Danusha Jayawardana

Miss Danusha Jayawardana

Higher Degree by Research Candidate

PhD Candidate

School of Economics

Faculty of the Professions

I am a PhD candidate at the University of Adelaide. My research interests are on the areas of Development Economics and Applied Econometrics.

  • Appointments
    Date Position Institution name
    2018 Tutor University of Adelaide
    2015 - 2017 Lecturer cum Coordinator The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka
    2014 - 2014 Assistant Lecturer University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

  • Education
    Date Institution name Country Title
    2013 - 2015 University of Colombo Sri Lanka Master of Arts in Economics
    2007 - 2011 University of Colombo Sri Lanka Bachelor of Business Administration in Business Economics (Honours)
    2006 - 2007 London School of Economics and Political Science, London United Kingdom Diploma in Economics

  • Research Interests
    Applied Economics Economic Development Policy

  • Working Paper
    Year Citation
    2019 Baryshnikova, N., & Jayawardana, D. (2019). Can Unconditional In-kind Transfers Keep Children Out of Work and in School? Evidence from Indonesia.
  • Adelaide Scholarship International (ASI), University of Adelaide - 2017 - 2020
  • Adelaide Graduate Centre Research Travel Scholarship, University of Adelaide - 2019
  • AHES Travel Scholarship, Australian Health Economics Society - 2019

Teaching Assistant (Tutor) for;

ECON 2504 -Intermediate Econometrics II  (Course Coordinator: Dr Nadezhda Baryshnikova) - Semester I 2019

ECON 1012 - Principles of Economics I (Course Coordinator: Dr Stephanie McWhinnie) - Semester II 2018

ECON 1008 - Data Analytics I (Course Coordinator: Dr Nadezhda Baryshnikova) - Summer Semester 2020

  • Position: PhD Candidate
  • Phone: 83136024
  • Email: danusha.jayawardana@adelaide.edu.au
  • Fax: 8223 1460
  • Campus: North Terrace
  • Building: Nexus 10 Tower, floor 4
  • Room: 4 38
  • Org Unit: School of Economics
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