swimsc
Department of Management, Society and Communication
- Centre for Business and Development Studies (CBDS)

I am an economic geographer. My work focus on the political economy of global production networks with an emphasis on inter-firm relations, uneven development, and labour regimes. I am particularly curious about the intersection of the Global North and the Global South in governing global production networks / value chains and their development outcomes across time and space. Currently I am working on a project funded by the Danish International Development Agency (Danida) to examine climate change and value chain transition in Bangladesh. My research in this project aims to understand the concept of ‘nation branding’ and the transition to sustainable manufacturing in producing countries.
- Political economy of global production networks/value chains
- Labour regimes
- Climate change and value chain transition
- Ethical sourcing
- Sustainable development
Academic publications
Wickramasingha, Shyamain (forthcoming). "Constructing (im)perfect geographical knowledge: Negotiating positionality in comparative field sites". The Professional Geographer.
Wickramasingha, Shyamain. (forthcoming). “Work and life of Sri Lankan garment factory workers.” In: Ruwanpura, Kanchana., Abeysekera, Asha. and Mohamed-Saleem, Amjad. (eds) Handbook on contemporary Sri Lanka. Routledge, London.
Wickramasinghe, Shyamain. and Gray, Rob. (2015). “Standards of performance in the supply chain: The (un) reliability of assurance and surveillance in the garment industry.” Social Business, 5(4), 323-341.
Wickramasingha, Shyamain. (forthcoming). “Re-imagining vulnerabilities: Impact of the Covid19 pandemic on informal migrant apparel workers in Sri Lanka”. Working Paper Series. International Center for Ethnic Studies, Colombo.
Wickramasingha, Shyamain (forthcoming). “Living for the day: Informality, gender, and precarious work in the Sri Lankan apparel industry. SSA Polity.
Wickramasingha, Shyamain. (2022). “Garments without Guilt? Global Labour Justice and Ethical Codes in Sri Lankan Apparels” (Ruwanpura, Kanchana, 2022) SSA Polity.
In: Economic Geography, Vol. 98, No. 1, 2022, p. 68-90
In: Labour Regimes and Global Production. ed. /Elena Baglioni; Liam Campling; Neil Coe; Adrian Smith. Newcastle upon Tyne : Agenda Publishing 2022, p. 229-246 (Economic Transformations)
In: Geoforum, Vol. 137, 12.2022, p. 1-11
In: Global Labour Journal, Vol. 13, No. 3, 9.2022, p. 322-339
Currently no outside activities