Sajani Jayasuriya

Sajani is a lecturer at the School of Property, Construction, and Project Management at RMIT University. She completed her doctoral degree at RMIT University in the area of stakeholder management and Public-Private Partnerships. Her bachelor's degree was in Quantity Surveying with a first class from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. She is a member of the Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (AIQS). She also undertakes the Accreditation Manager role for the Construction Management discipline. Further, she is the chair of the School Diversity, Inclusion, and Advocacy Group.
Apart from administrative duties, she is also an industry-focused researcher. She has collaborated on research projects locally and internationally. She is an active member of the Solar Energy Application Laboratory (SEAL) at RMIT. She is also a member of the CIB W122 PPP Working Commission. She has also worked in the industry and is passionate about finding solutions to industry-based issues. Her research areas include stakeholder management, community engagement, public-private partnerships, embodied carbon calculations, renewable energy transition, and affordable housing.
Awards:
2013: Australian Post Graduate Award (APA)
2016: Best Paper Award in the Pacific Association of Quantity Surveyors Congress 2016, Pacific Association of Quantity, Christchurch, New Zealand, for paper titled “Emerging issues related to stakeholder management in PPP projects: An Australia study”, 20-24 May, Christchurch, New Zealand