Professor Stephen Kajewski
Faculty of Engineering,
School of Architecture & Built Environment
Biography
Stephen Kajewski is a Professor of Project Management and the Director of the QUT Project Management Academy in the School of Architecture and Built Environment, Faculty of Engineering. With qualifications in civil engineering and project management, Stephen has practiced as a structural design engineer and construction manager across a diverse range of projects prior to joining QUT. He researches and teaches at the university and to national and international clients in the areas of project management, project control, and commercial construction management across a range of industrial sectors including construction, civil infrastructure, mining/minerals processing and oil & gas.Personal details
Positions
- Professor
Faculty of Engineering,
School of Architecture & Built Environment
Keywords
Construction, Construction management, Information technology in construction, Knowledge management, Project management
Research field
Building, Civil engineering
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- PhD (Queensland University of Technology)
- MBuiltEnv(ProjMgt) (Queensland University of Technology)
- GDProjMgt (Queensland University of Technology)
- BEng(Hons) (Queensland Inst. of Technology)
Teaching
Professor Kajewski holds an ethos of “student as client”, and that quality teaching and the facilitation of learning is paramount to success as a university and personal satisfaction as a member of the academic team. His primary aim in the pursuit of this philosophy is to provide students with an environment conducive to high quality learning, such that they maximise their capabilities for their chosen discipline as well as their societal role as members of a global community. His teaching activities at QUT have spanned the spectrum of university teaching activities from involvement in all year levels of undergraduate programs, postgraduate coursework and research programs, higher-degree supervision and extensive involvement with corporate education both nationally and internationally. Students have different needs and motivations, and their learning requirements and reasons for commencing or returning to university often demand alternative approaches. Professor Kajewski’s aim with postgraduate students is not solely to instil knowledge – rather, the aim is to stimulate critical thinking and analysis by introducing concepts, contemporary issues and contentious points of view that generate debate and discussion in the student cohort. Through a carefully controlled mix of lecture, case study analysis, critical debate, and discussion, he creates interactive environments in which as much teaching is done by the individual students as is by done himself.
Experience
QUT and Shell, together with three other leading international universities, have been collaborating for over 15 years in the design, development and delivery of project management corporate education programs - delivered globally to Shell's engineering skill pool. Professor Kajewski leads QUT's engagement and has personally consulted to and delivered over 60 courses to more than 2,000 Shell engineers (QUT has delivered more than 250 courses to more than 5,000 engineers.
Publications
- Oad, P., Kajewski, S., Kumar, A. & Xia, B. (2021). Bid evaluation and assessment of innovation in road construction industry: A systematic literature review. Civil Engineering Journal (Iran), 7(1), 179–196. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/208400
- Oad, P., Kajewski, S., Kumar, A. & Xia, B. (2021). Investigation of innovation during bid evaluation process in the road construction industry. Civil Engineering Journal (Iran), 7(3), 594–613. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/210192
- Reidy, A., Kumar, A., Kajewski, S. & Lamari, F. (2018). From point value to sustainability investment logic- infrastructure appraisal and the challenges of climate change. Proceedings of the 6th National Climate Adaptation Conference, 1–12. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/118341
- Perovic, M., Coffey, V., Kajewski, S. & Madan, A. (2016). Unravelling heritage challenges: three case studies. Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development, 6(3), 330–344. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/113579
- Cheung, E., Chan, A. & Kajewski, S. (2012). Factors contributing to successful public private partnership projects - Comparing Hong Kong with Australia and the United Kingdom. Journal of Facilities Management, 10(1), 45–58. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/32888
- Abu Hassim, A., Kajewski, S. & Trigunarsyah, B. (2011). The importance of project governance framework in project procurement planning. Procedia Engineering, 14, 1929–1937. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/39853
- Cheung, E., Chan, A. & Kajewski, S. (2010). Suitability of procuring large public works by PPP in Hong Kong. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 17(3), 292–308. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/32897
- Cheung, E., Chan, A. & Kajewski, S. (2010). The public sector's perspective on procuring public works projects - Comparing the views of practitioners in Hong Kong and Australia. Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, 16(1), 19–32. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/32891
- Cheung, E., Chan, A. & Kajewski, S. (2010). The researcher's perspective on procuring public works projects. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 28(4), 300–313. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/32894
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Stephen, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Supervision
Current supervisions
- The link between internal integration and financial performance in engineering and construction companies
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Fiona Cheung - The Influence of Project Type and Project Manager Capability on Project Governance
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Tim Rose, Adjunct Associate Professor Adrian Bridge
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Assessing Innovation in Comparative Tender Assessment in the Road Sector (2021)
- Developing A Methodology For Evaluating Privately Operated Toll Road Projects Using Stochastic Cost-Benefit Analysis (2018)
- Incorporating Sustainability in Investment Decision Making for Infrastructure Projects (2018)
- Modelling Commuters' Mode Choice: Integrating Travel Behaviour, Stated Preferences, Perception, and Socio-economic Profile (2018)
- Equity issues in land acquisition: A source of delays in large construction projects in Vietnam (2017)
- A Model to Assess the Impact of Innovation Activity on Project Performance in Consulting Engineering Firms (2015)
- Overcoming the Challenges of Building Heritage Projects: Improvements to Time, Scope and Cost Performance (2015)
Completed supervisions (Masters by Research)
The supervisions listed above are only a selection.