Editorial Activities – Dilanthi Amaratunga

Editorial and Refereeing Activities

NERC, ESRC, EPSRC, GCRF, H2020 research panel memberships
International peer review lead (with Richard Haigh), Report on Vulnerability Assessment and Assessment of Safer Land for Resettlement, Community Landslides Risk Mitigation Project in Sri Lanka, Implemented by: National Building Research Organization, Financially Supported by The World Bank, Technical Assistance by: Asian Disaster Preparedness Center and Norwegian Geo‐Technical Institute, April 2018
International peer review lead (with Richard Haigh), Report on Identification of Potential Mitigation Measures and assessment of their Implementability, Community Landslides Risk Mitigation Project in Sri Lanka, Implemented by: National Building Research Organization, Financially Supported by The World Bank, Technical Assistance by: Asian Disaster Preparedness Center and Norwegian Geo‐Technical Institute, April 2018
International peer review lead (with Richard Haigh), Report on Review of land resettlement policies and laws applicable to the resettlement of people from disaster prone areas and recommendations, Community Landslides Risk Mitigation Project in Sri Lanka, Implemented by: National Building Research Organization, Financially Supported by The World Bank, Technical Assistance by: Asian Disaster Preparedness Center and Norwegian Geo‐Technical Institute, April 2018
International peer review lead (with Richard Haigh), Report on Preparation of a detailed action plan for landslide risk mitigation, Community Landslides Risk Mitigation Project in Sri Lanka, Implemented by: National Building Research Organization, Financially Supported by The World Bank, Technical Assistance by: Asian Disaster Preparedness Center and Norwegian Geo‐Technical Institute, April 2018
International peer review lead (with Richard Haigh), Report on the Development of the Operational Manual, Community Landslides Risk Mitigation Project in Sri Lanka, Implemented by: National Building Research Organization, Financially Supported by The World Bank, Technical Assistance by: Asian Disaster Preparedness Center and Norwegian Geo‐Technical Institute, April 2018

Joint Editor-in-chief – International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environmentnternational Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment with Emerald Group publishing, 2009 to date. This is the only journal to promote research and scholarly activity that examines the role of building and construction to anticipate and respond to unexpected events that damage or destroy the built environment. This journal is indexed in SCOPUS 2008-date
Co-Editor with Oreta, A.,Edgar, J. & Haigh, R., Localising Strategies for Making Cities Resilient to Disasters Book of Abstracts, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines & University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom, ISBN: 2599-4778. Book of Abstracts. January 2018
Co- Editor with Haigh, R. Full conference proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Building Resilience; Using scientific knowledge to inform policy and practice in disaster risk reduction in Procedia Engineering, Vol 212, Pages 1-1362 (2018) Procedia Engineering is an open access collection of conference proceedings published between 2012 and 2017, with an emphasis in core engineering disciplines, such as aerospace, chemical, civil, mechanical or structural engineering. Proceedings featured are relevant to an international audience, with a focused theme and cover timely topics. The journal is indexed in Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature.
International reviewer, Review of the current institutional mandates and organisational capacity for landslide risk management and recommendations. The World Bank. October 2017.
One of three appointed international reviewers, URBAN RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY: THROUGH PERI-URBAN ECOSYSTEMS – Integrating Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction . PROCESS GUIDANCE AND TRAINING HANDBOOK. Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN) and The Rockefeller Foundation, USA. Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group, Gorakhpur (U.P.) India. January 2018

Co-Editor with Haigh, R.,Tantanee, S., Liyanage, C., Pardthaisong, L. & Hayat, E.(Ed.) Book of Abstracts of the 7th International Conference on Building Resilience; Using scientific knowledge to inform policy and practice in disaster risk reduction, ICBR2017, 27 – 29 November 2017, Bangkok, Thailand. ISBN 9781862181533
Co- Editor, UNISDR Words into Action Guidelines on Accountability within the context of disaster risk governance. Appointed by UNISDR under the initiative towards the Development of the Sendai Framework “Words into Action” Implementation Guide for the Accountability for Disaster Risk Reduction. 2016-date
Co-Editor, UNISDR Words into Action on Construction Policy and Practice. Appointed by UNISDR under the initiative towards the Development of the Sendai Framework “Words into Action” Implementation Guide for the Construction Policy and Practice. 2016-date
Member of the Editorial Board, United Nations Words into Action on National Focal Points for Disaster Risk Reduction; National Platforms for Disaster Risk Reduction and Local Platforms for Disaster Risk Reduction. September 2016.

