Dr Nirodha Fernando

Biography	Dr. Nirodha Fernando joined the Construction and Surveying team in the School of Engineering and the Built Environment at Edinburgh Napier university, Scotland, UK in April 2022 as an Associate professor in Quantity surveying. Prior to this, Dr Fernando was a Lecturer at the School of Science, Engineering and Environment, University of Salford, UK. She was the leader of the franchise programmes that were delivered internationally. She started her academic career in 2004, immediately after obtaining the first class in B.Sc (honours) in Quantity Surveying from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. She has over 18 years of experience as an academic in the Higher Education sector both in the UK and in Sri Lanka. She obtained her PhD from the University of Salford, the UK in 2011. She has diverse academic experience in quantity surveying, construction management, and project management disciplines. Nirodha is an active researcher and has widely published in leading journals and conferences in the Built Environment. She is actively serving the academic community as a journal paper reviewer, PhD, MPhil and MSc thesis examiner and member of scientific committees in various conferences.
Research Interests	Carbon counting Low carbon development Construction Management Human resource capacity buildings Women in construction Post Disaster reconstruction
Teaching and Learning	Module lead for the followings modules; BSV08404 Contract Administration and Practice (GA) BSV08127 Contract Administration and Practice BSV11104 Procurement Strategy BSV 08125 Quantity Surveying: Professional Practice BSV 08419 Quantity Surveying: Professional Practice (GA)
PhD Supervision Availability	Yes
PhD Topics	Research interests Construction Management Digitalisation in the construction industry Embodied Carbon Estimating Public Private Partnerships Disaster Management Economics of Sustainability Whole Life Costing Human Resource Capacity Buildings Skills Development Women in Construction