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
- 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
- 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
- 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".
- 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, Stakeholder management, Project management, Disaster resilience, Vulnerable groups, Circular economy
Research field
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
- Regona, M., Yigitcanlar, T., Hon, C. & Teo, M. (2023). Mapping Two Decades of AI in Construction Research: A Scientometric Analysis from the Sustainability and Construction Phases Lenses. Buildings, 13(9). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/243282
- Saja, A., Teo, M., Goonetilleke, A. & Ziyath, A. (2021). Assessing social resilience in disaster management. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 52. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/207034
- Bohari, A., Skitmore, M., Xia, B., Teo, M. & Khalil, N. (2020). Key stakeholder values in encouraging green orientation of construction procurement. Journal of Cleaner Production, 270. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/202418
- Saja, A., Goonetilleke, A., Teo, M. & Mohamed Ziyath, A. (2019). A critical review of social resilience assessment frameworks in disaster management. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 35. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/126970
- Teo, M., Goonetilleke, A., Deilami, K., Ahankoob, A. & Lawie, M. (2019). Engaging residents from different ethnic and language backgrounds in disaster preparedness. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 39, 1–10. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/131533
- Teo, M., Goonetilleke, A., Ahankoob, A., Deilami, K. & Lawie, M. (2018). Disaster awareness and information seeking behaviour among residents from low socio-economic backgrounds. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 31, 1121–1131. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/122447
- Saja, A., Teo, M., Goonetilleke, A. & Mohamed Ziyath, A. (2018). An inclusive and adaptive framework for measuring social resilience to disasters. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 28, 862–873. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/116822
- Mohamad Bohari, A., Skitmore, M., Xia, B. & Teo, M. (2017). Green oriented procurement for building projects: Preliminary findings from Malaysia. Journal of Cleaner Production, 148, 690–700. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/103565
- Teo, M. & Loosemore, M. (2017). Understanding community protest from a project management perspective: A relationship-based approach. International Journal of Project Management, 35(8), 1444–1458. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/112340
QUT ePrints
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Awards
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- Winner of ARCOM's ¿The David Langford Commemorative Award¿ for best research paper titled ¿Getting to the heart of community action against construction projects¿ by authors Dr Melissa Teo (QUT) and Professor Martin Loosemore (UNSW) at the 30th Annual Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM) Conference, Portsmouth, 1-3 September 2014.
- 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
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Factors Influencing Project Team Effectiveness to Achieve Quality of Building Projects in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (2022)
- Engaging Ethnic Minorities in Rural Water Supply Project Planning in Viet Nam (2021)
- Surrogate Approach to Assess Social Resilience in Disaster Management (2020)
- Equity issues in land acquisition: A source of delays in large construction projects in Vietnam (2017)