Speaker profile
Prof Chaminda Pathirage
Prof Chaminda Pathirage is the Professor of Brownfield Research and Innovation at School of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Wolverhampton. He has over 17 years of teaching and research experience and has worked in higher education sector in the UK and Sri Lanka. Prof Pathirage has developed his specific research interest on Disaster Resilience research. He has been successful in securing research grants worth nearly £2 million and is currently the university's Principal Investigator for a £1.2Mn EPSRC funded project titled '‘A Collaborative Multi-agency Platform for Building Resilient Communities- MOBILISE’. Prof Pathirage acts as a Horizon 2020 Programme proposal Evaluation Expert, appointed by European Commission.
He has held a number of management responsibilities and leadership roles at different levels in higher education sector such as the Director of the flagship research group, the Centre for Disaster Resilience (CDR) at University of Salford, Director of Postgraduate Research studies for over 200 PhD students and Director of MSc Project Management in Construction programme. Prof Pathirage is the External Examiner for MSc Construction Project Management and MSc Project Management programmes, University of Central Lancashire, UK and MSc in Quantity Surveying programme, School of Surveying and Construction Management, Technological University of Dublin, Ireland. Prof Pathirage has published more than 100 refereed articles, graduated 15 PhD students, guest edited special journal issues and acted as the chair for the 13th International Post-Graduate Research Conference (IPGRC). He is a member of 3 journal editorial boards: International Journal of Knowledge-Based Organizations (IJKBO); Journal of Financial Risk and Management Reviews; and International Journal of Knowledge and Performance Management.