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Research area(s)

As a researcher, Dr. Hemamali is interested in studying the effects of privacy and security issues on human behavior in cyberspace. She has authored/ co-authored several research articles published in peer-reviewed academic journals including ‘Computers in Human Behaviour’, ‘Journal of Information Technology & People’ and the ‘International Journal of Human-Computer Studies’. In addition, she has presented her work to academic and technical audiences nationally and internationally at various events including the British Academy of Management Conference (2012/2024), Australian Computer Emergency Response Team (AusCERT) conference (2016), and Asia Pacific Computer Emergency Response Team (APCERT) Conference (2016). In 2016, she served as a Member of the Grand Jury of the prestigious ‘e-Swabhimani’, National Best e-Content Award competition (Sri Lanka). She is a member of two research groups at Ã÷ÐÇ°ËØÔ University: Operations and Information Systems Management & Strategy Entrepreneurship and International Business. 

Research Interests

The human side of technology use and online behaviours (e.g. online security and privacy issues, cyberpsychology, and digital antropology)

Social media business models, and social media use for entrepreneurship

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