Suzanne Jane Wilkinson

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Suzanne Wilkinson
Alma mater Oxford Brookes University Massey University
Scientific career
Fields disaster management
construction management
engineering management
build back better
Institutions Massey University
Thesis

Suzanne Jane Wilkinson is a New Zealand engineering academic. [1] She is currently a full professor at the School of Built Environment at Massey University. She is also the associate dean of research at the College of Science of Massey University. [2]

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Academic career

Suzanne is a full Professor in the School of Built Environment at Massey University in Auckland. Suzanne has PhD in Construction Management, and a BEng (Hons) in Civil Engineering, both from Oxford Brookes University, UK. She also has a Graduate Diploma in Business Studies (Dispute Resolution) from Massey University. Her current research focuses on disaster management, construction innovation, resilience and smart cities. She is interested in how cities, communities and organisations, including construction organisations, plan for disasters and manage hazard events and how to make them more resilience. At the moment she is working on ideas on construction climate mitigation. [3]

After a 1993 PhD titled 'Entry to Employment : Choices made by qualified women civil engineers leaving higher education' at the Oxford Brookes University, she moved to the University of Auckland, rising to full Professor in 2.0In 2020, she re ed ng to her new position as Director of postgraduate studies in the School of Built Environment and Associate Dean (Research) in the College of Sciences at Massey University.

Selected works

Suzanne has written and co-authored over 300 publications, 200 of them are peer reviewed journal articles. [4] [5] She is considered one of the world experts in disaster management, disaster recovery and post-disaster reconstruction.

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References

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  2. Zealand, Massey University, New. "Prof Suzanne Wilkinson - Associate Dean Research - Massey University". www.massey.ac.nz. Retrieved 9 February 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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