Dr Maneka Jayasinghe

Dr Maneka Jayasinghe is the Chair of Business discipline at CDU. Maneka is an applied economist who specialises in economic issues in the Asia-Pacific region. Her areas of interests and expertise also extend to empirical and policy analysis using econometrics and microeconomic models.

Research interests:

• Poverty, Inequality and wellbeing
• Gender equality
• Consumer demand analysis
• Tourism economics
• Energy consumption