Chamindra is a political and international affairs analyst, academic and educator. She is also a political organizer and human rights advocate with a primary focus on intersectional feminist politics. Her discipline is international politics, with a special interest in the politics of deeply divided places, intersectional and decolonial feminist international relations, gender politics and the politics of intersectional justice.  Her work in knowledge generation and advocacy include a strong focus on queer feminist epistemologies and praxes, inclusive reproductive justice and sport and human rights. 

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A Sri Lankan national, Chamindra has held teaching and research positions in several countries including France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. She is a prolific writer, speaker and public intellectual, providing regular commentaries and insights into many aspects of politics, foreign policy and human rights. She has also engaged in political organizing and developed political lobbying initiatives in several countries. 

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Chamindra has some sixteen years of experience in research, teaching, international advocacy, political organizing and lobbying, publishing, media engagements and consultancies with high politics, especially in the UK and Ireland, Canada and Sri Lanka. Committed to intersectionally-inclusive global cooperation and best practice in governance, she regularly engages with governmental and supranational bodies, providing expert insights into issues of foreign policy, multilateralism, human rights diplomacy and more. 

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Chamindra is an alumna of Queen's University Belfast, and Université de Tours [Indre-et-Loire, France], with stints of European exchange programmes and fellowships at the Universities of Ulster [Ireland] and Utrecht [The Netherlands].