Dr. Uche Joyce Ogbonda
School of Science, Engineering and Environment
Current positions
Lecturer in Property and Real Estate
Biography
In Dr Uche Ogbonda's current job, she is co-lead on the Real Estate Research Cohort and was instrumental in caving out the Real Estate Research Consultancy Cohort bringing staff together to engage in research.
Dr Uche was the West African coordinator of African Real Estate Surveyors (AFRES) with over 12 countries on her folio and was responsible for coordinating and organising conferences in different countries as agreed by members.
Dr Uche is an academic with broad knowledge and experience in teaching in Africa and the UK. She has supervised many postgraduate research students as the MSc Dissertation Coordinator and teaches in multi-disciplinary modules in programmes other than the Real Estate programme. To date, she has successfully examined over ten PhD to progress and complete their degrees, Chaired PhD examination sessions in the wider University and supervised over twenty (20) MSc students to completion.
She is a reviewer of journals and conferences, including MDPI, BEPAM, and Healthy Building conferences. Dr Uche Ogbonda is a member of the EPSRC Engineering Early Career Forum and the Global Sustainable Futures.]
Areas of research
Real Estate Investment, Automated Valuation, Social Value, Regeneration, Sustainability, Air Quality, Property Development, Healthy Buildings, Design specification
Areas of supervision
Real Estate Investment, Automated Valuation, Social Value, Regeneration, Sustainability, Air Quality, Property Development, Healthy Buildings, Design specification
- Real Estate
- Architectural Technology
- Building Surveying
My interdisciplinary research focuses on developing robust tools and innovative techniques to improve Property Values and the Built Environment through automated valuations, added wellbeing, indoor environment and building infrastructural development/regeneration contributing to excellence in the Built Environment research and aligns strongly with the University Innovation Strategy. My research adopted the design science methodology and provided an iterative roust process for building specifications in air polluted environment, providing a broader perspective and adaptability to wider research interests. Journal and conference paper reviews include broader built environment research in sustainability, regeneration, indoor air environment; healthy building; infrastructural development, and social value. My interest includes international collaboration and partnership through higher education teaching and research.
Qualifications
- BTech
- MSc
- PhD
- PGCert
Memberships
- Member African Real Estate Society (Afres)
- Member International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ)
- Fellow Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
- Member School of Science, Engineering and Environment (SEE)