Professor Champika Liyanage
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Champika started her journey with us in 2008 as a lecturer. She was able to progress through different roles here as a senior lecturer and reader to a Professor in Facilities Management. This makes her the first female Professor in our School of Engineering and Computing. She carries out many key roles here and in the School, including Co-Director for the Centre for Energy, Sustainable Development and Resilience.
Champika is the Co-director of UCLan’s Centre for Sustainable Transitions. She is the Research Degree Tutor within the Civil Engineering and Construction (CCE) side of the School of Engineering and Computing. As part of this role, she is responsible for recruiting and managing PhD students in CCE. Champika is also the MSc Dissertation Coordinator within CCE. She supports, guides and manages MSc students (in UCLan Mauritius) in Project Management and Construction Project Management courses.
Our School of Engineering and Computing was awarded the Athena SWAN Bronze Award in April 2021. It is only the second department to be awarded this accolade here. This submission was successfully led by Champika with other members of the Athena SWAN Self-Assessment Team of the school. The Athena Swan Charter is a framework which is used across the globe to support and transform gender equality within higher education and research.
Furthermore, Champika is a member of the University’s Charter Marks group. This provides a public opportunity to focus on equality strands, to celebrate successes and stretch our ambitions. Moreover, she is the Research Excellence Framework (REF) lead for Unit of Assessment (UoA) 13 on Architecture and Built Environment.
Champika is actively involved in a wide array of research relating to sustainability; facilities and infrastructure management; and capacity building in disaster resilience. She has published over 150 peer-reviewed publications (journal and conferences papers) to-date. Through sheer hard work and perseverance, she was able to access a range of opportunities and experiences, such as developing a strong international research portfolio. By securing funding, including from Horizon 2020 and EU ERASMUS+, Champika has been able to carve a research path, developing a range of internal, national and international projects and networks.
- Research Degree Tutor
- Module Coordinator and Tutor for MSc Dissertations in Project Management, Construction Project Management and Building Conservation and Adaptation courses
- Co-Director – Centre for Energy, Sustainable Development and Resilience
- REF lead for UoA13
- Member of Athena Swan Self-Assessment Team in School of Engineering and Computing
- Member of University Charter Marks group
- PhD in Facilities Management from Glasgow Caledonian University, UK in 2006
- BSc (Hons) in Quantity Surveying from University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka in 2001
- PGCert in Research Student Supervision from University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), Preston, UK in June 2013
- PGCert in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education from UCLan, Preston, UK in December 2012
- 2018, Outstanding Paper - Emerald Literati Award: For the paper titled ‘Multi-storey residential buildings and occupant's behaviour during fire evacuation in the UK: factors relevant to the development of evacuation strategies’.
- 2010, Best Paper Award - American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) 6th International Engineering and Construction Conference, Cairo, Egypt: Awarded for the paper titled ‘Sustainable construction: a conceptual framework for transforming policy into project level practice’.
