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PhD (Queensland University of Technology)
Dr Jason Chia joined QUT as a lecturer during 2017-2020, had a short break, and now returns to QUT as an associate lecturer (TIEA) in Property Economics. Before this, Jason was involved in QUT as a sessional academic since 2014 while completing his PhD. In his PhD, he developed a more accurate tool to support transit agencies and transport planners to more accurately assess the spatial coverage of the existing transit systems, to improve the effectiveness, and to support the planning and designing of new transit services and routes. He also has industry experience in property development and quantity surveying. Jason is a fellow of the higher education academy (FHEA) and an associate fellow of the higher education academy (AFHEA Indigenous Knowledges). He met the appropriate standards in teaching and supporting learning in higher education under the UK Professional Standards Framework (UKPSF). He holds the following qualifications:
- Doctor of Philosophy, Queensland University of Technology, Australia, 2017
- Bachelor of Urban Development (Quantity Surveying), First Class Honours, Queensland University of Technology, Australia, 2012
Research Interest:
Jason’s research interest is in urban planning and development while incorporating the concept of transportation accessibility. He is also passionate about housing economics and senior living research. Jason has demonstrated excellent proficiency in spatial analysis (i.e., ArcGIS) and choice modelling.
Grants:
Jason was involved in the following research projects.
- Investigator - Profile Queensland Building Sector Attributable Emissions and Abatement Pathways (2018 - 2019) A joint effort between Strategy. Policy. Research (SPR) and Queensland University of Technology (QUT) to deliver a clear, evidence-based assessment and projection of Queensland’s building sector in meeting a net-zero emissions economy by 2050. This project is delivered for the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
- Researcher – Land Use & Public Transport Accessibility Index (LUPTAI) Model and Software Development (2017) Commissioned by Queensland Transport and Main Roads (TMR) to conduct a technical review of the LUPTAI model. I challenged the key methodology of LUPTAI, which uses Monte Carlo simulation trials, and the derivation of the travel impediment, trip purpose weighting and exclusion probability.
Additional information
Prior to his PhD studies, Dr Jason worked as a quantity surveyor (cadetship) in a consultancy firm in Brisbane, Australia. He was actively involved in measurement and pricing for one of the major mining project by Santos Gladstone liquefied natural gas (GLNG). He was also involved in a commercial building development project in Malaysia.
- Chia, J. & Erol, I. (2022). Young Australians living with parents: free and pay board as popular housing tenure choices. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 37(4), 1667–1692. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/240073
- Chia, J. & Lee, J. (2020). Extending public transit accessibility models to recognise transfer location. Journal of Transport Geography, 82. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/229838
- Chia, J., Lee, J. & Han, H. (2020). How does the location of transfer affect travellers and their choice of travel mode? - A smart spatial analysis approach. Sensors (Switzerland), 20(16). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/229727
- Chia, J., Lee, B. & Kamruzzaman, M. (2016). Walking to public transit: Exploring variations by socioeconomic status. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 10(9), 805–814. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/95671
- Chia, J., Lee, B. & Han, J. (2016). Cognitive mapping of transfer: A new approach to understand transfer behaviour. Australasian Transport Research Forum 2016 Proceedings, 1–20. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/101968
- Chia, J. & Lee, B. (2015). Variation in the walking time to bus stop by the degree of transit captivity. Proceedings of the 37th Australasian Transport Research Forum (ATRF 2015), 1–16. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/92450
- Peij, B., Kossinna, S., Chia, J. & Lee, B. (2017). Route choice behavior by time of day and user familiarity. Proceedings of the 39th Australasian Transport Research Forum (ATRF), 1–16. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/115245
- Lee, B., Zheng, Z., Kashfi, S., Chia, J. & Yi, R. (2015). Observation of bus ridership in the aftermath of the 2011 floods in Southeast Queensland, Australia. Proceedings of the 9th Annual International Conference of the International Institute for Infrastructure Renewal and Reconstruction, 382–390. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/60132