DrDon Gunasekera

Research Fellow (Industry Researcher)

Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Life and Environmental Sciences

  • Research Fellow (Industry Researcher)
    Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Life and Environmental Sciences
  • +61 3 924 68809 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

BIO

Dr Don Gunasekera is a Research Fellow with the Centre for Supply Chain and
Logistics at Deakin University. He has had wide research and policy experience
working in a range of organisations including the Australian Bureau of
Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE), CSIRO, Productivity Commission,
the National Competition Council, the Department of Environment and Heritage,
the Australian Bureau of Meteorology and Victoria University.
During 2006-2009, Dr Gunasekera was the Chief Economist at the Australian
Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics. In 2008, Don led ABARE's
climate change modelling work for the Garnaut Climate Change Review. In 2007,
he was a member of an independent working group for the Prime Minister's
Science, Engineering and Innovation Council (PMSEIC) which prepared a report
on "Climate change in Australia: Regional impacts and adaptation."
He has a PhD in Economics from the Australian National University and has
completed the Senior Managers in Government Program at Harvard University.

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Research Fellow (Industry Researcher)
    Deakin University, School of Life and Environmental Sciences

DEGREES

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Economics)
    Australian National University

FIELDS OF RESEARCH

  • Applied economics
  • Climate change science
  • Banking, finance and investment
  • Agriculture, land and farm management
  • Atmospheric sciences

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE/DISCIPLINE

  • School of Life and Environmental Sciences