Professor Sara Wilkinson is a chartered Building Surveyor and Australia’s first female Professor of Property. Her transdisciplinary research program sits at the intersection of sustainability, urban development and transformation, with a focus on green cities and preparing our urban environments for the challenges of climate change. Sara works with academics and industry partners in construction, engineering, science, health and business to deliver building adaptation, sustainability and resilience, and green infrastructure projects. Sara has written 9 books, 30 book chapters, 63 refereed journal and 105 refereed conference papers, and 8 keynote presentations. She is the Director of ZEMCH (Zero Energy Mass Custom Housing) Australia and the Australian Hub Leader for the Carbon Leadership Forum and a core member of The Indigenous Infrastructure & Sustainable Housing Alliance (TIISHA) at UTS. In professional practice, Sara worked extensively on building retrofit and adaptive reuse.

• Workplace culture and office space needs
• Using VR to assess willingness to pay for green infrastructure in residential development
• Algae building technology