Poster presentation
  • 3 Membership of a panel
  • 3 Membership of a working group
  • 2 Membership of network
  • 2 Other
  • 2 Visiting an external academic institution
  • 1 Consultancy
  • 1 Conference Peer-review
  • 1 Membership of council

Activities per year

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• Reprogramming Penicillium chrysogenum to produce the cholesterol lowering drug pravastatin

  Kirsty McLean (Speaker)

  19 Apr 2023

  Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk

• A Framework for Empowering Women in Disaster Risk Governance

  Kinkini Hemachandra (Speaker), Dilanthi Amaratunga (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Richard Haigh (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)

  27 Mar 2023

  Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

• A University-Enterprise Collaborative Framework for Disaster Resilience

  Kinkini Hemachandra (Speaker), Thisara Uduwarage (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Dilanthi Amaratunga (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Richard Haigh (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)

  15 Mar 2023

  Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

• Recommendations for Improved Transboundary Flood and River Governance in the Urban Ciliwung River Basin, Indonesia

  Georgina Clegg (Speaker), Richard Haigh (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Dilanthi Amaratunga (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Harkunti P Rahayu (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)

  15 Mar 2023

  Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

• Policy and Legislative Background Applicable to Tropical Agroecosystems Resilience in Sri Lanka

  Kinkini Hemachandra (Speaker), Dilanthi Amaratunga (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Richard Haigh (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Asitha De Silva (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Thisara Uduwarage (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)

  15 Mar 2023

  Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

• Re-evaluating Loricate Choanoflagellate Phylogenetics

  Martin Carr (Speaker)

  6 Jan 2023

  Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

• UK Research and Innovation (External organisation)

  Hans Hennies (Member)

  2023 → …

  Activity: Membership types › Membership of board

• Exploring the barriers that prevent integration of climate adaptation and risk reduction strategies: A desk-based approach to the challenges in coastal - urban areas of Nigeria

  Samson Mpueh (Speaker), Dilanthi Amaratunga (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Richard Haigh (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)

  8 Dec 2022

  Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

• Positioning Disaster Justice within the Sphere of Disaster Risk Governance: A stepping Stone towards Exploring Disaster Justice

  Anuradha Senanayake (Speaker), Dilanthi Amaratunga (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Richard Haigh (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)

  8 Dec 2022

  Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

• Community Participation in Local Flood Early Warning in England and Scotland: Processes, outcomes and influences

  Georgina Clegg (Speaker), Richard Haigh (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Dilanthi Amaratunga (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)

  8 Dec 2022

  Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

• Reshaping Smart Cities to foster disaster resilience

  Aravindi Samarakkody (Speaker), Dilanthi Amaratunga (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Richard Haigh (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)

  8 Dec 2022

  Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

• Integrating public health into disaster risk reduction and resilience planning: challenges and strategies for better integration

  Asitha De Silva (Speaker), Dilanthi Amaratunga (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Richard Haigh (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Taufika Ophiyandri (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Bambang Istijono (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Benny Hidayat (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Ade Suzana Putri (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)

  8 Dec 2022

  Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

• Exploring social factors that affected public health information sharing among underprivileged communities in Sri Lanka during the COVID-19 pandemic

  Thushara Kamalrathne (Speaker), Dilanthi Amaratunga (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Richard Haigh (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Ravindu Udayantha Jayasekara (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), L. Kodituwakku (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), U Ariyasinghe (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Hemantha Herath (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), P Ranaweera (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), C. Rupasinghe (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), S. Rathnayake (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Nishara Fernando (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Chandana S. A. Siriwardana (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)

  8 Dec 2022

  Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

• Incentives and enablers as a governance mechanism for implementing disaster risk management

  Shavindree Nissanka (Speaker), Dilanthi Amaratunga (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Richard Haigh (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)

  8 Dec 2022

  Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

• Developing a harmonized strategy for multi-hazard risk reduction and resilient societies in Europe

  Malith Senevirathne (Speaker), Dilanthi Amaratunga (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Richard Haigh (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)

  8 Dec 2022

  Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

• Frontiers in Dermatological Research (Journal)

  Hans Hennies (Editor)

  Dec 2022 → …

  Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial work

• Gene expression and regulation - Analysis of the transcriptome

  Hans Hennies (Speaker)

