Orana Sandri

Orana is a Senior Lecturer in RMIT University's School of Property, Construction and Project Management, with extensive research experience in sustainability in the built environment. Her research focuses on improving workforce safety, diversity and capability, supporting the transition to clean energy, and examining policy and industry practices that contribute to more sustainable and equitable outcomes in the built environment.

Orana has extensive experience in applied, industry-engaged research, having undertaken projects funded by the Victorian and Commonwealth Governments, Future Fuels CRC, Energy Pipelines CRC, CFMEU and Building Employees Redundancy Trust (BERT). Her research has examined workforce development, professional practice and policy implementation, particularly in the areas of women in construction, occupational safety, clean energy skills and workforce capability.

Orana also has extensive experience in higher education teaching and research on adult learning, sustainability education and professional education. Her teaching and educational research focus on practice-based learning and developing students' capacity to understand and respond to complex sustainability challenges.