Viyanga Gunasekera is a PhD candidate at RegNet. Her research focuses on border villages and missing persons in Sri Lanka. Viyanga is a social science researcher at the International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Sri Lanka. Her previous research work has involved women’s land rights and empowerment, women’s representation in politics, social inclusion and exclusion, psychosocial wellbeing of ex-combatants, and pluralistic memories of post-war Sri Lanka. Viyanga’s research interests are in memory, transitional justice, vulnerable groups of people, gender, and psychosocial wellbeing.