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Dr Himasha Warnakulasooriya

Dr Himasha Warnakulasooriya

Post-Doc Fellow
  • PhD in Actuarial Studies, Monash University, Australia
  • BSc (Hons) in Statistics, Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
Business School
School of Economics

Dr Himasha Warnakulasooriya is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of Economics and the Centre for Population Ageing Research (CEPAR) at the UNSW Business School. She completed her PhD in Actuarial Studies at Monash University. Her research focuses on retirement planning, optimal decision-making in later life, and the design of retirement income products, with particular emphasis on Pareto-optimal contract design. She has published articles in ASTIN Bulletin: The Journal of the International Actuarial Association and The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics.
Phone
+61416351458
E-mail
h.warnakulasooriya@unsw.edu.au
  • Journal articles | 2026
    Hanbali H; Khemka G; Warnakulasooriya H, 2026, 'Liquidity Shocks, Homeownership, and Income Inequality: Impact of Early Pension Withdrawals and Reduced Deposit', Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, pp. 1 - 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11146-026-10074-7
    Journal articles | 2025
    Hanbali H; Warnakulasooriya H; Leung JWY, 2025, 'Time-varying pareto optimal risk sharing for annuities', Astin Bulletin, 55, pp. 695 - 720, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asb.2025.10058

  • Merit Award, Best Research Award Competition – Undergraduate Category, Institute of Applied Statistics, Sri Lanka
  • Dean’s Honour List (2016–2020), Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, for outstanding academic achievement in four consecutive academic years.