Rate My Professor Jamie MacKee

Jamie MacKee is an Honorary Associate Professor in Construction Management in the School of Architecture and Built Environment, College of Engineering, Science and Environment, at the University of Newcastle. He possesses over thirty years of experience in higher education and professional architectural practice across Australia, Singapore, and Sri Lanka. His academic qualifications include a PhD from the University of Newcastle, a Master of Science in Building from the National University of Singapore, a Postgraduate Diploma in Architectural Conservation of Monuments and Sites from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, a Bachelor of Design Studies, and a Bachelor of Architecture (Honours) from the University of Queensland. Throughout his career, MacKee has held key leadership positions such as Assistant Dean (International) in the Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment since 2014, Head of Discipline for Construction Management from 2009 to 2014, Construction Discipline Faculty Board Representative since 2012, School Research Director in 2003, and academic roles at the University of Newcastle since 2000, preceded by lecturing at the University of Moratuwa's Department of Building Economics from 1991 to 1998. He has contributed to curriculum development and accreditation, including obtaining Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors recognition, and implemented innovative Problem-Based Learning programs for architecture, construction management, and quantity surveying students. Practically, he has supervised diverse projects from houses to resort complexes and led post-disaster reconstruction efforts, including the University-sponsored design, documentation, and tendering of a $1 million hospital and community maternity clinic in Sri Lanka following the 2004 tsunami.

MacKee's primary research areas encompass architectural conservation, risk assessment of cultural built heritage vulnerable to climate change impacts and natural disasters, environmental management systems, disaster risk management, resilience, sustainability, heritage conservation theory, and construction management education. He authored books such as 'Conserving Cultural Built Heritage in South and Southeast Asia: A Conceptual Framework for the Conservation of Non-Secular Built Heritage Based on the Philosophical and Cultural Experiences of the Region' (2009), 'Evaluation in Urban Conservation: Case Studies on the Application of Evaluation in Conservation Decision-Making...' (2009), and co-authored 'Historic Cities in the Face of Disasters: Reconstruction, Recovery and Resilience of Societies' (2021). Prominent publications include 'A proposed assessment index for climate change-related risk for cultural heritage protection in Newcastle (Australia)' (2016, 119 citations), 'Recovering cultural built heritage after natural disasters: A resilience perspective' (2014, 48 citations), and 'Towards SEA for the developing nations of Asia' (2003, 101 citations). MacKee received an award for his doctoral research, has garnered international recognition through invitations to referee journals like Building Research and Information and Construction Management and Economics, serves on editorial advisory boards, and participated in a State Government advisory committee. His Strategic Environmental Assessment research has been disseminated to stakeholders across Asia, influencing conservation practices.