Jayanthi Kumarasiri

Dr Jayanthi Kumarasiri is a Lecturer, in the School of Accounting, at RMIT University. She teaches financial and management accounting at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Her PhD is in the area of corporate carbon emissions management and strategies. Her primary research interests are climate change issues, corporate carbon emissions management and management accounting.
Dr Kumarasiri has published in several prestigious academic journals, including the British Accounting Review, Accounting Auditing & Accountability, Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management, Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, and Meditari Accountancy Research.

She served as an Academic Research Fellow with the Australian Accounting Standards Board from January to June 2026, leading research initiatives to inform the S2 Climate‑related Disclosure Standard and its practical application.