Dr. David Oswald
Associate Dean, Learning & Teaching
Details
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Department: School of PCPM
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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david.oswald@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID:
0000-0002-3013-5681
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
Associate Professor David Oswald is the Associate Dean (Learning & Teaching) in the School of Property, Construction and Project Management.
His honours and awards include:
- 'L&T Leadership' Award (2025) in the College of Design and Social Context (RMIT).
- 'Best Paper Award' (2020) in Journal of Construction Engineering and Management.
- Over A$500,000 in research funding to date.
His latest co-authored and co-edited books include:
- Embracing Ethnography: Doing Contextualised Construction Research (2024)
- Constructing a Consumer-Focused Industry: Cracks, Cladding and Crisis in the Construction Sector (2022)
Academic positions
- Associate Professor
- RMIT University
- Melbourne, Australia
- 1 Jan 2024 – Present
- Senior Lecturer
- RMIT University
- Melbourne, Australia
- 1 Jan 2021 – 31 Dec 2023
- Lecturer
- RMIT University
- Melbourne, Australia
- 1 Jan 2018 – 31 Dec 2020
- Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
- RMIT University
- Melbourne, Australia
- Jul 2016 – 31 Dec 2017
Non-academic positions
- Forth Crossing Bridge Contractor
- The Forth Bridge
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Oct 2012 – Jun 2016
- Engineer
- Arup Group (United Kingdom)
- Engineering and Design
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Jun 2011 – Sep 2011
Supervisor projects
- Studying the role belief plays in Australian engineers' use of standards
- 30 Jan 2025
- A framework for improving safety performance of construction project performance based on the interaction of lean construction and BIM
- 7 Mar 2024
- The role of demonstration projects for facilitating the transition towards sustainable construction.
- 9 Nov 2023
- An Investigation into Energy as-a-Service (EaaS) Business Model in Facilitating Australian Energy Transition
- 5 Aug 2019
- Influencing Shared Decision Making for Safer Mining Vehicle Interactions
- 20 May 2019
Teaching interests
Dr. Oswald provides leadership for learning and teaching within the School. He has taught students within the Construction Management (undergraduate) and Occupational Health & Safety (postgraduate) degrees.
Research interests
Dr. Oswald has over 50 academic publications, including international awarding-winning work. His research interests includes: health, safety, well-being and sustainability within the construction industry and built environment.
