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Professor Ehsan Gharaie serves as Chair of the RMIT Academic Board and Professor of Project Management at RMIT University's School of PCPM. With 19 years of experience spanning tertiary education, project management, construction industry, and not-for-profit sectors, he holds significant leadership responsibilities including previous service as Deputy Chair of the Academic Board and Chair of the Higher Education Committee. His institutional affiliation includes City Campus in Australia where he actively contributes to academic governance, strategic leadership, and stakeholder engagement initiatives.
Professor Gharaie's research focuses on construction project management, dynamics of the house building industry, and learning and teaching methodologies in project management. His work examines critical areas including housing production systems, construction safety, offsite construction adoption, and project management methodology implementation in public sectors. He investigates how organizational structures, leadership approaches, and industry practices influence project outcomes and sector-wide productivity, with particular attention to sustainable housing policy development and implementation challenges across different jurisdictions.
His extensive publication record demonstrates consistent scholarly contributions across construction management, housing economics, and educational methodologies. The research trajectory shows evolution from construction safety analysis toward broader systemic examinations of housing production, project management implementation, and innovative teaching approaches. His recent work increasingly addresses sustainability challenges in housing markets and organizational change requirements for industry innovation.
- DVCE's Award for Teaching Innovation commendation
- RMIT Early Career Academic Teaching Award
- Doctoral Research Excellence Award
- Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy (2018)
Professor Gharaie actively supervises research students with current projects addressing housing sector productivity, sustainable housing policy, offsite construction economic justifiability, and project management methodology adoption in local government. His research has secured funding from diverse sources including Forrest and Wood Products Association, SafeWork NSW, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, and ARC Linkage Projects. His leadership extends to shaping academic governance frameworks while maintaining active research engagement with construction industry stakeholders.
