Dr. Huey Wen Lim
Details
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Department: School of PCPM
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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huey.wen.lim@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID:
0000-0003-2711-6540
Open to
- Media enquiries
- Membership of an advisory committee
- Teaching provision
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
- Collaborative projects
- Industry Projects
- Join a web conference as a panellist or speaker
About
Dr. Huey Wen Lim brings a unique interdisciplinary background in both Psychology and Engineering to the field of occupational safety, health, and wellbeing research. Her academic journey progressed from a Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) at HELP University, Malaysia, to a Master of Engineering and PhD from Tsinghua University, China. As a former McKenzie Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne, her award-winning research explores the relationship between construction project practices and worker mental wellbeing, with particular focus on how innovative technologies impact workforce health in the evolving Construction 4.0 landscape. Her work has contributed evidence-based frameworks that assist industry partners in enhancing workforce mental wellbeing as they transition to Construction 4.0 and beyond. Her work was recognised and honoured with the 2023 CIB Keith Hampson Early Career Researcher-Industry Award. Her research reaches both academic and industry audiences through journal publications and international conferences, extending to mental health issues in the mining sector. She remains committed to fostering strong research-industry partnerships that transform health and safety practices and create sustainable solutions for the construction sector's most pressing challenges.
Research fields
- 350505 Occupational and workplace health and safety
- 350507 Workplace wellbeing and quality of working life
UN sustainable development goals
- 3 Good Health and Well Being
- 5 Gender Equality
- 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
- 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
Academic positions
- McKenzie Research Fellow
- University of Melbourne
- Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
- Melbourne, Australia
- Mar 2022 – Jan 2025
- Research Assistant
- University of Melbourne
- Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
- Melbourne, Australia
- Jan 2021 – Jul 2021
- Research Assistant
- Tsinghua University
- Department of Construction Management, School of Civil Engineering
- Beijing, China
- Aug 2016 – Jul 2020
Non-academic positions
- Contract Management
- Nan Hai Corporation
- Shenzhen, China
- Feb 2016 – Jul 2016
- Assistant Analyst
- DTZ Consulting
- Beijing, China
- Jan 2015 – Jun 2015
- Procurement and Contract Officer
- Bestpac Engineering Sdn Bhd
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- May 2013 – Aug 2014
Research interests
Occupational Health and Safety
Workplace Mental Health and Wellbeing
Job Quality
Psychosocial Hazards
Safety Leadership
Disaster Resilience
