SIG OFFICERS (2025-2026):
SIG chair: Maude Brunet, HEC Montréal, Canada – maude.brunet@hec.ca
SIG chair elect: Luca Sabini, Leeds University, United Kingdom – l.sabini@leeds.ac.uk
Programme Chair: Carl Marnewick, Department of Applied Information Systems, University of Johannesburg, South Africa – cmarnewick@uj.ac.za
General Track Chair: Lauri Vuorinen, University of Turku, Finland – lauri.vuorinen@utu.fi
Past Chairs, but still active:
Christine Unterhitzenberger, University of Leeds, United Kingdom, c.unterhitzenberger@leeds.ac.uk
Per Svejvig, Aarhus University, Denmark
Tuomas Ahola, Tampere University, Finland
Alexander Kock, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
Graham Winch, Manchester Business School, UK.
Miia Martinsuo, Tampere University, Finland
Hans Georg Gemünden, Berlin University of Technology, Germany
Rodney Turner, SKEMA Business School, France
Christophe Midler, École Polytechnique, France
Brian Hobbs, University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada
PROJECT ORGANISING SIG STANDING TRACKS
GT10_00 – Project Organising General Track
Short description:
The Project Organising track provides a platform to share and debate topical issues in the management of projects as temporary organisations and their context in organisations or interorganisational networks. This includes the management of single projects, megaprojects, programs, and project portfolios, as well as project-oriented organisations, which deliver projects to external or internal customers, and project networks or multi-enterprise meta-organisations created to deliver projects. We invite both conceptual and empirical papers, based on quantitative, qualitative or mixed methods. In our track, we run competitive sessions as well as development sessions, to help authors further develop their work.
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG):
Goal 5: Gender equality; Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy; Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth; Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure; Goal 10: Reducing inequalities; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities; Goal 13: Climate action
For more information contact:
Lauri Vuorinen, University of Turku – lauri.vuorinen@utu.fi
ST10_01 – Multi-level Perspectives on Major and Megaprojects
Short description:
Major projects are often complex endeavors, having many different structural arrangements and linkages with organizations and their wider institutional environments. Although research in project management has addressed the embeddedness of projects within their context, we need to understand the specificities of major and megaprojects’ institutional and organizational contexts, i.e. how actors collaborate, coordinate, and innovate in these temporary yet long-lasting, transformative and evolutive environments. This proposal raises the importance of understanding the multi-levelness of major projects; the interfaces among project actors, organisations and institutional levels; the governance issues, and the coordination of the people involved across these levels.
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG):
Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth; Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities
For more information contact:
Juliano Denicol, University College London – juliano.denicol@ucl.ac.uk
ST10_02 – Projects and Society
Short description:
This track explores how project management addresses ‘Grand’ challenges, focusing on sustainability, stakeholder engagement, humanitarian and social concerns, and the potential ‘dark side’ of projects, such as corruption and modern slavery. It examines the bidirectional relationship between projects and society, highlighting how projects contribute to achieving goals like sustainable development, while being shaped by internal/external pressures. Additionally, the emerging intersection between stakeholder governance and joint value creation is emphasized, pointing to a need for further research on cooperative structures in project organizations. We invite bold, innovative research that links the long-term vision of Grand challenges to the temporality of projects.
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG):
Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities; Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production; Goal 13: Climate action
For more information contact:
Francesco Di Maddaloni, University College London – f.dimaddaloni@ucl.ac.uk
PROJECT ORGANISING SIG TRACKS
T10_03 – Managing Projects in Public and Non-Profit sectors
This track explores project management in the public and non-profit sectors, where organizations increasingly propose, deliver, and monitor projects, which remain instruments of choice for policy makers.While projects can foster positive change and deliver value to citizens and society, they also challenge organizations with demands for agility, knowledge, capacities, and resources. Key issues include the temporary nature of projects, differing institutional logics and shared responsibilities between public and private actors, value creation and distribution, and evolving governance at national, regional, and local levels.We welcome bold, innovative research at the intersection of project management and public and non-profit administration,
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG):
Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities; Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions; Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals
Primary Contact:
Andrea Bonomi Savignon, bonomi.savignon@economia.uniroma2.it
T10_04 – Project Leadership in the Age of Disruption
On the one hand projects play a pivotal role in leading through disruptions, on the other hand projects are challenged by disruptions for example (geo-)political challenges. The track “Project Leadership in the Age of Disruption”, focuses on socialized, collective and collaborative approaches to project leadership. Leadership concerns day-to-day practices oriented to creating sustainable frameworks for project teams and stakeholders of projects and their supply-chains. We invite research on how project leadership emerges in disruptive times, how leaders deal with uncertainty, paradoxes and navigate these difficult times to inform the role of project leaders and leadership in delivering sustainable futures.
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG):
Goal 1: No poverty; Goal 2: Zero hunger; Goal 3: Good health and well-being for people; Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions; Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals
Primary Contact:
Efrosyni Konstantinou, efrosyni.konstantinou@ucl.ac.uk
T10_05 – Navigating Disruption in Project Environments through Agility, Artificial Intelligence and Digital Transformation
In an era marked by disruption, organizations rely on project-based work to adapt and innovate. This Special Topic invites contributions exploring how agile methods, artificial intelligence (AI), and digital transformation are reshaping project organizing. We welcome research examining how these forces affect project structures, decision-making, human–AI collaboration, resilience, and individual working in projects. Topics may include AI-driven project practices, hybrid agile approaches, digital governance, and the ethical implications of technological integration. This track aims to advance theoretical and practical understanding of how projects enable organizations to navigate complexity, embrace change, and create sustainable value in increasingly volatile environments.
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG):
Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth; Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure; Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals
Primary Contact:
Alejandro Romero-Torres, romero-torres.alejandro@uqam.ca