Nader Naderpajouh

Dr Naderpajouh is a professor of engineering and management, while he conducts research and research informed consultations on organising risk and resilience. His portfolio of research grants, totalling over A$17.3M, includes 34 projects funded by the European Commission through Horizon 2020 program, Australian Research Council (ARC), Future Fuels Cooperative Research Centre (FFCRC), Arup, Natural Hazard Research Australia (NHRA), CSIRO, and Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Research Trust. He serves as an Associate Editor for journals including the Journal of Management in Engineering by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), and as a member of the Editorial Board of journals including the International Journal of Project Management (IJPM), while he serves as a referee for over 30 academic journals. His works have also received several recognitions, among them the 2019 RMIT Europe Fellowship, the 2019 Malcom Moore Industry Research Award, the 2016 and 2020 best paper honourable mention from the Journal of Management in Engineering (ASCE), the 2018 Emerald Literati Award Highly Commended Paper, and the Bronze medal in the Third Mondialogo Engineering Award by UNESCO and DaimlerAG (2009). In addition, his contributions as a referee have been recognised by the 2016 and 2017 outstanding reviewer award from the Journal of Management in Engineering (ASCE), and the 2018 outstanding reviewer award from the Reliability Engineering and Systems Safety (RESS). Dr Naderpajouh is actively engaged with research communities, industry partners and government agencies across Australia, New Zealand, Europe, USA, UK, Middle East and Asia through educating practitioners, advising and mentoring future scholars, assisting communities, and consulting industry partners and government agencies. He is passionate about the discourse of social justice and equity and these values are foundational in his active research on the topics of organising risk and resilience, collective action, innovation and infrastructure management.