Professor Ashton de Silva

Ashton de Silva is a Professor in the School of Economics, Finance and Marketing. 

He is an applied econometrician with a keen interest in policy and well-being, with a long track record of working with industry, including government agencies, NGOs as well as small enterprises. His interests include financial well-being, household/individual decision making as well as local economies/communities which have recently been augmented with a digital perspective. 

As well as working with industry, Ashton has forged a strong reputation within the academic community through his publications, grants and supervision of PhD candidates. This is in addition to several leadership roles he has performed. He is currently the program leader of RMIT’s Blockchain Enabled Business Graduate Certificate and Master programs.

You can connect with Ashton through his LinkedIn profile.