Joseph Ooi

Professor of Real Estate at National University of Singapore

Biography

National University of Singapore

Joseph Ooi is Professor of Real Estate in NUS Business School, National University of Singapore (NUS) where he is serving as Programme Director of the Executive Certificate in Real Estate Finance (ECREF). He is the current President of the International Real Estate Society, which is a federation of six regional real estate academic societies.

Joseph has published more than 50 peer-reviewed papers in top real estate finance and economics journals, such as Journal of Law & Economics, Journal of Money, Credit & Banking, Journal of Regional Science, Regional Science & Urban Economics, Real Estate Economics, Journal of Real Estate Finance & Economics, and Urban Studies. A frequent winner of best paper prizes at international conferences, Joseph received the NUS Young Researcher Award (2005), NUS SDE Dean’s Chair (2015), and the Weimer School of Advanced Studies in Real Estate & Land Economics Fellowship (2017) for his outstanding and impactful scholarly accomplishments.

Joseph is also a highly versatile scholar who excels at teaching a broad range of subjects at different levels. He has conducted training workshops for real estate-related organisations and government agencies. Joseph has won many teaching excellence awards, including the NUS Outstanding Educator Award, which is the highest teaching accolade in NUS.

Joseph served on the executive committee of Urban Land Institute (ULI), Singapore and is on the editorial board of most peer-reviewed real estate journals. He was external examiner and reviewer for University of Reading (2011-2014) and University of Auckland (2021), and board director of AsianRealEstateSociety (2012-2018). Joseph received the International Real Estate Society’s Achievement Award in 2008 for his outstanding contribution to research, education and practice at the international level.

Joseph obtained his B.Sc. (Estate Management) and M.Sc. (Real Estate) degrees from NUS and his PhD in Real Estate Finance from the University of Manchester (formerly UMIST).

Recognition & Awards

  • Certificate of Achievement, top cited article in Real Estate Economics - 2021
  • Best Paper, Annual Conference of European Real Estate Society in Tallinn, Estonia (2020) - 2021
  • Best Paper - Asian Market, Paper published in the Journal of Sustainable Real Estate (2019 volume) - 2020
  • Best Paper, Global Chinese Real Estate Congress in Qingdao, China (Jul 2018) - 2018
  • Best Paper on REITs, Annual Meeting of American Real Estate Society in Florida, US (Apr 2018) - 2018
  • SDE Annual Teaching Excellence Award (STEA) Honour Roll - 2018
  • NUS Excellent Teacher Honour Roll - 2012
  • NUS Outstanding Educator Award - 2012
  • Achievement Award, International Real Estate Society - 2008
  • NUS Young Researcher Award - 2005

Educational Qualifications

  • Ph.D., Real Estate Finance, University of Manchester (formerly UMIST), UK, 1998
  • M.Sc, Real Estate (gold medal winner), National University of Singapore, 1995
  • B.Sc., Estate Management (Honours), National University of Singapore, 1988

Courses Taught

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