News & Knowledge Entrepreneur at Ashoka Foundation
Sri Lanka
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- News & Knowledge Entrepreneur at Ashoka
- Special Advisor at ICT4Peace Foundation
- Head, ICT and Peacebuilding at InfoShare
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- The University of Queensland
- Delhi University
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Sanjana Hattotuwa’s Summary
Sanjana is a Senior Researcher at the Centre for Policy Alternatives and Head of ICT and Peacebuilding at InfoShare, located in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He read English as an undergraduate in Delhi, India and was awarded an Advanced Masters in Conflict Resolution and International Relations from the University of Queensland, Brisbane with a Dean’s Commendation for High Achievement. With significant research and field experience supporting civil society processes for conflict transformation, Sanjana is widely recognised as a leader in the design and integration of ICTs and new media in peacebuilding, media freedom and human rights advocacy.
Sanjana is a Special Advisor to the ICT4Peace Foundation, based in Geneva, Switzerland. Through the Foundation, Sanjana works to strengthen the use of ICTs in crisis information management and peacekeeping initiatives at the United Nations. Also a Fellow of the Center for Information Technology and Dispute Resolution at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, Sanjana contributes to advocacy on Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) with a special focus on the integration of mobiles and the expansion of ODR theory and practice to embrace the challenges of peacebuilding.
In 2008, Sanjana was the first Sri Lankan to be awarded the prestigious News & Knowledge Entrepreneur Fellowship from the US based Ashoka Foundation in recognition of his work to leverage citizen journalism and online media to strengthen human rights, peace and reconciliation.
Sanjana is the founding editor of Groundviews (www.groundviews.org), an award-winning web based citizen journalism initiative now recognised domestically and internationally as one of the most vital sites for critical dissent in Sri Lanka. He writes frequently to traditional print and web media in Sri Lanka and internationally.
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Sanjana Hattotuwa’s Honors:
Rotary World Peace Scholar
