Dr. Lasni Buddhibhashika Jayasooriya
Kyushu University, Japan

Speech Title: Englishization and internationalization of Higher Education (Abstract)

Dr. Lasni Buddhibhashika Jayasooriya is a Lecturer at Kyushu University, Japan. She earned her PhD in Education from Kyushu University (2025), alongside multiple master’s degrees covering TESOL, development communication and sociology from Sri‑Lankan universities. Her research focuses on language‑in‑education policy, multilingualism, identity politics, civic‑human‑rights education and post‑war reconciliation in Sri Lanka.

She holds rich academic‑administrative experience, once working as Assistant Registrar at University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. She has extensive teaching experience across universities, high‑schools and primary schools, and has participated in national curriculum design and teacher‑training projects. Awarded JST‑SPRING fellowship, she has published numerous peer‑reviewed journal articles, book chapters and presented widely at international conferences. She works as journal peer‑reviewer, serves on professional equity‑diversity committees, and takes part in British‑Academy‑funded collaborative research projects on conflict heritage.