Ehsan Gharaie

Associate Professor Ehsan Gharaie

Associate Professor

Details

Open to

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision

About

Ehsan is an Associate Professor of Project Management and a member of RMIT Academic Board.

Associate Professor Ehsan Gharaie is an outstanding educator and researcher in the field of Project Management. He was made a fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy in 2018 and received a commendation in the DVCE's Award for Teaching Innovation. He was also the winner of the RMIT Early Career Academic Teaching Award and the Doctoral Research Excellence Award.

Supervisor projects

  • Investigating ways to increase the housing sectors sustainable productivity through mitigating the complexity drivers
  • 29 Mar 2023
  • Exploring Sustainable Housing Policy in Australia and Other Leading Jurisdictions
  • 23 Aug 2021
  • Innovative Offsite Construction Uptake in the Housebuilding Sector: A Systemic Approach to Economic Justifiability for Volume Builders
  • 17 Dec 2018
  • Identifying Factors That Influence Adoption, Deployment and Optimisation of Project Management Methodologies Within the Australian Local Government Sector
  • 13 Apr 2016
  • Local parameters of housing prices: a case study of the Melbourne residential property market
  • 27 Feb 2012

Teaching interests

Construction management, production planning in construction, modelling simulation and optimisation, lean construction, housing.

Research interests

Building, Materials Engineering, Curriculum and Pedagogy, Information Systems, Urban and Regional Planning, Education Systems

Ehsan’s research is focused on construction project management, dynamics of the house building industry, and learning and teaching in project management. He is also a Higher Degree by Research (HDR) supervisor.

Research projects:
Safe and healthy construction: The influence of clients in driving improvement through construction procurement and project management practices, ARC Linkage Project
Housing production delays funded by Forrest and Wood Products Association
Crane safety in the construction industry funded by SafeWork NSW
The effect of current sub-contracting practice in housing supply, funded by the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
House building industry dynamics modelling funded by Forrest and Wood Products Association
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