Dr Andy Umali
Casual Academic
Doctor of Philosophy (Economics), Crawford School of Public Policy - Australian National University (2024).
Master of Science in Financial Engineering, De La Salle University (2015).
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Pasig (2012).
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Dr. Andy Umali is a Casual Lecturer at the UNSW School of Aviation, where he teaches Airline Financial Analysis and Decision Support (AVIA2902) and Air Transport Economics (AVIA1901). He holds a PhD in Economics from the Australian National University (Crawford School of Public Policy) and a Master of Science in Financial Engineering from De La Salle University, Manila.
His research spans aviation economics, financial inclusion, and development economics. He has contributed to major institutional publications at the Asian Development Bank, including the flagship Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific series and the Aging Well in Asia policy report.
Prior to joining UNSW, Dr. Umali served as an Economics and Statistics Specialist at the Asian Development Bank, where he led applied research on poverty, inequality, and financial inclusion across Asia and the Pacific. He has also held a full-time faculty position at De La Salle University in Manila, supervising postgraduate candidates in financial engineering and risk management.
His technical expertise includes econometrics, panel data methods, and financial modelling.
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Australia Awards Scholarship, Australian National University (2018).
St. La Salle Scholarship, De La Salle University (2012).
My research sits at the intersection of aviation economics, tourism finance, and development economics. In aviation, I am currently investigating how international airlines adjust route capacity in response to Australian dollar exchange rate movements, and how tourism market portfolios can be stress-tested against demand shocks using portfolio optimisation methods. Both projects are co-authored with researchers at UNSW and Macquarie University.
In development economics, I continue work on poverty measurement, financial inclusion, and multidimensional deprivation across Asian and Pacific economies, including ongoing research under an Asian Development Bank Technical Assistance project. My methodological toolkit spans econometrics, panel data analysis, financial modelling, and scenario analysis.