Ana Pedro (Chadburn)
Faculties, deparments and locations
- Faculty of Business and Social Sciences
- Department of Accounting, Finance and Informatics
- Kingston Business School
- Kingston Hill
Senior Lecturer in Real Estate
- Email:
- a.pedro@kingston.ac.uk
About
I have been a Senior Lecturer at Kingston University since 2005, and from 2013 until 2021 was Academic Director for the Undergraduate and Apprenticeship programme. I have obtained much knowledge and experience by working within a worldwide Real Estate Consultant and Asset Manager role in the Real Estate industry (St James's, West End London) as Global Head of Asset Management and Performance Reporting (assets app. £2Bn in 2004). I have also held the position of Academic Director of the PG course.
I am a recognised senior member of the Higher Education Academy since 2014 and member of the Chartered Association of Business Schools, and hold a European chartered membership within the industry (CEng. OE). I obtained my Masters in Real Estate in 1999 (UK and The Netherlands) and have a Masters in Real Estate, Research (MRes) and a PGCert in Higher Education.
I am also an External Examiner at UCEM, the Academic Lead for Chancerygate Foundation and member of the Joint Executive Committee for Corndel Ltd. (Apprenticeship provider) at KBS.
For my MRes, I embarked on research investigating the evolution of the role of women within real estate, focusing on their wellbeing and the furthering of their role within the industry. I have been part of the Wellbeing at Work Research Group, and am currently working within the Future of Work Research Group. I am also a member of the Association of Women in Property (WiP), and select and mentor female students to partake in the WiP annual awards.
During the 2020 pandemic lockdown I had the opportunity of completing the Science of Wellbeing course delivered by Professor Laurie Santos of Yale University. I used some of the well-researched tools and techniques to help students with new added challenges.
Qualifications
- MSc Real Estate Development, De Montfort University, UK & Fontys University, The Netherlands
- BSc (Hons) Land Management Eng. (IST) Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
- PGCE (HE), Kingston University, UK
- Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
- Member of CMBS
- MRes (Masters in Research)
Domains
As Senior Lecturer, I focus on corporate real estate, investment strategy, asset management, valuations and real estate research modules, and ensure the course is linked with industry professionals and market knowledge.
The course is very focused on the real estate profession and career pathways. Assessments are based on practical industry situations and problem based, ensuring that students think as young professionals and are ready to work in their field of choice within real estate.
Over the years, site visits and guest lecturers, as well as potential employers, have been a regular feature on the real estate courses, ensuring students are geared and focused in their future careers.
Course director
Courses taught
I am very passionate about the work environment and the real estate environment. I have previously looked into productivity drivers of knowledge workers in London where a defined timescale and environment and behavioural conditions do influence productivity. It was also found that knowledge workers need quiet spaces for concentration and mental wellbeing. I am currently focusing again on wellbeing in the workplace, but this time on women and how both female and male leaders have pivotal roles in the strife for a more balanced workplace environment and greater gender equity.
I am also a member of the Wellbeing at Work Research group.
Other research:
Pedro, A. (2023) Hurdles of progression of Women within Real Estate and Transactional, 2023 ERES Annual Conference, UCL, London, UK.
Chadburn, A., Smith, J., Milan, J. (2017) Productivity drivers of knowledge workers in the central London office environment. Journal of Corporate Real Estate Vol. 19 (2), pp. 66-79.
June 2015: ERES 22nd Annual Conference European Real Estate Society, Istanbul, Turkey.
June 2014: ERES 21st Annual Conference European Real Estate Society, Bucharest, Romania. Paper: Productivity improvement measures in the workplace – the employer perspective (co-authored).
Publications
Women within real estate transactional teams experience greater progression hurdles than men : a review of real estate firms from a gendered perspective
Pedro, Ana and Thurstan, Viviana(2023). In: ERES Conference 2023, 12 - 15 Jul 2023 :London, U.K.