AI adoption & future of work
Trust, acceptance, displacement and organisational change.
Independent profile & complete catalogue
Dr. Kushan
Liyana Arachchige
Multidisciplinary researcher and technology executive
Examining how AI reshapes work, institutions, mobility, and public systems.
Research agenda
Current areas of inquiry
Health economics & HTA
Evidence, methods and decisions in health systems.
Climate-responsive urban transport
Realtime routing and resilient public mobility.
Technology law & virtual assets
Legal classification, regulation and accountability.
Digital media & knowledge infrastructure
Public-interest publishing and durable digital systems.
Selected work
Research and projects
AI Surveillance in Realtime Bus Rapid Transit routing
Doctoral research on intelligent surveillance, realtime routing and the resilience of Bus Rapid Transit systems.
Project recordDeep Reasoning in China’s banking industry
A study of DeepSeek reasoning adoption among 4,897 Chinese credit officers, including the effects of usefulness, trust and perceived risk.
Project recordDecoding AI Acceptance
A study of Taobao’s Wenwen AI chatbot adoption among university students in Shanghai.
Project recordDecoding AI Acceptance II
Research on behavioural intention to use Taobao’s Wenwen AI chatbot among university teachers in Guangzhou.
Project recordPublic-interest reporting
Investigations
An investigative report on the rise of telecom fraud in Sri Lanka
A public-interest investigation into the systems, incentives and institutional weaknesses behind the rise of telecom fraud in Sri Lanka.
Read recordUpdated: The Rs. 13.2 Billion NDB Bank Fraud
An investigative analysis of the reported NDB Bank fraud, its scale, financial context and implications for institutional controls.
Read recordSri Lanka’s crypto regulation roadmap: what the 2026 framework actually means
A detailed analysis of Sri Lanka’s 2026 virtual-asset framework, its legal meaning and its implications for market participants and institutions.
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Writing and analysis
Basic Statistics for Health Economics & Service Management
A structured primer covering probability, distributions, estimation and applied statistics for postgraduate health economics and health-service management.
Read recordAI in Sri Lankan Banking
Analysis of how private banks can use AI to reduce information asymmetry, manage workload and improve lending decisions while controlling risk.
Read recordAI Inventorship based on US Jurisdiction
An explanation of the US legal position on AI-assisted inventions, human contribution and patentability.
Read recordAncient Leadership Theories and Contemporary Organizational Challenges
A synthesis of historical leadership traditions applied to ethical governance, innovation and globalisation.
Read recordSri Lanka’s Economic Recovery: Insights from IMF WEO 2026 April
A data-led reading of Sri Lanka’s economic outlook using the April 2026 IMF World Economic Outlook dataset.
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Knowledge products and digital infrastructure
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Applied AI and digital transformation
About
Across research, law, technology and public analysis.
Dr. Arachchige’s work connects empirical research with real-world technology leadership, investigating how emerging systems change organisations, economies and public life.