‘Harini Amarasuriya Social & Ethnographic Research Lab:’Much Ado About Nothing?

(This essay was initially published in The Island on 05 November 2025: https://island.lk/harini-amarasuriya-social-ethnographic-research-lab-much-ado-about-nothing/) As I listened to the Prime Minister, Dr. Harini Amarasuriya at University of Colombo on 28th October 2025, she noted that research symposiums, conferences, and academic publications across the country’s universities have expanded in…