The University of Western Australia
Dr Anura Kumara Amarasinghe
Research Fellow, Centre for the Built Environment and Health
Contact details
| Address | School of Population Health The University of Western Australia (M707) 35 Stirling Highway CRAWLEY WA 6009 Australia |
|---|---|
| Phone | 6488 8738 |
| Fax | 6488 1199 |
| anura.amarasinghe@uwa.edu.au |
Biography
2006 Doctor of Philosophy (Natural Resource Economics)West Virginia University (WVU), West Virginia, USA.
1997 M. Agr. (Agricultural Economics),University of Sydney, Australia.
1991 B.Sc. Agriculture (Hons), University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
1997 M. Agr. (Agricultural Economics),University of Sydney, Australia.
1991 B.Sc. Agriculture (Hons), University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Key research
- Microeconomic application health,environment and natural resource management
- Applied cost benefit analysis
- Economics of Health and built environment
- Applied econometrics and quantitative techniques
Major research interests
- Microeconomic applications to health, environment and natural resource management
- Applied cost benefit analysis
- Applied econometrics and quantitative techniques
Future research
Poverty, food insecurity and obesity
Economics of climate change on health
Economics of time use
Economics of Renewable and non renewable resource management
Spatial econometrics
Economics of climate change on health
Economics of time use
Economics of Renewable and non renewable resource management
Spatial econometrics
Memberships
International Health Economic Association
Previous positions
August 2007 to date : Post Doctoral Researcher. Centre for the Built Environment and Health
The University of Western Australia
August 2003 - Dec 2006:: Graduate Research Assistant: Division of Resource Management, Davis College of Agriculture and Consumer Sciences, West Virginia University
Feb 2003- April 2003 : Program officer, Environmental Economics, IUCN (The World Conservation Union) Sri Lanka
The University of Western Australia
August 2003 - Dec 2006:: Graduate Research Assistant: Division of Resource Management, Davis College of Agriculture and Consumer Sciences, West Virginia University
Feb 2003- April 2003 : Program officer, Environmental Economics, IUCN (The World Conservation Union) Sri Lanka
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