Dr Kanchana Ginige

Assistant Professor

School: Architecture and Built Environment

Before joining Northumbria in September 2015, Kanchana worked as a Research Assistant at University of Huddersfield and University of Salford, UK. She obtained her PhD from University of Salford and her doctoral research focused on investigating the ways of mainstreaming women into disaster risk reduction in the built environment. She earned a research studentship to commence her higher studies in University of Salford, UK after graduating from University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka with a BSc Honours Degree in Quantity Surveying. Kanchana has published a number of research papers in refereed journals and international conferences.

Campus Address

EBA 211
Ellison Building

Email Kanchana

Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

Disaster risk reduction and management in the built environment
Built Enviornment interventions in climate change mitigation and adaptation
Digitalisation in the construction industry

Key Publications

Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
An Assessment of Structural Measures for Risk Reduction of Hydrometeorological Disasters in Sri Lanka, Ginige, K., Mendis, K., Thayaparan, M. 18 May 2022, In: Progress in Disaster Science
Building-back-better in post-disaster recovery: Lessons learnt from Cyclone Idai-induced floods in Zimbabwe, Dube, E., Wedawatta, G., Ginige, K. Oct 2021, In: International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
Delivery of Transport Infrastructure Assets: Decision-Making Model to Ensure Value for Money, Zhao, J., Liu, H., Sing, M., Jin, X., Ginige, K. 1 Mar 2021, In: Journal of Infrastructure Systems
Living-Transforming Disaster Relief Shelter: A Conceptual Approach for Sustainable Post-Disaster Housing, Ghanbarzadeh Ghomi, S., Wedawatta, G., Ginige, K., Ingirige, B. 21 Oct 2021, In: Built Environment Project and Asset Management
Developing maturity levels for flood resilience of businesses using built environment flood resilience capability areas, Adeniyi, O., Perera, S., Ginige, K., Feng, Y. 1 Nov 2019, In: Sustainable Cities and Society
Establishing Descriptions of Building Work in UK, Hussey, H., Thurairajah, N., Ginige, K., Goulding, J. 2 Sep 2019, Proceedings of the 35th Annual ARCOM Conference, 2-4 September 2019, Leeds, UK., Leeds, Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM)
Proceedings of ARCOM Doctoral Workshop on 'Industry 4.0 and Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment': ARCOM Doctoral Workshop in association with CIB W120 - Disasters and the Built Environment, Wedawatta, G., Thurairajah, N., Ginige, K. 30 Oct 2019
Built Environment Flood Resilience Capability Maturity Model, Adeniyi, O., Perera, S., Ginige, K. 2018, In: Procedia Engineering
Challenges in integrating disaster risk reduction into the built environment – The Vietnam context, Nguyen, V., Ginige, K., Greenwood, D. 2018, In: Procedia Engineering
Mapping built environment professionals' educational needs to international policy frameworks for disaster risk reduction: community stakeholder perspective, Perera, S., Adeniyi, O., Babatunde, S., Ginige, K. 27 Nov 2018, In: International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment

Professional Activity

Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
Oral presentation: Financing of Climate Resilient Physical Infrastructure- Gaps and Opportunities 2026
Publication Peer-review: Cities (Journal) 2025
Publication Peer-review: Regional Environmental Change (Journal) 2025
Publication Peer-review: Construction Innovation: Information, Process, Management (Journal) 2025
Publication Peer-review: npj Climate Action (Journal) 2025
Invited talk: The Future of the Built Environment in the Age of AI – A Conversation on Skills and Job Roles 2024
Visiting an external academic institution: Western Sydney University 2024
Hosting an academic visitor: Srinath Perera 2024
Publication Peer-review: Geoenvironmental Disasters (Journal) 2024
Editorial work: Sustainability (Journal) 2023