Partner, How To Make Cities More Resilient: A Handbook For Local Government Leaders Gencer, E. (Ed.), United Nations. 2017
Co-Editor with Hettige, S., Amaratunga, D. & Haigh, R. (2015) (Ed.) , Ensuring Accountability in Disaster Risk Management and Reconstruction Book of Abstracts , University of Colombo and University of Huddersfield 2015 , ISBN 978-1-862181-34-2
Editor in Chief, Global Assessment Report Background papers, 2015. Global Assessment Report 2015 on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR15), Making Development Sustainable: The Future of Disaster Risk Management, was launched by the United Nations Secretary General at the 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction 2015 held from 14 to 18 March 2015 in Sendai, Japan. The Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction is the UN flagship publication on global disaster risk and disaster risk management
Editorial Board Member. The International Journal of Disaster Management (IJDM). 2016-date
Editorial Board Member of Asia-Pacific’s contribution to the post-2015 Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA2). 2015
Reviewer, Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF)/ESRC. December 2016
Member of the Professorial panels – UTM, Malaysia; University of Auckland, New Zealand; University of Melbourne, Australia, Melbourne, 2010- date
Reviewer, NEWTON FUND INSTITUTIONAL LINKS and NEWTON RESEARCHER LINKS, September 2016.
Co-Editor with Haigh, R. , Rahayu, H. & Amaratunga, D. (2015) (Ed.) Development of Disaster Resilient Coastal Communities to Enhance Economic Development and Social Welfare Book of Abstracts , Global Disaster Resilience Centre, University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom & Research Center for Disaster Mitigation, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia 2015 , ISBN 978-1-862181-33-5

Co-Editor with Haigh, R. (2015), Symposium on Disaster Resilience and Built Environment Education: Celebrating Project Successes Book of Abstracts, University of Huddersfield 2015, ISBN 978‐1‐862181‐56‐4
I have been appointed as a member of the Editorial Team (by the UNISDR) on their report entitled “State of DRR at the Local Level”, The purpose of this is to encourage more research and consolidate available knowledge on the patterns of local risk reduction actions including factors that enable successful disaster resilience at local level. The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) “Making Cities Resilient” Campaign and on behalf of all its partners launched this report. The report explored a number of issues including: Drivers of Local Level DRR and resilience – The enabling environment for local DRR and resilience, and can include issues such as leadership, financing, mandate, capacity, local risk patterns or social demand from citizens; Elements of local disaster resilience and the links to a national DRR and resilience framework in particular links to local development issues; Effective local level DRR actions related to priority for action 4 under the HFA; and DRR governance including issues such as decentralization. 2014
Peer review of Asia-Pacific’s contribution to the post-2015 Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA2) consultations with countries and organizations on what the successor of the HFA -the post-2015 framework for DRR or HFA2, should look like on: “Women as a force in resilience building, gender equity in DRR”. 2014. UNISDR, Bangkok.

Co-Editor – Haigh, R., Amaratunga, D., Keraminiyage, K. & Thayaparan, M. (2014), (edited by) 4th International Conference on Building Resilience Incorporating the 3rd Annual Conference of the ANDROID Disaster Resilience Network Book of Abstracts, 2014 University of Salford, University of Huddersfield and the ANDROID Disaster Resilience Network, ISBN 978-1-907842-58-0
Co-Editor – Haigh, R., Amaratunga, D., Keraminiyage, K. & Thayaparan, M. (2014), (edited by) The full proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Building Resilience, Incorporating the 3rd Annual Conference of the ANDROID Disaster Resilience Network, A volume of Procedia Economics and Finance, Volume 18, Pages 1-976 (2014), with full open access, indexed in Science Direct by ELSEVIER (ISSN: 2212-5671).
Co-Editor – Amaratunga, D., Haigh, R., Ruddick, L., Keraminiyage, K., Kulatunga U. & Pathirage, C. (2014), CIB INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2014: W55/65/89/92/96/102/117 & TG72/74/81/83 Construction in a Changing World; Book of Abstracts; ISBN 978-1-907842-54-2 © School of the Built Environment, University of Salford, UK, May 2014
Co-Editor – Amaratunga, D., Haigh, R., Ruddick, L., Keraminiyage, K., Kulatunga U. & Pathirage, C. (2014), CIB INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2014: W55/65/89/92/96/102/117 & TG72/74/81/83 Construction in a Changing World; Full conference proceedings; ISBN 978-1-907842-54-2 © School of the Built Environment, University of Salford, UK, May 2014
Co-Editor – Hettige, S., Amaratunga, D., Hettiarachchi, S. & Haigh, R. (2014), Tsunami Recovery in Sri Lanka: Ten Years On – Book of Abstracts, 5th December 2014, Galle Face 6 Conference Hall, Galle Face Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka. University of Colombo, Sri Lanka; Global Disaster Resilience Centre, University of Huddersfield, UK; University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka;
Co-Editor – Amaratunga, D., Haigh, R., Lees, S., Perera, S., Romagnoli, F., & Thayaparan, M. (edited by) (2013), 2nd ANDROID conference, Conference Proceedings, ISBN 978-1-907842-46-7, October 2013

