Jayanthi Kumarasiri

Dr. Jayanthi Kumarasiri

Lecturer, Accounting

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  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision

About

Dr Jayanthi Kumarasiri is a Lecturer at the School of Accounting, Information Systems and Supply Chain. She specialises in teaching financial accounting and management accounting at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Her PhD is in the area of corporate carbon emissions management and strategies. Dr. Kumarasiri has published in several prestigious academic journals, including the British Accounting Review, Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, and Meditari Accountancy Research, in addition to contributing media commentary for platforms such as The Conversation.

 

Supervisor projects

  • Corporate Climate Adaptation Proactivity: An Empirical Investigation of Managerial Perceptions and the Role of Environmental Management Control Systems
  • 19 Apr 2018

Teaching interests

Jayanthi teaches financial accounting and management accounting at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Research interests

Jayanthi's main research interests include climate change issues, managing corporate carbon emissions, risk management, and how climate-related regulations influence corporate strategies for addressing climate-related risks.   

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