His research interests are in design-build, project delivery systems, construction management, sustainable buildings, and housing for older people. His research findings have been published in internationally-recognized journals and presented at important conferences. Currently, Aspro. Xia acts as the member of Editorial Boards for the ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering, Journal of Building Construction and Planning Research, and member of Editorial Review Board for the Built Environment Project and Asset Management. Aspro Xia is currently supervising 5 Ph.D. students as their principal supervisor. In 2013, Aspro Xia got the nomination for 2013 Faculty Award for Excellence in Postgraduate Research Supervision and won Highly Commended Supervisors as runners-up (1 per School), which is the recognition of his HDR supervision work.