Professor Stuart Green from the University of Reading in the UK visited the School of Construction Management and Real Estate to conduct academic exchanges.

 March 5, 2018

At 3 p.m. on May 4, 2018, the "Expert Lecture of the 2nd Postgraduate Academic Activity Month of Chongqing University" was held at the multifunctional room--210 in the office building of School of Construction Management and Real Estate. The lecture was organized by the Chongqing University’s Party Committee Postgraduate Work Department and the Graduate School of Chongqing University, and undertook by the Graduate Student Union of Chongqing University and the School of Construction Management and Real Estate.

Prof.Stuart Green from the University of Reading, UK, was the guest speaker. And Professor Ye Kunhui, Professor Shen Liyin, Associate Professor Jin Haiyan, and the students of the School of Construction Management and Real Estate attended the lecture.

Before the start of the lecture, the host Ye Kunhui gave a brief introduction to Prof.Stuart Green's educational experience and research fields, and expressed his warm welcome to Prof.Stuart Green’s arrival. Then the lecture officially began.

Prof.Stuart Green revolved around the theme of this lecture, “The Tour of Construction Management Research”, from four stages and his understanding of time, research principles, and current research topics. The four stages constituted by the stage of naive initiation (1990-1996), the opposite stage (1996-2002), the stage emphasizing on empirical research (2002-2011), and the stage of understanding structural optimization (2011-present). When talking about change and continuity, Prof.Stuart Green proposed three questions to think about before the study: what facts you want to come up with, what data you need to support the above facts, and how to obtain data. Prof.Stuart Green compared the situation in China when he talked about the fact that the construction industry in the UK has driven contractors to lean construction because of unfunded government owners, and emphasized theories that apply to each country are theories adopted, because there are differences in the political background, economy, and companies of each country.

In summary, Prof.Stuart Green puts forward five points: knowledge and personal experience are inseparable; empirical accumulation and others' questions promote the reflection on their own research; the importance of facts and logic; important changes from definition to understanding; Combination of qualitative and quantitative analysis methods. He also emphasized the importance of clear positioning and continuous thinking.

    In the final Q & A session, questions were asked around research thinking, research methods, etc. The teachers and students of the School of Construction Management and Real Estate conducted in-depth exchanges with Prof.Stuart Green on related issues and the atmosphere was lively. This lecture ended successfully in the enthusiastic applause of the students at 5:00 p.m..