  28 Nov 2022

  Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk

• Open Biology (Journal)

  Martin Carr (Reviewer)

  24 Nov 2022

  Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication Peer-review

• British Society for Cell Biology (External organisation)

  Simon Allison (Member)

  21 Nov 2022 → …

  Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee

• International Journal of Molecular Sciences (Journal)

  Kirsty McLean (Reviewer)

  15 Nov 2022

  Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication Peer-review

• Community-Based Knowledge and Local Environment: The Scope of Disaster Risk Reduction and Mitigation

  Sidda Marakkala Asitha Thushara De Silva Nandaseela (Speaker), Richard Haigh (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Dilanthi Amaratunga (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)

  13 Sep 2022

  Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

• 5th International Workshop on Building Resilience in Tropical Agro-Ecosystems

  Dias Hemachandra (Member of programme committee)

  6 Sep 2022 → 16 Sep 2022

  Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organising a conference, workshop, ...

• 5th International Workshop on Building Resilience in Tropical Agro-Ecosystems (Event)

  Dilanthi Amaratunga (Editor), Richard Haigh (Editor), Dias Hemachandra (Editor) & Sidda Marakkala Asitha Thushara De Silva Nandaseela (Editor)

  6 Sep 2022 → 18 Sep 2022

  Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial work

• Post-Disaster Housing Performance Indicators and Criteria: A Review of Housing Regulations and Guidelines in Indonesia

  Hilda Mufiaty (Speaker), Richard Haigh (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Irin Caisarina (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Zulfikar Taqiuddin (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Masdar Djamaludin (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)

  31 Aug 2022

  Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

• Identifying the factors affecting University-Enterprise Collaborations for Disaster Resilience

  Dias Hemachandra (Speaker), Dilanthi Amaratunga (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Richard Haigh (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)

  31 Aug 2022

  Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

• Enhancing the resilience of smart cities through housing provisions

  Aravindi Samarakkody (Speaker), Dilanthi Amaratunga (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Richard Haigh (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)

  31 Aug 2022

  Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

• A weighted centrality-based scenario analysis for identifying the most suitable evacuation strategy for a tsunami hazard during a pandemic outbreak – Literature review and an expert opinion survey in Sri Lanka

  Malith Senevirathne (Speaker), Dilanthi Amaratunga (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Richard Haigh (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)

  31 Aug 2022

  Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

• Role of Financial Incentives in promoting Disaster Resilience of the housing sector

  Chrishani Shavindree Nissanka Arachchige (Speaker), Dilanthi Amaratunga (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Richard Haigh (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)

  31 Aug 2022

  Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

• A cross-sectoral, multi-stakeholder perspective on climate adaptation and risk reduction in south coastal – urban zone of Nigeria

  Samson Mpueh (Speaker), Richard Haigh (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Dilanthi Amaratunga (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)

  31 Aug 2022

  Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

• Challenges of urban agglomeration when integrating pandemic preparedness and disaster risk reduction to protect economic assets and people in the 'new normal'

  Sidda Marakkala Asitha Thushara De Silva Nandaseela (Speaker), Richard Haigh (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Dilanthi Amaratunga (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Harkunti P Rahayu (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)

  31 Aug 2022

  Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

• Evaluation of the Global Policies and Frameworks Applicable for Tropical Agro-Ecosystems Resilience

  Dias Hemachandra (Speaker), Dilanthi Amaratunga (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Richard Haigh (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Sidda Marakkala Asitha Thushara De Silva Nandaseela (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)

  18 Jun 2022

  Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

• Nature-Inspired Solutions for Disaster Risk Reduction in Coastal Regions

  Nuwan Dias (Speaker), Richard Haigh (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Dilanthi Amaratunga (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Chamindi Malalgoda (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)

  13 Jun 2022

  Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

• Mitigating Hydrometeorological Hazard Impacts through Improved Transboundary River Management in the Ciliwung River Basin

  Georgina Clegg (Speaker), Richard Haigh (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Dilanthi Amaratunga (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Harkunti P Rahayu (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)

  13 Jun 2022

  Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

• PhD Examination

  Martin Carr (Examiner)

  13 May 2022

  Activity: Examination types › PhD Examination

• International Research and Innovation Symposium on Dengue amidst the Pandemic

  Dias Hemachandra (Member of programme committee)

  16 Mar 2022 → 17 Mar 2022

  Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...

