Christopher Heywood

Associate Professor Christopher Heywood serves in the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne, where he specializes in Property and Management. He earned his PhD from the University of Melbourne, a Graduate Diploma from RMIT University, and a Bachelor's Degree with Honours from the University of Melbourne. His research encompasses corporate real estate management, facilities management, real estate asset management, sustainability in the built environment and housing, office relocations and their employee impacts, energy efficiency in buildings, well-being in buildings, and alignment models in corporate real estate. Heywood has been affiliated with the University of Melbourne's Melbourne School of Design, contributing to the Thrive lab as an associate.

Heywood's career includes roles as Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor, teaching courses such as Asset Management (ABPL90016), Life Cycle Analysis and Sustainability (ABPL90027), and Facilities for Social Sustainability (ABPL90303). With over 60 publications and more than 900 citations on Google Scholar, his influential works include 'Australian corporate real estate lease reporting ahead of IFRS 16' (Pacific Rim Property Research Journal, 2020), 'Owned Australian corporate real estate reporting ahead of IFRS 16' (2021), 'The effect of firm characteristics on the prime office accommodation decision' (2019), 'Environmental and social sustainability – emergence of well-being in the built environment, assessment tools and real estate market implications' (2019), 'The Energy Efficiency Conversation in the Australian Volume Home Building sector: Current practices and opportunities for change' (2019), 'Analysing fourteen graphical representations of corporate real estate alignment models' (Journal of Corporate Real Estate, 2018), 'A New Demand-Supply Model to Enable Sustainability in New Australian Housing' (Sustainability, 2018), and 'Approaches to aligning corporate real estate and organisational strategy' (2011). He authored 'The Essential Guide to Corporate Real Estate' (2015). Heywood has received the 2020 PRRES Achievement Award, Best Corporate Real Estate Paper at the 34th American Real Estate Society Conference (2019), and Emerald Literati Awards for Excellence (2017), impacting corporate real estate practices in Australia and beyond.

Professional Email: c.heywood@unimelb.edu.au