Visiting Professional Fellowships
The Institute provides Visiting
Professional Fellowships to distinguished practitioners
and scholars. This rare opportunity can provide
leading property experts with the space to write,
research and refresh their professional lives,
free from the daily pressures of business or
university. The Institute's visiting Fellowship
is typically held for six-eight weeks annually
and the appointed Fellow is invited to share
his or her expertise with the students on courses.
Sponsorship is sought from major industry players
to support this important initiative.
The first Fellowship was awarded
in 1999 to Professor James Shilling,
who holds the James Graaskamp chair of Real
Estate in the University of Wisconsin. He resided
in Cambridge for his Fellowship from August
to October 1999. Professor Shilling is one of
America’s acknowledged experts on real
estate finance. His academic stature was given
further recognition by Fitzwilliam College,
University of Cambridge through electing him
to be a Visiting Fellow of the College for the
duration of his stay.
The second Visiting Fellowship
was awarded to Professor Mark Eppli of
George Washington University, DC. He is an expert
on real estate securitisation.
The third Visiting Fellowship
was awarded to Mr SC Liu, a most distinguished
real estate consultant in China, Honorary Professor
at Hong Kong University and Chair of the Professional
Advisory Board for Real Estates Programme at
Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He took up
his Fellowship at the Institute in early 2001.
The most recent award of a Fellowship
has been to Drs Jacco Hakfoort, head
of the Spatial Economic Strategy Unit at the
Ministry of Economic Affairs in the Netherlands
