Professor Connie Susilawati
In memory of Professor Connie Susilawati
QUT acknowledges with sadness the passing of Professor Connie Susilawati, a valued member of the School of Economics and Finance and the wider property economics community.
Personal details
Keywords
Property Economics, Housing Economics, Asset Management, Sustainable development, Infrastructure, Building, Valuation, Property development, Property market analysis, Property Investment and finance
Research field
Building, Applied economics, Commercial services
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- PhD (Queensland University of Technology)
- Master of Commerce in Property (Curtin University of Technology)
Professional memberships and associations
- Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (2003 - 2015)
- Pacific Rim Real Estate Society (1998 - 2026)
- Commission member of CIB TG63 (Disasters and Built Environment) (2014 - 2026)
- Acting President/ Secretary of CIB (International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction) endorsed Student Chapter at Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering, Queensland University of Technology (2004 - 2007)
- European Real Estate Society (2004)
- American Real Estate Society (1997 - 2007)
- Alumni association of Petra Christian University (1996 - 2026)
- Alumni association of Curtin University of Technology (1996 - 2026)
- Alumni association of Queensland University of Technology (2010 - 2026)
- Queensland Housing and Homelessness Research Alliance (2018)
- Sunshine Coast Regional Council Housing Affordability Task Force (2010 - 2026)
- Institution of Engineers, Australia
Teaching
Teaching areas
Dr Susilawati taught the following units:
- Market Analysis
- Property Investment Analysis
- Money and Property
- Residential Valuation
- Work Integrated Learning
- Development Process
- Urban Development Economics
- Planning Theory and Processes
- Urban Land Studies
- Property Valuation
- Property Finance
- Research Methods
- Introduction to Building
- Professional Practice
- Operation Research
- Human Resources Management.
Dr Susilawati taught the following courses:
- Bachelor of Property Economics
- Bachelor of Urban Development (Property Economics)
- Bachelor of Applied Science (Property Economics)
- Master of Property Economics
- Bachelor of Civil Engineering
- Bachelor of Management(Real Estate Management)
- Postgraduate Programs in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Property Management and Building Science.
Academic leadership
- Subject Area Coordinator, Undergraduate Program in Property Economics
- Deputy Director, Postgraduate Program in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Property Management and Building Science
- Course Coordinator, IASTP III Asset Appraisal for Financial Restructuring and Regional Autonomy.
Publications
- Coulburn, L., Miller, W., Susilawati, C. & Neumeister-Kemp, H. (2026). Field practitioners' perspectives of challenges and practices that hinder effective mould assessment and remediation in Australian residential buildings. Building and Environment, 290. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/262291
- Susilawati, C., Teo, M., Rachmawati, F., Saja, A., Devi, B., Soemitro, R., Wilkinson, S. & Goonetilleke, A. (2026). Household Attributes, Motivational Factors, and Sources of Motivation Influencing Flood Preparedness of Vulnerable Population Groups. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 17(1), 63–80. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/263406
- E, J., Xia, B., Chen, Q., Susilawati, C. & Buys, L. (2025). Assessing the impact of the built environment on independent living in the Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs) in Australia: A Bayesian network analysis. Cities, 159. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/255201
- Atmoko, D., Susilawati, C., Devi, B., Wilkinson, S., Puspitarini, I., Lukito, J. & Goonetilleke, A. (2025). Challenges and Opportunities for Promoting Sustainability in Public Buildings. Sustainability, 17(2). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/254938
- Lee, C., Yam, S., Susilawati, C. & Blake, A. (2024). The Future Property Workforce: Challenges and Opportunities for Property Professionals in the Changing Landscape. Buildings, 14(1). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/245778
- Shaw-Williams, D. & Susilawati, C. (2020). A techno-economic evaluation of Virtual Net Metering for the Australian community housing sector. Applied Energy, 261, 1–13. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/197350
- Indraswari, K., Friedman, R., Noske, R., Shepherd, C., Biggs, D., Susilawati, C. & Wilson, C. (2020). It's in the news: Characterising Indonesia's wild bird trade network from media-reported seizure incidents. Biological Conservation, 243. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/180856
- Susilawati, C., (2018). Multi-stakeholder partnership promotes sustainable housing supply chain. In T. Dixon, S. Sayce, N. Miller & S. Wilkinson (Eds.), Routledge handbook of sustainable real estate (pp. 375–389). Routledge. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/117611
- Short, P., Seelig, T., Warren, C., Susilawati, C. & Thompson, A. (2008). No 117-Risk-assessment practices in the private rental sector: implications for low-income renters- AHURI Final Report. AHURI Final Report, 117, 1–81. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/28804
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Connie, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
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A complete list of publications is available at: https://www.qut.edu.au/about/our-people/academic-profiles/c.susilawati
Selected research projects
- Title
- From innovators to mainstream market: a toolkit for transforming Australian housing and maximising sustainability outcomes for stakeholders
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP130100650
- Start year
- 2014
- Keywords
- Housing supply chain; Building performance; Residential construction processes
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.
Supervision
Current supervisions
- Developing an innovative healthy ageing framework in Australia
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Bo Xia, Dr Tracy Washington - Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs) in Australia: Facilitating Ageing in Place and Forecasting Growth
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Bo Xia - Strengthening Self-Regulation in Residential Building Process Improvements, Regulatory Pathways, and Comparative Lessons
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Andrea Blake
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Australia's Problem of Mould-Affected Housing: Subjective Experiences of Symptomatic Exposure and Common Causes of Indoor Dampness and Mould (2025)
- Understanding the Impact of Built Environment in Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities on Ageing in Place of Australian Baby Boomers (2025)
- Multi-financial Modelling Framework for Public Housing (2022)
- Public Building Adaptation in Tropical Developing Countries (2022)
- Framework for Climate Change Adaptation for Incorporation in Public Asset Management: an Indonesian Context (2018)
- Improving Property Practitioners' Involvement in Information Flow of Sustainability Features of Residential Property (2017)
- Improving Access to Housing for Low-Income Communities in Dhaka: From Rhetoric to Reality in Community Participation (2015)
- Who Really Pays for Urban Infrastructure? The impact of developer infrastructure charges on housing affordability in Brisbane, Australia (2015)
- Challenges Facing the Application of Sustainability to Housing in Saudi Arabia (2014)
- A Public Asset Management Framework for Indonesian Local Governments (2012)
The supervisions listed above are only a selection.