Rate My Professor Ashkan Zarghami

Ashkan Zarghami is an Associate Professor of Operations Management at the Research School of Management, Australian National University, part of the College of Business and Economics. He serves as Deputy Director - Research in the school. Zarghami holds a PhD in Operations Management from the University of Adelaide, an MSc in Civil and Structural Engineering from the University of Adelaide, and a BSc in Civil Engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology. His professional background includes experience in large-scale infrastructure network and construction projects.

Zarghami's academic interests include project management, operations management, systems thinking, sustainability, construction management, complex systems, infrastructure networks, reliability engineering, and supply chain networks. He employs qualitative and quantitative methodologies, specializing in mathematical modeling to advance novel ideas and innovations. He is registered to supervise research students and participates in international collaborations, such as serving as Co-Investigator in the Yamatji South - Clean Energy Scoping Project. His publications feature in top journals including Decision Support Systems, Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, Journal of Business Ethics, Public Administration and Development, Journal of Management in Engineering, Journal of Cleaner Production, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, International Journal of Production Research, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, and Systems Research and Behavioral Science. Key works encompass "System Dynamic-driven Insights for Metaverse Adoption in the Construction Sector" (Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 2026), "Enhancing Procurement Decision-Making in Projects: A Reliability-Based Model for Contracting Suppliers" (Journal of Management in Engineering, 2026), "Project Robustness: Conceptualization, Measurement, and Implications for Decision-Making" (IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 2024), "The Labyrinth of Corruption in the Construction Industry: A System Dynamics Model Based on 40 Years of Research" (Journal of Business Ethics, 2024), "Resilience to Disruptions: A Missing Piece of Contingency Planning in Projects" (International Journal of Production Research, 2024), "No Scheduling Problem but Rather a Rescheduling Problem: Measuring Robustness of Schedule Network in Construction Projects" (Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 2024), "A Decade of Sustainable Development Goals: A Cluster-Based Evaluation through Four Theoretical Lenses" (Journal of Cleaner Production, 2025), "The Role of Economic Policies in Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 7: Insights from OECD and European Countries" (Applied Energy, 2025), "Building Project Resilience: A Critical Systems Practice Approach" (Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 2025), and "Integrating Cascading Effects into Risk Assessment of Metaverse Implementation in the Built Environment" (Building Research & Information, 2026).