Rebecca Leshinsky

Associate Professor Rebecca Leshinsky

Associate Professor

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  • Media enquiries
  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision

About

Associate Professor Rebecca Leshinsky (PhD) is a property and urban planning barrister and Associate Professor in the School of Property, Planning and Project Management.

A/P Leshinsky teaches and has research interests in international built environment and land valuation, property dispute resolution, and condominium living. She also interested in how advanced technologies intersect with property and real estate interests and the resolution of restitution disputes for land & property. 

Industry experience
Over 20 years experience as a lawyer and urban planner.

Supervisor projects

  • Feasibility of artificial technology Integration into aged care
  • 17 Oct 2023
  • Exploring Dynamics of Flood-Resilient Retrofitting in Existing Residential Properties in Victoria
  • 13 Jun 2023
  • Implications of Advanced Technologies on the Specialised Property Valuation Profession in Australia
  • 30 Oct 2020
  • Key Drivers of Gated Community Developments Case Study: Greater Accra Region, Ghana and London, UK
  • 2 Jul 2018
  • 'Transborder technologies of land administration: An inquiry into authority, agency, and artefact.'
  • 22 Nov 2017

Teaching interests

Supervisor interest areas:
Tall buildings - law, living & dispute resolution.
Restitution for missing property - art, objects & land - consequent of genocide, war, human-made/natural disasters
Emerging property interests - blockchain, fractionalization and tokenization of property & real estate
Automated land valuations - new frontier valuation & law in practice

Supervisor projects:
PhD: Key Drivers of Gated Community Development Case Study: Greater Accra, Ghana and London, United Kingdom
PhD: Implications of Advanced Technologies on the Specialised Property Valuation Profession in Australia
Masters: Studying the use case of Blockchain and Al technologies in improving the overall buying and selling process of Australian residential properties

Programs:
Property (https://www.rmit.edu.au/study-with-us/building/property-and-valuation)
Construction Management (https://www.rmit.edu.au/study-with-us/building/construction-management)
Project Management (https://www.rmit.edu.au/study-with-us/building/project-management)

Research interests

Research is centered around property restitution and dispute resolution, condominium living and built environment dispute resolution, including land valuation. Rebecca also has interest in advanced technologies and their interaction with real estate. 

Research keywords
Property Interests and Rights, Urban Planning Instrumentality, Real estate restitution, International valuation. Advanced Technologies, Land Administration and Registration

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