Maneka Jayasinghe

Dr Maneka Jayasinghe is the Dean of Business and Accounting at Charles Darwin University, focusing on applied economic research in the Asia-Pacific region. Her expertise spans poverty, inequality, gender equality, consumer demand analysis, tourism economics, and energy consumption. She holds a Professorial academic rank and leads HDR research initiatives.

Research Interests:

• Poverty dynamics and wellbeing measurement in developing economies
• Gender disparities in economic participation and energy use
• Consumer demand modeling in diverse regional contexts
• Tourism's socio-economic impacts and sustainability challenges
• Energy policy analysis with focus on carbon neutrality transitions

Her recent work explores digital inequality's economic impacts, circular economy implementation, and South Asian economic benchmarking. Key themes include interlinkages between energy consumption patterns, economic growth trajectories, and climate policy frameworks. She also investigates demographic dynamics affecting sparsely populated regions like Australia's Northern Territory.

Notable Contributions:

• Advanced methodologies for analyzing household demand systems across developed/developing economies
• Pioneered gender-sensitive approaches to energy transition policies
• Developed frameworks for assessing poverty measurement considering economies of scale

Current research focuses on post-pandemic recovery strategies, sustainable FDI inflows, and the nexus between tourism and infectious disease transmission. Her interdisciplinary work bridges microeconomic analysis with macroeconomic policy design in development contexts.