Dr Melissa Teo
Faculty of Engineering,
School of Architecture & Built Environment
Biography
Main areas of research Melissa Teo was awarded her PhD in 2009 from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. Her scholarly interest and contribution to date has been to:- address issues on sustainability
- corporate social and ethical responsibilities to the local community affected by a project and their implications for successful project delivery
- community engagement during the construction phase of projects
- community engagement in disaster preparedness and response (particularly CALD and LSE communities)
- understand community resilience in a disaster management context
Her work has a strong focus on social and cultural determinants of project success and how construction firms reconcile the desire to meet project objectives with their social responsibilities to stakeholders affected by a project. Areas of expertise include:
- construction project management
- construction management
- project management
- stakeholder management
- community engagement
- environmental risk perception
- disaster preparedness and response
- engaging culturally and linguistically diverse communities (CALD) communities
Awards and recognition
- 2014: ARCOM Conference - Winner of ARCOM 'The David Langford Commemorative Award' for research paper titled "Getting to the heart of community action against construction projects".
- 2009: ARCOM Conference – Winner of ARCOM Presidential Award for Best Research Paper titled "A grounded theory of protest movement continuity".
- 2009: The Australian institute of Building's '2009 New South Wales Presidents Award for Research' for PhD titled " An investigation of the community-based protest movment continuit against construction projects".
- 2003 - 2007: International Postgraduate Research Scholarship - University of New South Wales
- 2003 - 2007: Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Foundation Richard Lay Fellowship
Grants
- 2016: $40,000: Logan City Council research grant on "Engaging vulnerable populations in high disaster risk area in disaster preparedness and response".
- 2013: $14,800: QUT SEF Learning and Teaching Grant on "The role of academic staff in educating, communicating and enforcing academic integrity: An investigation of current practice".
- 2013: US$50,000: Project Management Institute (PMI) grant on "Community engagement strategies during the construction phase of controversial projects".
Career history
- 2019 - present: Senior Lecturer - Construction Project Management
- 2010 - 2019: Lecturer - Construction Project Management
- 2009 - 2010: Senior Research Assistant - ARC project
- 2003 - 2008: PhD Candidate
- 2001 - 2003: Senior Development Officer - Building Construction Authority, Singapore
Personal details
Positions
- Senior Lecturer in Construction/Project Management
Faculty of Engineering,
School of Architecture & Built Environment
Keywords
Community engagement, Project implementation, Project management, Protest, Stakeholder management
Discipline
Building, Other Built Environment and Design
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD (University of New South Wales)
Teaching
Teaching areas
- stakeholder management
- professional ethics
- corporate social responsibility
- project management
- managing construction business
- strategic construction management
- risk management
- research methods
- managing project teams.
Publications
- Teo M, Loosemore M, (2003) Changing the environmental culture of the construction industry, Construction Research Congress 2003: Wind of Change: Integration and Innovation, pp. 1-8.
- Loosemore M, Teo M, (2002) The crisis management practices of Australian construction companies, Australian Journal of Construction Economics and Building (changed to Australasian Journal of Construction Economics and Building), 2 (2), pp. 15-26.
- Teo M, Loosemore M, (2011) Community-based protest against construction projects: a case study of movement continuity, Construction Management and Economics, 29 (2), pp. 131-144.
- Wong J, Teo M, Cheung F, (2010) Cultural determinants of stress in the construction industry, Proceedings of 2010 International Conference on Construction and Real Estate Management Volume 1, pp. 44-49.
- Teo M, Loosemore M, (2010) Community-based protest against construction and engineering projects - the role of contagion in sustaining movement continuity.
- Prasad D, Teo M, Dave M, (2009) Retrofitting Residential Housing and Precincts: Current Practice, New Strategies and Training Responses.
- Teo M, Loosemore M, (2006) Community protest groups' perceptions of environmental risks using social contagion theory, Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Association of Researchers in Construction Management Conference, pp. 319-326.
- Teo M, Loosemore M, (2004) An investigation into the management of environmental risks on international construction projects, Proceedings of the 2004 International Symposium on Globalisation and Construction: Joint Symposium of the CIB W107 (Construction in Developing Economies) and CIB TG23 (Culture in Construction), pp. 807-816.
- Teo M, Loosemore M, (2010) Community-based protest against construction projects: The social determinants of protest movement continuity, International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 3 (2), pp. 216-235.
- Prasad D, Teo M, Dave M, (2009) Retrofitting Residential Housing and Precincts: Current Practice, New Strategies and Training Responses.
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Melissa, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Awards
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2009
- Details
- Internationally refereed conference paper titled "A grounded theory of protest movement continuity" by authors Dr Melissa Teo (QUT) and Professor Martin Loosemore (UNSW) was awarded The 'President's Prize' for Best Research Paper at the 25th Annual Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM) Conference, Nottingham, 7-9 September 2009.
Supervision
Current supervisions
- Factors Influencing Project Team Effectiveness to Achieve Quality of Building Projects in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Robin Drogemuller