Gulasekaran Rajaguru

Gulasekaran Rajaguru serves as Professor, Associate Dean of Research, and Director of the Centre for Data Analytics at Bond Business School, Bond University. He actively supervises PhD students and maintains significant research collaborations with industry partners including Gold Coast Airport, Queensland Government, and Brown Family Wine Group.

His educational background includes:

• PhD in Economics (2004) from National University of Singapore
• Master of Social Sciences (Economics) from National University of Singapore
• Master of Statistics from Indian Statistical Institute
• Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Madurai Kamaraj University, India

Rajaguru's research centers on Theoretical and Applied Econometrics with specialized focus on irregular frequency modelling. His work extends to critical areas including Energy Economics, Women Empowerment and Poverty Alleviation, Financial Time Series Analysis, and Economic Forecasting. His methodological innovations address complex data challenges in asynchronous financial markets and development economics.

Recent publications (2025) demonstrate interdisciplinary reach across sports economics, environmental sustainability, and international labor mobility. These works consistently apply advanced econometric techniques to solve real-world problems, with strong emphasis on temporal aggregation effects and causal inference in heterogeneous datasets.

Rajaguru secured a major Australian Research Council Discovery Grant (DP230101472) for $382,798 focusing on price discovery mechanisms in financial derivatives. His industry engagement portfolio spans transportation, energy, and public policy sectors through partnerships with Transit Australia Group, Work Healthy Australia, and Jones Lang LaSalle.

As an HDR supervisor, he seeks students for projects on asynchronous financial data modelling, women empowerment impacts on fertility/education, and energy-poverty nexus analysis. He leads the Centre for Data Analytics and co-directs the Globalisation and Development Centre while hosting international researchers like Jing Yang (2024-2025).