Karen Le Jeune (née Mostert) completed her BSc Quantity Surveying (with distinction) at the Department of Construction Economics and Management (CEM) at the University of Cape Town in 1990. She practised as a professional Quantity Surveyor with Walters Simpson & Du Toit in Cape Town before joining the CEM staff in 2002. Karen also holds a master's degree in Property Studies from UCT and is pursuing her studies further. She was Programme Convenor for the Construction Studies undergraduate and Construction Management and Quantity Surveying Honours degree programmes from 2016 until 2022. She convenes courses on the Quantity Surveying Honours degree programme and oversees the Practical Training requirements for the department. She is part of the S+CUBE (Sustainability Oriented Cyber Research Unit for the Built Environment) and is interested in the concept of Society 5.0 and the role the built environment plays in creating a sustainable, resilient, human-centric digitalised world. Karen is married to Stefan (25+ years), is mother to three young men (18, 21 and 24 years – still living at home) and enjoys keeping her hands busy with knitting or crafting.
Sustainable education through technological innovation
AfricaSETi: Promoting knowledge and expertise in sustainable development and tech innovation for educators and scholars in engineering and the built environment in sub-Saharan Africa. For the Africa we want.