UoM Research Week 2022

The University of Moratuwa organised the Research Week 2022 for the second consecutive year from 1st-9th December, with the theme ‘Connecting Academics, Practitioners and Society: Towards Crisis Resilient Research Frontiers.’ All faculties of University of Moratuwa (Graduate Studies, Architecture, Business, Engineering, Information Technology and Medicine) with the Office of Research took part in the event. As University of Moratuwa is celebrating its Golden Jubilee this year, this event also witnessed reminiscing on research in the past 50 years as well.

There were number of events organised during the Research Week. The Keynote speech at the inauguration was delivered by the Professor Priyan Dias, reflecting on the research at Moratuwa University over the past 50 years. A dedicated day for the Postgraduate researchers were also allocated during the research week on 5th December. 3MT thesis competition organised during the Postgraduate Day attracted the interest of many research students. One of the highlights of the event was the showcase of research work of staff and undergraduate students on 6th and 8th December. Many school children from Colombo also visited the research showcase on these days.

During the research week, two panel discussions were also held; one specifically focusing the research scholars on the theme of ‘How to become and effective researcher’ and the other along the theme of ‘How we need to do research differently to bring a wider socioeconomic impact to Sri Lanka.’ With parallel to the research week, three conferences of the Architecture, Business and Information Technology were also held during this week. Further, the monthly research events of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, ‘Research Lounge’, ‘Lighthouse Talk’ and the ‘Inaugural Lecture’ were also aligned during 1st-9th December, making the UoM Research Week meaningful.

Research Digest

UoM Research Week 2022 was organised together with;

FARU 2022, 15th International Research Conference

ICITR 2022 7th International Conference on Information Technology Research

International Conference on Business Research

ERU Research Symposium

Research Week 2022 recordings

**Watch the session recordings from UoM RW2022 here**
Inauguration of Research Week 2022 and Keynote Speech by Prof. Priyan Dias	Keynote Speech 02: Prof. Ranjith Senaratne, Chairman-NSF
Panel Discussion "How we need to do research differently at the University: to bring a wider socioeconomic impact to Sri Lanka"	Panel Discussion "How to become an effective researcher?"
Fireside chat by Dr. Ranga Rodrigo, and Mr. Asitha Kulasekara	3MT Thesis Competition
Use of Grammarly and Writefull Software for Better Manuscript Preparation: Prof. Mahesh Jayaweera	Improving your social media presence : Dr. SurangikaRanathunga
Inaugural Lecture of Prof. Gamini Lanarolle and Concluding Ceremony of Research Week 2022	Research Lounge: Research publication journey: Autoethnographic experience