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Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive,
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Rupananda Widanage (rwa11@sfu.ca)

Ph.D. (Economics), University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka

M.Sc., Rural and Regional Development Planning, the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand

B.A. and M.A. in Economics, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Ph.D. Candidate, School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University

 

Rupananda joined REM in Fall 2007 to continue his extensive academic career. Prior to entering REM, he worked as a Senior Lecturer in economics at the University of Ruhuna in Sri Lanka.

Rupananda’s research interests include economic valuation of environmental resources in developed and developing countries, climate change and food security in developing countries, bioeconomic modeling, and applied econometrics. His doctorate will focus on the economic risk of biological invasion, examining the impacts of climate change on invasive plant species in British Columbia’s rangelands.

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