Assistant professor International Institute of Social Studies Academic staff unit
- Location
- Burg. Oudlaan 50, Rotterdam
- jayasundara@iss.nl
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Profile
My research and teaching focuses broadly on the inter-connections of Governance, Development, Violent conflict and Peace(building). More specifically, I am interested in politics of war and peace, state building, trauma and psychosocial healing in post-war contexts, war economy, dynamics and challenges in post-war transitions, security sector reform in post-war scenarios, civil-military Relations, external interventions in fragile and conflict areas, visual peace research, nexus of media and violent conflict and gender and security.
South Asia and Sri Lanka are my main geographical areas of specialization, but I have developed thematic expertise on conflict and peace in other geographical areas as well.
I hold a PhD in Development Studies from International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands, MA Degree in Conflict Transformation from Eastern Mennonite University, Virginia, USA, Graduate Certificate on Peace Research from Oslo University, Norway and BA (Hons.)in International Relations from University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- Jovana Jeremic & Shyamika Jayasundara-Smits (2022) - Long after Dayton: a journey through visual representations of war and peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Southeast European and Black Sea Studies - doi: 10.1080/14683857.2022.2035486 - [link]
- Shyamika Jayasundara - Smits (2020) - Tamil diaspora activism in the post-liberal international order: navigating politics and norms - Globalizations - doi: 10.1080/14747731.2020.1850403 - [link]
- Shyamika Jayasundara-Smits (2020) - EU and gender-security sector reform in Ukraine and Mali: a picture is worth dozens of policies! - European Security, 30 (1), 85-111 - doi: 10.1080/09662839.2020.1825218 - [link]
- Shyamika Jayasundara - Smits (2018) - From Revolution to Reform and Back: EU-Security Sector Reform in Ukraine - European Security, 27 (4), 453-468 - doi: 10.1080/09662839.2018.1523145 - [link]
- Shyamika Jayasundara - Smits (2018) - Bracing the wind and riding the norm life cycle: inclusive peacebuilding in the European capacity building mission in Sahel–Mali (EUCAP Sahel–Mali) - International Peacekeeping, 6 (3), 233-247 - doi: 10.1080/21647259.2018.1491683 - [link]
- Shyamika Jayasundara - Smits (2018) - Lost in transition: linking war, war economy and post-war crime in Sri Lanka - Third World Thematics: a TWQ journal, 3 (1), 63-79 - doi: 10.1080/23802014.2018.1473046 - [link]
- Shyamika Jayasundara - Smits (2011) - Contemporary Sinhala-Buddhist Nationalism in Sri Lanka: The Relevance of a (Neo-) Marxist Interpretation - The Open Area Studies Journal, (4), 73-85 - doi: 10.2174/18749143101104010073 - [link]
- Shyamika Jayasundara - Smits (2015) - Book review of 'Metallic Modern. Everyday Machines in Colonial Sri Lanka' - IIAS Newsletter. International Institute for Asian Studies (print), 35
- Salma Yusuf & Shyamika Jayasundara (2021) - Trends in the Judiciary Interviews with Judges Across the Globe - In Wendell C. Wallace, Michael M. Berlin & Dilip K. Das, Interview with His Lordship Justice Yasantha Kodagoda, President’s Counsel, Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka (pp. 180-192) - [link]
- Helen Hintjens, Shyamika Jayasundara & Ali Bilgic (2021) - Migration, Security and Development - In Tim Allen & Alan Thomas, Poverty and Development in the 21st Century (pp. 456-479) - Oxford University Press
- Shyamika Jayasundara - Smits (2019) - Bracing the wind and riding the norm life cycle: inclusive peacebuilding in the European capacity building mission in Sahel–Mali (EUCAP Sahel–Mali) - In M. Martin & V. Bojicic-Dzelilovic, Whole-of-Society Peacebuilding - [link] - Routledge
- Shyamika Jayasundara - Smits (2019) - Lost in transition: linking war, war economy and post-war crime in Sri Lanka - In S. Kurtenbach & A. Rettberg, War Economies and Post-war Crime - [link] - Routledge
- Shyamika Jayasundara - Smits (2018) - The Quest for Justice in Post-War Sri Lanka - In F.A. Pabon Dias, Truth, Justice and Reconciliation in Colombia. Transitioning from Violence (pp. 235-250) - doi: 10.4324/9781315148373 - [link] - Routledge
- Shyamika Jayasundara - Smits (2014) - Sri Lanka’s Civil War: What Kind of Methodologies for Identity Conflict? - In H. Hintjens & D. Zarkov, Conflict, Peace, Security and Development: Theories and Methodologies (pp. 187-202) - Routledge
- Shyamika Jayasundara - Smits (2014) - Perspectives on Social Relevance - In P.A.G. van Bergeijk & L. Johnson, Social impact @ sciences: the end of the ivory tower? (pp. 69-74) - [link] - International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)
- Shyamika Jayasundara - Smits (2011) - Chapters on Conflict handling mechanisms, Conflict Analysis, Lessons learnt in Conflict Transformation and Peace Building, peace building Concepts fro Desigining Peacebuilding Projects - In Azmiya Badurdeen, Art of Conflict Transformation;A Resource Pack - German International Cooperation (giz) Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Shyamika Jayasundara - Smits (2011) - Conflict, War and Peace in Sri Lanka: Politics by Other Means? - [link] - EADI/ DSA Conference: Rethinking Development in an Age of Scarcity and Uncertainty: New Values, Voices and Alliances for Increased Resilience
- Shyamika Jayasundara - Smits (2003) - The Dichotomy of Security: The Case of Sri Lanka - In Delhi Policy Group, Comprehensive Security in South Asia: Ethnic Dimensions - Delhi Policy Group
- Shyamika Jayasundara - Smits (2013) - In Pursuit of Hegemony: Politics and State Building in Sri Lanka - [link] - EUR
- Shyamika Jayasundara (2022) - The Rajapakse family's tighetening grip on Sri Lanka - [link] - East Asia Forum
- Shyamika Jayasundara - Smits (2020) - Sri Lanka marching towards authoritarian security politics - [link] - East Asia Forum
- Shyamika Jayasundara - Smits (2019) - President Sirisena's political war on drugs - [link] - East Asia Forum
- Peter van Bergeijk, Shyamika Jayasundara - Smits & L (Laura) Johnson (2014) - Developing social impact requires the research agenda to move beyond conventional academic boundaries. - [link] - LSE
- SMS (Shyamika) Jayasundara - Smits (29 January 2022) - The Rajapakse family's tightening grip on Sri Lanka - The Rajapakse family's tightening grip on Sri Lanka
Major SJP
- Year
- 2021
- Course Code
- ISS-SJP-21-22
3105 Research Paper Preparation
- Year
- 2021
- Course Code
- ISS-3105-21-22
4153 Cont Perspectives on Social Justice
- Year
- 2021
- Course Code
- ISS-4153-21-22
4313 Conflict, Media & Representation
- Year
- 2021
- Course Code
- ISS-4313-21-22
5401 Research Paper
- Year
- 2021
- Course Code
- ISS-5401-21-22
General Information
- Year
- 2021
- Course Code
- ISSGENERAL-21-22
4217 Conflict Analysis
- Year
- 2021
- Course Code
- ISS-4217-21-22