Co-editor – Hall, M., Amaratunga, D., Haigh, R., Ingirige, I., Keraminiyage, K., Kulatunga, U., Pathirage, C. (edited by) (2013), Book of Abstracts, International Conference on Building Resilience: Individual, institutional and societal coping strategies to address the challenges associated with disaster risk, Book of Abstracts, ISBN 978-1-907842-43-6 (c) University of Salford 2013
Co-Editor – Hall, M., Amaratunga, D., Haigh, R., Ingirige, I., Keraminiyage, K., Kulatunga, U., Pathirage, C. (edited by) (2013), International Conference on Building Resilience: Individual, institutional and societal coping strategies to address the challenges associated with disaster risk, Full conference proceedings, ISBN 978-1-907842-43-6 (c) University of Salford 2013
Member of the expert peer review panel, UNISDR Global Assessment Report 2013. This 2013 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction, From Shared Risk to Shared Value: The Business Case for Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR13), is the third biennial report coordinated by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), 2012 – 2013.
Expert Review panel member, FP7 research, European Research Agency (ERA), Environment and Security Themes.
Editorial Board Member. The International Journal of Disaster Management (IJDM).
Peer review panel member, Foresight project on Improving Future Disaster Anticipation and Resilience The Foresight Project on Improving Future Disaster Anticipation and Resilience 2012
Member of the Editorial Board, Third International Conference on Engineering, Project and Production Management, University of Brighton, UK, September 2012
Technical reviewer, Thematic Primers on “Urban Disaster Risk Management” and “Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction into Development”, The Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) with the support from the Asian Development Bank (ADB); 2011 – 2012
Reviewer – Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement, 2012 -2014

Co-editor, Amaratunga, D. & Haigh, R. (Ed.), Rebuilding for Resilience: Post-Disaster Reconstruction of the Built Environment, Blackwell Publishing
Co-editor with Barrett, P., Amaratunga, D., Haigh, R., Pathirage, C. & Keraminiyage, K, BUILDING RESILIENCE 2011: Interdisciplinary approaches to disaster risk reduction, and the development of sustainable communities and cities, Book of Abstracts, ISBN 978‐1‐907842‐08‐5, (c) University of Salford 2011
Co-editor with Barrett, P., Amaratunga, D., Haigh, R., Pathirage, C. & Keraminiyage, K, BUILDING RESILIENCE 2011: Interdisciplinary approaches to disaster risk reduction, and the development of sustainable communities and cities, Full conference proceedings, 978-1-907842-09-2, (c) University of Salford 2011
British Council expert reviewer for the INSPIRE Strategic Partnerships. 2008-2012
Member of the EPSRC proposal review panel, 2005-date
Member of the ESRC proposal review panel, 2016-date
Reviewer, Global Environmental Change, an Elsevier journal. 2005-2008
Reviewer, Disasters Journal. 2005-date

Co-editor – Barrett, P., Amaratunga, D., Haigh, R., Pathirage, C. & Keraminiyage, K. Proceedings W108 – Special Track 18th CIB World Building Congress May 2010 Salford, United Kingdom – CIB W108 – Climate Change and the Built Environment; CIB Publication 339 – CIB WORKING COMMISSION W108 ‐ CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT PAPERS AND POSTGRADUATE PAPERS FROM THE SPECIAL TRACK HELD AT THE CIB WORLD BUILDING CONGRESS 2010, 10‐13 MAY 2010 THE LOWRY, SALFORD QUAYS, UNITED KINGDOM
Co-editor – Amaratunga, D. & Haigh, R. BUILDING RESILIENCE, CIB W89 International Conference on Building Education and Research, in conjunction with CIB, W113, CIB TG53, CIB TG63, CIB TG67, CIB TG68, and CIB TG69, Conference Proceedings, ISBN 978-1-905732-36-4, School of the Built Environment, University of Salford, UK – 2008.

