Dr Dayani Gunathilaka

Senior Lecturer

  • Bio
  • Qualifications
  • Research Interest
  • Research
  • Teaching

  • Dr Dayani Gunathilaka is a Senior Lecturer in Economics. Her background in climate change economics and agricultural economics has been honed through extensive research at Griffith University. With a specialisation in climate change adaptation strategies within Australia’s context, she is passionate about contributing to sustainable development practices and making a positive impact on our environment. Dr Gunathilaka led several climate change and adaptation related projects, such as an impact review of the Climate Smart Irrigated Agriculture project in Sri Lanka funded by the World Bank in 2021. She has extensively engaged in climate change impact modelling for the tea plantation industry in Sri Lanka. She was also a consultant to the projects on rehabilitation of degraded agricultural lands in the Central Highlands of Sri Lanka, funded by the Global Environment Facility and implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organizations. Dr Gunathilaka also has experience valuing environmental goods using contingent valuation, choice modelling, hedonic pricing, and travel cost methods.

    • Doctor of Philosophy
    • Master of Organizational Management
    • Bachelor of Agriculture

  • Impacts of climate change in agricultural sectors

    • Gunasekara, W. P. U., Korale-Gedara, P. M., & Gunathilaka, R. P. D (2023). Preferences of inland fishers for different management attributes in village tank cascade systems in Sri Lanka. Agricultural Systems, 208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2023.103644
    • Gunathilaka, R. P. D., Smart, J. C. R., Fleming, C. M. & Hasan S. (2018). The impact of climate change on labour demand in the plantation sector: The case of tea production in Sri Lanka. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 62(3), 480-500. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8489.12262
    • Gunathilaka, R. P. D., Smart J.C.R. & Fleming, C.M. (2018). Adaptation to climate change in perennial cropping systems: Options, barriers and policy implications. Environmental Science and Policy, 82, 108-116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2018.01.011
    • Gunathilaka, R. P. D., Smart, J. C. R., & Fleming, C. M. (2017). The impact of changing climate on perennial crops: The case of tea production in Sri Lanka. Climatic Change, 140(3), 577-592. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-016-1882-z
    • Gunathilaka, R. P. D., & Tularam, G. A. (2016). The tea industry and a review of its price modelling in major tea producing countries. Journal of Management and Strategy, 7(1), 21-36. https://doi.org/10.5430/jms.v7n1p21

  • APPROVED TO TEACH

    • EC101 Economics
    • EC102 Agricultural Economics
    • EC301 Agriculture and Resource Policy
    • EC312 International Economic Development