• European Network for Skin Engineering and Modeling (External organisation)

  Hans Hennies (Member)

  2022 → 2026

  Activity: Membership types › Membership of board

• Rebuilding after displacement: Identifying needs of displaced communities from the perspective of built environment

  T. Omi-Jimoh (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Champika Liyanage (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Stanley Njuangang (Speaker), Chathuranganee Jayakody (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Chamindi Malalgoda (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Dilanthi Amaratunga (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Richard Haigh (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)

  14 Dec 2021

  Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

• Private contributions to public missions for recovering forced displacements

  Felix Villalba-Romero (Speaker), Champika Liyanage (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), T. Omi-Jimoh (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Dilanthi Amaratunga (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)

  14 Dec 2021

  Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

• International Symposium on Rebuilding Communities after Displacements

  Richard Haigh (Chair) & Dias Hemachandra (Chair)

  14 Dec 2021

  Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...

• Internal displacement in Nigeria: What are the preventive measures?

  Lilian Smart (Speaker), Dilanthi Amaratunga (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Richard Haigh (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)

  14 Dec 2021

  Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

• International Symposium on Rebuilding Communities after Displacements

  Dilanthi Amaratunga (Organiser), Richard Haigh (Organiser), Chamindi Malalgoda (Organiser), Chathuranganee Jayakody (Organiser), Lilian Smart (Organiser), Nuwan Dias (Member of programme committee), Dias Hemachandra (Member of programme committee), Georgina Clegg (Member of programme committee), Sidda Marakkala Asitha Thushara De Silva Nandaseela (Member of programme committee), Malith Senevirathne (Member of programme committee) & Chrishani Shavindree Nissanka Arachchige (Member of programme committee)

  13 Dec 2021 → 14 Dec 2021

  Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organising a conference, workshop, ...

• Institutional interventions in rebuilding displaced communities

  Chathuranganee Jayakody (Speaker), Chamindi Malalgoda (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Dilanthi Amaratunga (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Richard Haigh (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)

  13 Dec 2021

  Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

• The role of social capital as post-relocation coping mechanism: A case study of Kegalle, Sri Lanka

  Anuradha Senanayake (Speaker), Nishara Fernando (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), M Fernando (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Dilanthi Amaratunga (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Richard Haigh (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Chamindi Malalgoda (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Chathuranganee Jayakody (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)

  13 Dec 2021

  Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

• The Importance of Building Resilience in Tropical Agro-ecosystems for a Sustainable Future

  Dias Hemachandra (Speaker), Sidda Marakkala Asitha Thushara De Silva Nandaseela (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Dilanthi Amaratunga (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Richard Haigh (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), D. M. N. A. Dissanayaka (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Dinushka Hettiarachchi (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Champa Navaratne (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)

  10 Dec 2021

  Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

• Drug Targeting for Tuberculosis

  Kirsty McLean (Speaker)

  7 Dec 2021

  Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk

• External Grant Reviewer

  Simon Allison (Participant)

  20 Oct 2021 → 10 Nov 2021

  Activity: Other activity types › Grant peer-review

• Community Participation in Flood Early Warning: What is it and what can it do?

  Georgina Clegg (Speaker), Richard Haigh (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Dilanthi Amaratunga (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)

  31 Aug 2021

  Activity: Talk or presentation types › Poster presentation

• hiPSC-derived epidermal keratinocytes from ichthyosis patients show altered expression of cornification markers

  Dulce De Lima Cunha (Speaker), Amanda Oram (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Robert Gruber (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Roswitha Plank (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Arno Lingenhel (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Manoj K Gupta (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Janine Altmüller (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Peter Nürnberg (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Mariya Moosajee (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Matthias Schmuth (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Johannes Zschocke (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Tomo Šarić (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Katja Martina Eckl (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Hans Hennies (Speaker)

  28 Aug 2021

  Activity: Talk or presentation types › Poster presentation

• Infection, Genetics and Evolution (Journal)

  Martin Carr (Reviewer)

  9 Aug 2021 → 21 Sep 2021

  Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication Peer-review

• British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (External organisation)

  Kirsty McLean (Member)

  1 Aug 2021 → …

  Activity: Membership types › Membership of a Society or Institute