Dr Gesa Ruge, joined Curtin University, School of Business & Law as Senior Lecturer April 2024. She has over 25 years of industry expertise in property development and urban policy working with private and public sector clients. She has been an industry advisor for sustainability integration from strategic planning to leading project-based skills development. Gesa is actively involved as Senior Fellow of HEA, Fellow of HERDSA, Fellow of the Australian Institute of Building and Member of the Australian Property Institute. As academic Gesa’s research on sustainable development in project and business management supports closer engagement between industry and government. She contributes to multi-disciplinary and international research teams. Her award-winning pedagogy is student centred and constructively aligned to support learners in discovering, reflecting, and developing their own future-ready professional skills. She publishes and present internationally on scholarship of learning and teaching and facilitates academic development programs.