Janet Ge is a senior academic and research specialist in learning and teaching property programs that focus on the housing sector. Janet’s main research covers housing affordability, housing market and house prices, property development finance and property investment with over seventy refereed papers and book chapters published. Two of the papers received ‘Highly Commended Award’ in 2012 and ‘Most Innovative Paper Award’ respectively from the Pacific Rim Real estate Society Conferences.Her doctoral research explored the use of multiple regression analysis and recurrent neural network methods to establish forecasting models for estimating private housing prices in Hong Kong. She also applied cusp catastrophe theory to develop a generic system for predicting discontinuous changes in housing prices and their effects under different housing policies.The thesis received the Excellent Building Research Postgraduate Award from CIOB Australia, and a Chapter Medal as well as the Professional Excellence Awards (PEA) for the Outstanding Graduate of the Doctor of Philosophy (Building) Program from AIB in 2005. Janet lectures in property investment and valuation to undergraduates and property development finance to postgraduates in the School of the Built Environment. She is also a Category 1 UTS Research Supervisor and has supervised one PhD to completion.https://www.uts.edu.au/staff/xinjanet.ge

Janet is currently a senior lecturer with the University of Technology in the School of the Built Environment, Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building. She lectures in Property Development and Investment Finance (Master course) and Property Investment and Valuation (Undergraduate Property course).Her research covers three areas: House price modelling, housing affordability, and finance. Current project focuses on the importance of train infrastructure in dwelling price appreciation.