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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.

General

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

Lecturer of the Year Finalist 2009. (http://www.lectureroftheyear.com.au).

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.

Recent Research Projects

Mobilising strong water governance arrangements (A.7.2122008)

From: 06/02/2023 to 15/12/2024
Grant: Competitive Grant (Category 4: CRC)
Funding Schemes: 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)

From: 01/09/2022 to 31/08/2024
Grant: Competitive Grant (Category 4: CRC)
Funding Schemes: 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)

From: 01/05/2022 to 25/08/2023
Grant: Competitive Grant (Category 4: CRC)
Funding Schemes: Fight Food Waste Ltd (CRC Entity)
Total Funding: $300,000.00

RTP Scholarship, Commencing 2021

From: 09/11/2021 to 01/01/2025
Grant: Scholarship (Not Specified )
Funding Schemes: RTP Stipend Scholarship, Commencing 2021
Total Funding: N/A

Gross margin analysis of organic dairy food products: The case of Victoria

From: 01/09/2015 to 31/12/2016
Grant: Award - External (Category 3)
Funding Schemes: 2015 Linkage Pilot Grant - CQU Internal
Total Funding: $15,000.00

Research Supervision

Accreditation

I am currently accredited for supervision in the following:

3801 Applied Economics
3899 Other Economics

Current Capacity

I am currently available to supervise more research candidates

Current Supervision

Doctor of Philosophy

Evaluation and Forecasting of Food Waste at the Local Government Level in Victoria: Influence of Socio-Demographic, Economic, and Policy Factors

Principal Supervisor

Doctor of Philosophy

Assessing Factors Influencing Healthy and Fresh Food Preferences and Their Links to Household Food Waste: Using a Discrete Choice Experiment

Principal Supervisor

Doctor of Philosophy

Influence of Consumers’ Motivation, Opportunity and Ability in Leftover Food Management on Reducing Household Food Waste in Australia

Principal Supervisor

PhD (Offshore)

Socio-Economic Contribution of Foreign Direct Investments in the Export Processing Zones and Economic Zones of Bangladesh

Associate Supervisor

Doctor of Philosophy

An Economic Analysis of the Impact of Practicing Climate Smart Agriculture by Rice Producers in Bangladesh

Associate Supervisor

Master of Research

Supermarket shoppers and household food waste: A mixed method study examining supermarket intervention opportunities to reduce household food waste in high waste households.

Principal Supervisor

Research Interests

Economics

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