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Pro Vice-Chancellor (Engagement) Professor Mike Hefferan
BA Qld., GradDipManagement C.Qld., MAppSci Qld.UT., PhD Qld.UT., Certified Practising Valuer.
Position: Pro Vice-Chancellor (Engagement) and Professor Property and Development
Office: C1-77
Tel: +61 7 5456 5028
Fax: +61 7 5456 5057
Email: mheffera@usc.edu.au
Research areas
- regional development
- contemporary valuation practice
- building use and adaptation
- master planned communities
- sustainability within the built environment
- environmental assessment and banking research into the role of Universities in the contemporary business environment and community
Teaching areas
- Regional Development
- Land Economics
- Valuation
- Asset Management
Profile
Professor Mike Hefferan is the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Engagement) and the Professor of Property and Development at USC. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Queensland University of Technology.
His current role involves providing a primary link between the University, its key stakeholders and the Sunshine Coast community in achieving the teaching and learning and research priorities of the USC. He also heads the University’s graduate and post-graduate teaching and research initiatives pertaining to the property and development sections.
Mike was previously the Director of the Institute for Sustainable Resources at the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, a cross-faculty organisation of almost 200 researchers with particular interests in resources management, sustainable built environments and social dimensions of change.
For the previous 15 years, he was an Executive Director within the State Government with industry development, property development and asset management responsibilities. He had a major role in Queensland’s Smart State program, particularly related to regional development and research initiatives and funding.
Mike has a PhD, Masters of Applied Science and Postgraduate Management qualifications. He is a Registered Urban and Rural Valuer, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a member of the Property Council of Australia and Urban Development Institute of Australia. He is currently Vice-President of the Australian Institute of Valuers, Queensland Division and a member of that organisation’s National Education Board.
Publications
Many of Professor Mike Hefferan's publications are available from the Coast Research Database.
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