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University of Ruhuna ISSN: 2706-0063
Matara, Sri Lanka

Editorial Note

“Integrated Governance for Sustainable Development in the Post Pandemic milieu” is
the theme of the Ruhuna University International Conference on Humanities and Social
Sciences - RUICHSS-2022. The Department of Economics and the Department of
Public Policy are the leading contributors to this time’s conference which is hosted for
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the 8 consecutive year.

This volume contains all the abstracts that are presented at the RUICHSS – 2022,
subdivided into five conference tracks, namely: Society, Culture and Governance,
Economics, Poverty and Development, Language, Literature, Culture and Media,
Geography, Environment and Sustainable Development, and Management and Finance.
All the abstracts have been carefully selected after a thorough pre-desk evaluation and
a comprehensive double-blind peer review process. The review panel consists of subject
experts of high calibre selected from almost all reputed universities in Sri Lanka and a
few foreign universities as well. Some abstracts underwent even triple blind reviews
followed by a post-desk evaluation. The initial number of 50 abstracts was boiled down
to 28 in our attempt to produce only the best of the best studies for the conference.

On behalf of the editorial board, I gratefully acknowledge the invaluable academic
contribution received from all the authors and the reviewers to make this conference a
success. The dedication of the editorial board including the language editors has been
instrumental in accomplishing this task within a very short period. The assistance
provided by the Publicity, Publication and Digitalization Committee is also gratefully
acknowledged on behalf of the editorial board.

Dr Nandasiri Keembiyahetti
Chair, Editorial Board, RUICHSS 2022
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
University of Ruhuna
Matara
Sri Lanka

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