Ny professor i kulturgeografi med fokus på ojämn utveckling, forskningsetik och feministisk politik

Innan Ruwanpura kom till Göteborg, hade hon ett stipendium vid die Universität Göttingen, Tyskland, tilldelat av the Humboldt Foundation och var även France-ILO (International Labour organisation) Chair Fellow vid the Institute of Advanced Studies, Nantes, Frankrike. Hon håller för närvarande på att färdigställa ett bokmanuskript med titeln Garments without Guilt? Global Labour Justice and Ethical Codes in Sri Lankan Apparels, som kommer att publiceras av Cambridge University Press. Utöver sin forskning hoppas hon kunna ägna sin tid åt undervisning på kurser kring ojämlik utveckling och globalisering, forskningsetik och feministisk politik.

I am excited to be joining a group of Human Geographers and be located amongst social scientists more broadly within the University of Gothenburg. To be in a place where there is a nuanced approach towards gender equity, and where the social compact both within and outside of the workplace is treated earnestly is likely to be rewarding.

It will also be enjoyable to work together with a group of development geographers, including those that work on Sri Lanka, both within Human Geography and also at the School of Global Studies. I look forward to becoming part of the University of Gothenburg and learning about Swedish culture and its respect towards the environment, feminist concerns and egalitarian politics.