Ronald Kumar

Ronald joined RMIT University Vietnam as a senior lecturer (Economics). Ronald worked at the University of the South Pacific (USP) Fiji Campus for more than 10 years, in various roles inlcuding associate professor, senior lecturer, lecturer & advisor for Banking and Finance Program, in the School of Accounting and Finance. Ronald started his academic career in 2011 starting as a teaching assistant in the School of Economics at USP where he taught courses in microeconomics, macroeconomics, economic statistics and development economics, and later on, joined the School of Accounting and Finance at USP. Prior to this, he worked as economist for the Reserve Bank of Fiji, and as project analyst for ANZ Pacific Operations. Before joining RMIT Vietnam, Ronald was working as an associate professor in the School of Accounting and Finance at USP from January 2019 to May 2022.

Teaching

Ronald taught several courses in economics and finance. In economics, Ronald has taught and coordinated courses on economics (macroeconomics, microeconomics, business statistics, development economics), Finance (financial mathematics, investment analysis, international finance, corporate finance and development finance), Banking (banking management). 

Research

Ronald's research interest intersects between economics, finance and development. In the field of economic growth, Ronald's research examnined country-relevant sources and development processes supporting economic growth, mainly invoking new growth theories. Ronald's research interest is in both theoretical and empirical analysis, mainly focusing on small and development economics,. His research interest are in the following domains and his research has appeared in the outlets/journals: 

• Tourism economic analysis: Tourism Management, Tourism Economics, Tourism Management Perspectives, Tourism Analysis, Applied Economics, Social Indicators Research, Applied Economics, Metroeconomica, Economies, Journal of Asia Pacific Economy.
• Migration and Remittances: Quality and Quantity, Economic Systems, International Migration, Applied Economics, African Journal of Economic and Sustainable Development. 
• Energy and economic growth: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Energy Policy, Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology
• Technology and economy: Telecommunications Policy, Economic Change and Restructuring
• Peace economics: Peace and Defence Economics, Journal of Economic Studies
• Pension analysis: Pension Economics and FinanceJournal, Metroeconomica
• Investment and banking sector analysis: Journal of Risk and Financial Management, Accounting Research Journal, Risks, PlosOne, Quality and Quantity, Physica A
• Market Structure and macroeconomy: Annals of Economics and Finance, Metroeconomica, Sustainability, Journal of Economics.

As of January, 2026, based on Scopus, and GoogleScholar, Ronald's H-index is 24 and 35, respectively. For more information on research activities, please refer to Ronald's ResearchGate profile. 

Professional interests/membership:

• Member of Post Keynesian Economic Society (since 2024)
• Member of Australian Economic Society (since 2024)
• Guest Editor, Special issue on Financial Development and Economic Growth, Journal of Risk and Financial Management (MDPI, Switzerland) (2020-2022)
• Editorial Board member: Green Finance Journal (AIMS Press) (2019-current)
• Guest Editor: Journal of Risk  and Financial  Management (2019-current),  and Sustainbility (2019-2020)
• Associate Editor, Journal of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, Fiji (2018-2020)
• Regular member, CFA Institute (2021-2025)