Reviewer, Journal of Environmental Planning & Management, 2010
Reviewer, Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, 2010
Co-Editor, Special issue of facilities journal on “Facilities performance measurement and management”, 2009
Co-Editor – special issue of International Journal of Strategic Property Management on “Capacity building for post-disaster infrastructure development and management”. 2009.
Co-Editor, special issue of disaster prevention and management journal on “Disasters and the built environment”, 2009
Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Facilities Management, 2010-date
Member of the Editorial Board, International Journal of Construction Education and Research. 2009 to date

Co-Editor, with Haigh, R. Proceedings of the BUILDING RESILIENCE, CIB W89 International Conference on Building Education and Research, in conjunction with CIB, W113, CIB TG53, CIB TG63, CIB TG67, CIB TG68, and CIB TG69, Heritance Kandalama, Sri Lanka, February 2008
Reviewer, International Journal of Strategic Property Management. 2008-date
Editorial board member, Journal of Quality Assurance in Education, Emerald publishing
Evaluator. 7th EU Framework programme for research and technological development. European Commission, Brussels. 2007
Evaluator. 6th EU Framework programme for research and technological development. European Commission, Brussels. 2004 – 2006
Member of the Editorial Board – Journal of Built Environment – Sri Lanka. 2005 – date
Member of the Editorial Board – Journal of Technological and Economic Development. 2008 – date
Member of the Editorial Board. Management Decision Journal. 2003 – date
Member of the Editorial Board. “Quantity Surveyor”. Publication of the Department of Building Economics. University of Moratuwa. Sri Lanka. 1993-1997
Referee for a special issue of a journal – International Journal of Architecture, Engineering and design Management, teaching and learning in the built environment. 2005 – 2006
Panel member. Academic Review Committee. Emerald publishing. 2004 – 2008
Reviewer, The Journal of Construction Management and Economics (CME). 2005 -date
Reviewer, Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management (ECAM) Journal. 2006 – date

Reviewer, Building Research and Information (BRI) Journal. 2002 – date
Reviewer, journal of Construction Innovation. 2004 – date
Reviewer, Scientific journal of “Technological and Economic Development. 2009
Reviewer, Journal of Property Investment and Finance. 2006 – 2010
Member of the referring panel – Australian Journal of Construction Economics & Building (AJCEB). 2005 – 2010
Reviewing panel member – Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering. 2005 – 2008
Reviewer, Journal of construction in developing countries. 2008 – date
Reviewer, ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) Journal of Management in Engineering. 2008 – date
Reviewer. Construction Innovation, Information, Process Management Journal. 2004 – 2008
Reviewer. Facilities Journal. 2004 – date
Member. European SEPG proposal review panel. 2004 – 2008
Reviewer for a Special Issue on Facilities Management Performance Measurement in the Journal of Facilities Management. 2002
Reviewer. RICS Research Paper Series. RICS, London. 2002 -2008

Co-editor (Amaratunga, D., Haigh, R. Alshawi, M. & Ruddock, L. (2007) of Proceedings of the 7th International Postgraduate Research Conference in the Built and Human Environment conferences (2007), Salford Quays, Salford: UK.
Co-editor, Amaratunga, D. Ruddock, R., Aouad, G. & Haigh, R. (2006) of Proceedings of the 6th International Postgraduate Research Conference in the Built and Human Environment conferences (2006), TNO Delft, The Netherlands.
Co-editor (Aouad, G, Kagioglou, M., Amaratunga, D. Ruddock, R. & Haigh, R. (2005) of Proceedings of 2nd Salford centre for research and Innovation International Symposium proceedings (2005), Salford Quays, Salford: UK.
Co-editor (Amaratunga, D. Ruddock, R., Kagioglou, M., Aouad, G. & Haigh, R. (2005) of Proceedings of the 5th International Postgraduate Research Conference in the Built and Human Environment conferences (2005), Salford Quays, Salford: UK.
Co-editor (Aouad, G, Kagioglou, M., Amaratunga, D. Ruddock, R. & Haigh, R. (2005) of Proceedings of 1st Salford Centre for research and Innovation International Symposium proceedings (2004), Salford Quays, Salford: UK.
Co-editor Ruddock, R., Kagioglou, M., Amaratunga, D., Aouad, G. & Haigh, R (2004) of Proceedings of the 4th International Postgraduate Research Conference in the Built and Human Environment conferences (2004), Salford Quays, Salford: UK.
Co-editor (Ruddock, R., Kagioglou, M., Amaratunga, D., Aouad, G. & Haigh, R (2004) of Proceedings of 1st Salford centre for research and Innovation International Symposium proceedings (2004), Salford Quays, Salford: UK.
Reviewer. Business Process Management Journal. 2001 – 2004
Reviewer. “Quantity Surveyor”. Publication of the Department of Building Economics. University of Moratuwa. Sri Lanka. 1993-1997