Tackling grand challenges with projects: Five insights and a research agenda for project management theory and practice

LA Ika, LT Munro - International Journal of Project Management, 2022 - Elsevier
The project management field has two blind spots: a focus on “run-of-the-mill” projects at the
expense of pioneering “push-the-envelope” projects and a rigor-relevance gap in the …

A Manifesto for project management research

G Locatelli, L Ika, N Drouin, R Müller… - European …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Project management research has evolved over the past five decades and is now a mature
disciplinary field investigating phenomena of interest to academics, practitioners and …

Saving millions of lives but some resources squandered: emerging lessons from health research system pandemic achievements and challenges

SR Hanney, SE Straus, BJ Holmes - Health Research Policy and Systems, 2022 - Springer
During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, astonishingly rapid research averted millions of deaths
worldwide through new vaccines and repurposed and new drugs. Evidence use informed …

Projecting for sustainability transitions

GM Winch, F Geels, G Locatelli, N Sergeeva - 2023 - Elsevier
The Paris COP 21 Agreement of 2015 mandated the global community of nations to act to
“hold the increase in global average temperature to well below 2 C above pre-industrial …

Emergent organizing: Origins and evolution of temporary crisis response organizations

HJT Zijderveld, JP Kalkman - International Journal of Project Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Projects and other temporary organizations play a key role in crisis response. However, little
is known about how these organizations adapt and change over time as crises last. We …

Multi-level perspective framework in macro project studies: Towards a complex project organizing approach to sustainability transitions

PA Daniel - International journal of project management, 2022 - Elsevier
Projectification of the economy and society has contributed to the emergence of the field of
macro-project studies which call for more research on the role that project organizations play …

[HTML][HTML] Policy-driven projects: Empowering the world to confront grand challenges

LA Ika, G Locatelli, N Drouin - European Management Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
The world is beset by grand challenges, those messy, multi-stakeholder, value-laden,
complex, wicked, and constantly evolving problems like climate change, unsustainable …

[HTML][HTML] Analyzing the factors affecting construction project schedules amidst COVID-19 pandemic

N Adepu, S Kermanshachi, A Pamidimukkala… - Project Leadership and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The global health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic led to disruptions and
challenges across many business sectors, including the construction industry. A serious …

[HTML][HTML] Flipping the digital switch: Affective responses of STEM undergraduates to emergency remote teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic

A Minichiello, O Lawanto, W Goodridge, A Iqbal… - Project Leadership and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Corona Virus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) catalyzed a global shift to distance
education known as an emergency transition to remote teaching (ERT). While prior research …

[PDF][PDF] Avoiding the inflection point: Project management theory and research after 40 years

JK Pinto - International Journal of Project Management, 2022 - researchgate.net
Reflecting on the 40th anniversary of the preeminent project management journal in the
world offers both a sense of satisfaction (where we have been and where we are presently) …