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Pasan Wijayawardhana is a Sri Lankan academic, economist, and policy researcher currently serving as a Lecturer in Business Economics at the University of Colombo, and Research Associate at BK School of Research. He holds a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Business Economics and a Master of Development Studies, and graduated with First Class Honors as the Best Student Gold Medalist, reflecting his strong academic excellence from early stages.
His academic and professional work spans teaching, research, and policy engagement. His research interests lie in labor economics, gender studies, development economics, and education economics, with a distinctive focus on marginalized communities, particularly transgender individuals in Sri Lanka’s labor market. He has produced a substantial body of work, including journal articles, conference papers, and books, with publications indexed in internationally recognized databases.
Beyond academia, Pasan actively contributes to economic policymaking and public discourse. He has been involved in parliamentary sectoral oversight committees, worked as a research analyst at a leading think tank, and frequently engages with national and international media on issues such as economic crises, taxation, and development policy. He is also the Founder Chairman of the Ceylon Foundation for Economic Policy Analysis (CFEP), a youth-driven policy think tank that aims to strengthen evidence-based policymaking in Sri Lanka.
