Ashani Amarasinghe

Ashani Amarasinghe is an Adjunct Research Fellow at the Monash Business School, affiliated with Monash SoDa Labs. She holds a PhD in Economics from Monash University. Her research focuses on political economy, network empirics, conflict, and development, with an emphasis on how economic shocks propagate through societal networks. She employs innovative data and tools to analyze complex socio-economic systems.

Education:

• PhD in Economics (Monash University), Dissertation: 'Essays on Economic Shocks in Networks'

Research Interests:

• Political Economy frameworks applied to development challenges
• Network dynamics in economic systems
• Conflict analysis and its economic impacts
• Utilization of alternative data for policy insights

Recent Work Trends: Her articles explore interconnected themes of economic shocks (2022–2024), network-based development strategies (2024), and public sentiment during crises (2023). These contributions bridge macroeconomic frameworks with micro-level network interactions.

Labs/Teams: Active member of Monash SoDa Labs, a multidisciplinary research group analyzing socio-economic data.