- 2005, Best Paper Award - Glasgow Caledonian University, Second Scottish Conference for Postgraduate Researchers of the Built and Natural Environment (PRoBE): Awarded for the paper titled “A content analysis approach to compare different types of service providers in the control of healthcare associated infections in domestic services”
- 2004, Best Student Award - National Health Service, Scotland and the Property and Environment Forum Executive, Scotland (now known as Health Facilities Scotland) at the Annual Scottish Health Conference: Awarded for the timeliness and the quality of the PhD research
- 2002, Presidential Scholarship (former) Sri Lankan President Mrs. Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga: Awarded for the undergraduate achievements
- Facilities management
- Disaster Resilience
- Capacity Building
- Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) and Private Finance Initiatives (PFI)
- Transport Infrastructure Management
- Healthcare Facilities Management
- Performance measurement and management
- Procurement
- Innovation and Innovation diffusion
- Knowledge management and knowledge transfer
- Fellow in Higher Education Academy
- Associate Editor – Built Environment Project and Asset Management (BEPAM) Journal
- Member of the Editorial Advisory Board and Reviewer – International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment
- Reviewer – Journal of Facilities
- Reviewer – Construction Management and Economics (CME) Journal
- Apart from the above, Champika has also acted as an external advisor for Periodic Programme Review (PPR) of an MSc in Department of the Built Environment, Liverpool John Moors University, UK (2018); Independent Project Evaluator for an EU project (from 2013 - 2015), Salford University, UK; External Advisor for the college partnerships and programme approval and review committee, School of the Built Environment, University of Salford, UK (2012)
- Associate Editor, Built Environment and Project Asset Management Journal (BEPAM)
- More than 30 PhD External Examinations at: University of Salford, Glasgow Caledonian University, Liverpool John Moores, University of Bolton, University of Brighton, Coventry University, Northumbria University, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain, UiTM (Universiti Teknologi MARA), Malaysia, University Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand, etc
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- Co-Director, Centre for Sustainable Transitions - CST
- Member, Institute of Citizenship, Society and Change - ICSC
- Member, Centre for Global Development - C4Globe
- Member, Centre in Engineering
- SAFE: Strategies Aiming at Effective Fire Evacuation in Highrise Residential Buildings funded by the Home Office, UK
- Horizon 2020 DTA3 COFUND Marie Sklodowska-Curie PhD Fellowship on Developing an energy trading model to drive towards net zero carbon emissions
- BRITAE (Building Resilience in Tropical Agro-Eco Systems) funded by ERASMUS+
- University-Industry Partnerships for Disaster Resilience funded internally by HEIF (Higher Education Innovation Fund)
- REGARD (Rebuilding after Displacement) funded by ERASMUS+
- CABARET (Capacity Building in Asia for Resilience Education) funded by ERASMUS+
- ASCENT (Advancing Skill Creation to ENhance Transformation) funded by ERASMUS+
- BENEFIT (Business models for enhancing funding and enabling Finance of infrastructure in transport) funded by Horizon 2020
- Major grants:
- DTA COFUND on Energy Trading Models, 2020
- Horizon 2020 Research Grant, Approx £55,000, 2018
- BRITAE - Building Resilience in Tropical Agroecosystems, 2020
- ERASMUS+ Joint Projects Research Grants, € 1 Million (approx), 2019
- REGARD - Rebuilding AfteR Displacement, 2019
- ERASMUS+ Joint Projects Research Grants, €0.5 Million (approx), 2018
- CABARET - Capacity Building in Asia for Resilience EducaTion, 2017
- ERASMUS+ Joint Projects Research Grants, € 1 Million (approx), 2016
- ASCENT - Advancing Skill Creation to ENhance Transformation, 2016
- ERASMUS+ Joint Projects Research Grants, € 1 Million (approx), 2015
- BENEFIT - Business models for enhancing funding and enabling Finance of infrastructure in transport, 2014
- Horizon 2020 Research Grants, € 1.5 Million (approx), 2014
- CASCADE - Collaborative Action towards Societal Challenges through Awareness, Development, and Education
- ERASMUS+ Joint Projects Research Grants, €300,000 (approx), 2012
- P3T3 - Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in Transport – Trends and Theory, 2010
- EU COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) Research Grants, 2010
- Scientific Committee Member: 10th International Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction Management, 12th to 14th Dec 2019, Kandy, Sri Lanka
- Scientific Committee Member and Panel Member: 9th International Conference on Building Resilience-ICBR 09, 13th to 15th Jan 2019, Bali, Indonesia
- Scientific Committee Member: International Symposium on Tsunami and Multi-Hazard Risks, Early Warning and Community Awareness in Supporting the implementation of Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, 19th – 20th March 2020, Cinnamon Grand, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Scientific Committee Member and Panel Chair: Advancing Skills Creation for Enhancing Transformation (ASCENT) Final Conference 2019, 14th to 18th Jan 2019, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Scientific Committee Member: 9th International Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction Management, 13th to 15th Dec 2018, Kandy, Sri Lanka
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