Nireka Weeratunge

Nireka Weeratunge is Principal Investigator on the Migration and collectives/networks as pathways out of poverty? Gendered vulnerabilities and capabilities amongst poor fishing communities in Asia project at ICES. She has a PhD in anthropology from the University of Toronto, Canada and over 20 years of experience in research and development practice in the interface of gender, environment and development issues in the Asia-Pacific region. Her main areas of research are the social and cultural aspects of natural resource use, and micro/small enterprise, focusing on livelihood strategies related to poverty, vulnerability, resilience and wellbeing of rural households in fishing and farming communities. She has worked in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Solomon Islands, Philippines and Vietnam.