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Prof. Steven Ratuva
An Award-winning Political Sociologist Global Interdisciplinary Scholar,
Director of the Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies,
University of Canterbury,
New Zealand.
Professor Steven Ratuva, an award-winning political sociologist and global interdisciplinary scholar, is Director of the Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies. He was awarded the 2020 Metge Medal by the Royal Society of New Zealand -Te Apārangi, the country’s highest award in social science research excellence. He was also co-winner of the 2019 University of Canterbury research medal, the university’s highest academic honour. He became the first Pacific Islander and foreign national to win both esteemed and highly contested awards. He is also recipient of a number of research grants by Marsden, NZ Health Research Council, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and others, totaling a few million dollars.
He was a recipient of a Fulbright Senior Fellowship and was Fulbright professor at the University of California (LA), Duke University and Georgetown University in 2018. He is Chair of the International Political Science Association research committee on Security, Conflict and Democratization and former President of the Pacific Islands Political Studies Association. He has transdisciplinary across sociology, anthropology, political science, development studies, economics, philosophy and history. With a PhD from the Institute of Development Studies (University of Sussex), he has published widely on a range of issues Pacific societies and culture, indigenous knowledge, development, conflict, peace, political change, coups, memory activism, social solidarity economy, social protection, elections, ethnicity, security, military, affirmative action, COVID-19, social indexes, indigenous knowledge, climate security and nationalism.
Conference Convener

Mr. Isanka P. Gamage
The International Institute of Knowledge Management (TIIKM),
Sri Lanka
Hotline: +94 715 589 870 /
+94 777 379 779
Tel: +94117992022
Email: isanka.gamage@tiikmedu.com
Conference Secretariat

Ms. Natashya Kodithuwakku
#531/18, Kotte road, Pitakotte, Sri Lanka.
Tel: +94 117 992 022
Hotline: +94 76 573 3737
Email: info@thesocialstudies.co
Scientific Committee
Scientific Committee Members

Dr. Ali Saberi
Iranian Researchers Network,
Iran

Dr. Vincent La Placa
University of Greenwich,
United Kingdom

Dr. Madhubhashini Galagedarage
Open University of Sri Lanka,
Sri Lanka

Dr. Aini AzeqA Marof
University Puthra Malaysia,
Malaysia

Dr Farhan Abdul Rauf
Our Own Public Health Institute,
Afghanistan

Dr. P. Rajkumar
Madurai Kamaraj University,
India

Dr. Oliver Chan
City University of Hong Kong,
Hong Kong

Dr. Zisopoulou Eleni
International Hellenic University,
Greece

Assist. Prof. Dr. Thanapauge Chamaratana
Khon Kaen University,
Thailand

Dr. Mussarat Jabeen Khan
International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan

Dr. Victor H Mlambo
University of Johannesburg,
South Africa

Dr. Kalaitzi Christina
International Hellenic University,
Greece

Dr. Rabia Ali Gul
International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan

Dr Eric Niyitunga
University of Johannesburg,
South Africa

Dr. Surayya Mukhtar
International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan

Dr. Listia Natadjaja
Universitas Kristen Petra,
Indonesia

Dr. Asma Rashid
International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan

Dr. Dalila Gharbaoui
University of Canterbury,
New Zealand

Dr. Ahmed Babatunde Adeosun
Hussaini Adamu Federal Polytechnic,
Nigeria

Dr. Fouzia Ajmal
International Islamic University,
Pakistan

Dr. Yasir Nawaz Manj
University of Sargodha,
Pakistan

Dr. Uqbah bin Muhammad Iqbal
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia,
Malaysia

Dr. Dimitris Dimitriadis
International Hellenic University,
Greece

Dr. Tejwant Mohabeer
Mauritius Institute of Education,
Mauritius

Dr. Neelam Rana
Noida International University,
India

Dr. Rasheedul Haque
MAHSA UNIVERSITY,
Malaysia

Asst. Prof. Archana Patnaik
Indian Institute of Technology,
India

Dr. Mrs. K.R.N. Harshani
Rajarata University of Sri Lanka,
Sri Lanka

Assoc. Prof. Sataporn Roengtam
Khon Kaen University,
Thailand

Dr. Amrat Haq
International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan

Assist. Prof. Dr. Rakchanok Chamnarnmark
Khon Kaen University,
Thailand

Dr. Sadaf Zamir Ahmed
Air University Islamabad,
Pakistan

Dr. Syed Akmal Hussain Shah
International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan

Prof. Danie Meyer
University of Johannesburg,
South Africa

Dr. Konstantinou Zoi
International Hellenic University,
Greece

Dr. Maria Stamatoglou
International Hellenic University,
Greece

Dr. Suli Vunibola
University of Canterbury,
New Zealand
If you would like to be considered to serve on the Scientific Committee, please submit the Official Reviewer Application.
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- The International Institute of Knowledge Management
- #531/18, Kotte road, Pitakotte.
- +94 11 799 2022 / +94 76 573 3737
- isanka.gamage@tiikmedu.com
- www.tiikm.com