Biography
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.
International Institute of Social Studies
Assistant professor | Academic staff unit
- jayasundara@iss.nl
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Work
- Anna Giulla, Shyamika Jayasundara-Smits & Mansoob Murshed (2024) - War Economies, Post-Conflict Transition and Human Trafficking - Journal of Human Trafficking - doi: 10.1080/23322705.2024.2423328 - [link]
- Sandunika Hasangani & Shyamika Jayasundara (2024) - A Material Inquiry into Paths of Peaceful co-Existence and Interethnic Harmony in Late Antiquity in Sri Lanka - Peace Review, 36 (1), 142-152 - doi: 10.1080/10402659.2023.2294075
- Georgina Gomez, N.R. Garcia, Shyamika Jayasundara-Smits & L.A. Palacios-Chacon (2024) - Transformational entrepreneurship in post-conflict economies: ex-combatants doing business (as unusual) in Colombia. - doi: 10.4337/9781035310395.00031 - [link]
- Shyamika Jayasundara-Smits & DB Subedi (2024) - Authoritarian Populist Politics, Politico-Religious Extremism, and Violence Against Women in Post-War Sri Lanka. - World Affairs, 187 (2), 1 - doi: 10.1002/waf2.12017
- Xander Creed, Zeynep Kasli & Shyamika Jayasundara (2023) - Safe for Whom? A Human Security Perspective on Nigeria as a ‘Safe Country of Origin’ - Journal of Refugee Studies, 36 (3), 359-382 - doi: 10.1093/jrs/fead002 - [link]
- Afroza Bulbul & Shyamika Jayasundara-Smits (2023) - Subverting war narrative in the purview of gender justice: Analysing Bishkanta (2015): A Liberation War documentary from Bangladesh - Studies in South Asian Film and Media, 14 (1), 19-35 - doi: 10.1386/safm_00054_1 - [link]
- Shyamika Jayasundara (2022) - An Uneasy Hegemony: Politics of Statebuilding and Struggles for Justice in Sri Lanka - doi: 10.1017/9781009199230
- 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, 22 (3), 335-360 - doi: 10.1080/14683857.2022.2035486 - [link]
- Shyamika Jayasundara (2022) - The Rajapakse family's tighetening grip on Sri Lanka - [link]
- Shyamika Jayasundara (2022) - Politico-religious extremism and violence against women in Sri Lanka: Extremism and gender-based violence in South Asia
- Salma Yusuf & Shyamika Jayasundara (2021) - Trends in the Judiciary Interviews with Judges Across the Globe - [link]
- Helen Hintjens, Shyamika Jayasundara & Ali Bilgic (2021) - Migration, Security and Development
- 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 (2020) - Sri Lanka marching towards authoritarian security politics - [link]
- Shyamika Jayasundara - Smits (2019) - President Sirisena's political war on drugs - [link]
- 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) - [link]
- Shyamika Jayasundara - Smits (2019) - Lost in transition: linking war, war economy and post-war crime in Sri Lanka - [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 (23 June 2023) - 'Conflict Compounded; Implications of the war in Ukraine on global development challenges'
- Shyamika Jayasundara (13 January 2023) - Sri Lanka's disastrous 2022 ends with a silver of optimism
- Shyamika Jayasundara (20 August 2022) - Upheaval in Sri Lanka
- SMS (Shyamika) Jayasundara - Smits (29 January 2022) - The Rajapakse family's tightening grip on Sri Lanka
2101 The Making of Development
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ISS-2101-24-25
Major SJP
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ISS-SJP-24-25
General Information
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ISSGENERAL-24-25
3105 Research Paper Preparation
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ISS-3105-24-25
4153 Cont Perspectives on Social Justice
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ISS-4153-24-25
4217 Conflict Analysis
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ISS-4217-24-25
4313 (Politics of) Media Representations
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ISS-4313-24-25
5401 Research Paper
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ISS-5401-24-25
