Dr. Jayanath Ananda
Ph.D.(La Trobe); M.Agr.Sc (La Trobe); B.Sc (Hons); Grad. Cert. HighEd.Senior Lecturer - Economics
School of Business and Law
Centre for Regional Economies and Supply Chains
Level 4 - Room No. 4.14
120, Spencer Street, Melbourne.
Jay Ananda is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at Central Queensland University’s Melbourne International Campus. He has over 15 years of experience in teaching and research. Prior to joining CQU, he worked as a Senior Lecturer at the School of Economics and Centre for Water Management and Policy of La Trobe University. His teaching portfolio includes Environmental Economics, Economics for Business and Principles of Economics.
Jay specialises in environmental economics and his research interests focus on water institutions and policy making, efficiency and productivity analysis and economics of climate change adaptation. He has contributed to many research projects dealing with urban water management, catchment management and watershed development in Australia and South Asia. He has over seventy publications including journal articles in top-ranked journals and book chapters in authoritative volumes.
Background
Jay Ananda is a World Bank Postgraduate Scholar. He received both his Masters and doctoral degrees from La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria. Prior to that he graduated from University of Peradeniya (Sri Lanka) in BSc (Hons), specialising in Agricultural Economics.
Universities Studied At
La Trobe University
Universities Worked At
La Trobe University
Awards
Previous teaching
· Principles of Environmental and Resource Economics (ECO2ERE)
· Climate Change Economics and Policy (ECO3CCE)
· Sustainability in Global Business (ECO2SGB)
· Markets, Governments and Globalisation (ECO2MGG)
· Introductory Macroeconomics (ECO12IMA)
· Introductory Microeconomics (ECO11IMI)
· Entrepreneurship (MGT3ENC)
· Economics of the Internet (ECO32ENT)
· International Business Environment (BUS31IBC)
Professional Memberships
Economic Society of Australia
Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society
International Society for Ecological Economics
European Association for Environmental and Resource Economics
Responsibilities
Environmental Economics (ECON19031)
Principles of Economics (ECON11026)
Economics for Managers (ECON20039)
Economics for Business (ECON20023)
Economics of Food Security, Policy and Trade (ECON13001)
Professional Interests
Jay Ananda is the Associate Editor of Water Policy, the official journal of World Water Council, IWA Publishing UK. He is also a much sought-out reviewer for over 25 international journals, including some high ranked ones.
Editor
Associate Editor, Water Policy, IWA Publishing, UK.
Mobilising strong water governance arrangements (A.7.2122008)
Grant: Competitive Grant (Category 4: CRC)
Funding Scheme: CRC for Developing Northerm Australia (CRCNA) Water Security for Northern Australia (WSNA)
Total Funding: $120,000.00
Simulating household behaviour to estimate the impact of food waste reduction interventions (FFW 3.3.7)
Grant: Competitive Grant (Category 4: CRC)
Funding Scheme: Fight Food Waste Ltd (CRC Entity)
Total Funding: $240,000.00
Evaluating the effectiveness of priority household food waste reduction interventions (Project 3.3.6)
Grant: Competitive Grant (Category 4: CRC)
Funding Scheme: Fight Food Waste Ltd (CRC Entity)
Total Funding: $300,000.00
RTP Scholarship, Commencing 2021
Grant: Scholarship (Not Specified )
Funding Scheme: RTP Stipend Scholarship, Commencing 2021
Total Funding: $0.00
Gross margin analysis of organic dairy food products: The case of Victoria
Grant: Award - External (Category 3)
Funding Scheme: 2015 Linkage Pilot Grant - CQU Internal
Total Funding: $15,000.00
Accreditation
I am currently accredited for supervision in the following:
- 3801 Applied Economics
- 3899 Other Economics
At the level of Principal Supervisor
Current Capacity
Current Supervision
Applied Economics - Environment and Resource Economics
Research Areas: household food waste, water policy, local government, efficiency and productivity analysis and economics of climate change adaptation
