Dushani Perera is a qualitative researcher focusing on the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), and Social Sciences with a particular interest in Sustainability, Information Visualisation, and Data Physicalization domains. She works as a Research Associate in the Grasping Data project, exploring ways to physicalize children's personal data. Dushani's PhD research in HCI at Cardiff University, UK, is focused on exploring the design of data physicalizations to visualise household consumption data to encourage sustainable practices at homes. Previously, she worked as an Assistant Lecturer at the University of Colombo School of Computing, Sri Lanka, where she studied for her degree in bachelor's of honours in software engineering.