Iftekhar Ahmed

Dr Iftekhar Ahmed (preferred name Ifte) is Associate Professor in Construction Management/Disaster Resilience, School of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Newcastle, Australia. He is the Program Convenor of the “Master of Disaster Risk and Resilience”. His teaching focuses on policy and social considerations for disaster risk and resilience principles, disaster resilience and management of the built environment and built environment research. His research interests span across disaster resilience, climate change adaptation, post-disaster shelter and urbanisation in the Asia-Pacific region. Iftekhar completed his doctorate from Oxford Brookes University, UK, Master of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, and Bachelor of Architecture (Honours) from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), India. He has studied and worked in several countries including Australia, Bangladesh, Germany, India, Thailand, UK and USA, and has extensive research and professional experience in many countries, particularly in South and Southeast Asia. Iftekhar serves as a consultant for international agencies and has written several books, professional reports and many peer-reviewed publications.