Michelle Turner

Professor Michelle Turner

Professor

Details

Open to

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision

About

Michelle Turner is a Professor at RMIT University in Australia. Prior to joining academia, Michelle worked as a project professional across various industries including health, charity and education and completed a Master of Project Management. Michelle combines her experience as a project professional and knowledge gained from her project management degree into the classroom where she teaches undergraduate and postgraduate Project Management students.  Alongside her teaching, Michelle conducts research on student resilience and wellbeing, women in construction, and construction workers' health and wellbeing. Her work has been published in top construction management and education journals, she has co-authored a book on health and wellbing in the construction industry and presented at international conferences. 

Supervisor projects

  • Improving gender-based work practices within the Australian construction industry through organisational change readiness
  • 27 Jul 2022
  • Work Readiness of Project Management Graduates in Construction: A Multi-method Multi-vocal Qualitative Study
  • 1 Mar 2017

Teaching interests

Work-life balance, Health and well-being in the construction industry, Resilience of students and project professionals

Research interests

Building, Business and Management, Curriculum and Pedagogy, Education Systems, Manufacturing Engineering
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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.

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