Received Sylff fellowship in 2020
Academic Supervisor: Professor Yamada Mitsuru
Current Affiliation: Kyoritsu Women's University
A.M. Rashika Saman Kumari Abesinghe, Ph.D., serves as a junior researcher at Waseda Institute of Political Economy, Waseda University. She also employes as a consultant for AFRIEL, a non - governmental organization focused on reconciliation with its headquarters in Sri Lanka and as a lecturer at Kyoritsu Women's University, Japan. Rashika earned her BA in criminology from the University of Sri Jayawardenepura, Sri Lanka and her MSS in criminology from the Dhaka University, Bangladesh. She received her second master's and doctoral degree from the Waseda University, Japan. Her main research interests include positive peace development, peace education and gender.
Academic Achievements, Social Engagement Initiatives
Doctor in Philosophy in Social Sciences, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Waseda University, 2021-2024.
Master in Arts in Social Sciences, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Waseda University, 2019-2021.
Master in Social Sciences in Criminology, Department of Criminology University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2016- 2018
Bachelor of Arts in Criminology, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Sri Jayawardenepura, 2010-2015
Land Ownership Initiative for the Eastern Tami Families in Post Conflict Sri Lanka : 2023-2025
Recipient of SYLFF Research Grant, 2025
• Community Healing Project ; Families for Displaced Persons in North Eastern Sri
Lanka : 2023- 2024
• The Awareness Campaign for the Right to Information and Transitional Justice in
collaboration with AFRIEL, Sri Lanka 2023-2024
• Volunteer; “HOPE 87” Bangladesh for the educational development of street children
in Bangladesh 2016.
• Volunteer; “Bangladesh Prathibandhi Foundation” for the educational and skill
development of the children in special needs, 2016.
