The Palgrave International Handbook of Action Research Dr. Godwin Kodituwakku (Chairman, Institute for Research & Development in Health & Social Care) contributed a chapter titled: “Action Research in the Sri Lankan Education System: A Historical Perspective” to Palgrave International Handbook of Action Research, which was officially published in December 2016. He is the only contributing…
Minister for Science, Technology & Research visits Our Institute The Honourable Susil Premajayantha (Minister of Science, Technology and Research) made an official visit to the Institute for Research & Development in Health & Social Care on the 1st of December 2016. The minister highly appreciated the research studies, policy work, capacity development and school based…
President’s Awards 2016 Prof. Athula Sumathipala received President’s Awards for Scientific Publication in the year 2014. The ceremony was held on the 22nd of November 2016, and graced by His Excellency President Maithripala Sirisena, and the Hon. Susil Premajayantha, Minister for Science, Technology & Research.
Ethics & the Dissemination of Research Findings A half day workshop and discussion on “Ethics & the Dissemination of Research Findings” by Ms. Anna Chiumento, a PhD student and staff member at the Institute of Psychology, Health and Society, University of Liverpool, UK, was held on 8th of November at Institute for Research and Development.…
Prof. Athula Sumathipala’s Inaugural Professorial Lecture at Keele University Athula Sumathipala, Professor of Psychiatry at Keele University and Hon Director of the Institute for Research & Development in Health & Social Care, gave his inaugural lecture at Keele’s programme of Inaugural Professorial Lectures 2015-16, on Monday, 16th May 2016. The title of his lecture is…
WHO South East Asia, Regional Strategy on Prevention of Suicide WHO SEARO, New Delhi, India 21st to 22nd April 2016 The meeting of experts for finalization of the “WHO South East Asia Regional Strategy on Prevention of Suicide” was convened by the WHO SEARO office in New Delhi. Experts from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal,…
Ethics: A friend of ResearchIntensive One Day Course on Research Ethics As the result of a popular request by the participants of the Qualitative research methods course, the Institute for Research and Development organised a one day research ethics course on the 24th of March 2016 at the Institute for Research & Development in Health & Social Care.…
4th Annual International Course on Qualitative MethodsQualitative Methods for Health and Social Care Research The 4th annual International Course on Qualitative Methods for Health and Social Care Research was held from the 9th to 13th March at the Postgraduate Institute of Management, Colombo. The course was conducted by the Institute for Research and Development in…
1st Annual Qualitative Research Symposium, 2016 The 1st ever annual symposium dedicated exclusively to qualitative research was held on the 11th of March 2016 alongside the 4th annual qualitative research course conducted by IRD. Seven research teams presented their qualitative research studies at the symposium; some of whom were previous participants of the the qualitative…
