Case Study 2 - A New Research Field for Kingston University

Davis, Katherine

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Impact Summary

Project Management (PM) is my passion; it is only offered at Kingston University through my foresight and conviction that PM skills would recruit students. My plan to make Kingston University an academic centre of excellence in PM demanded a strong research group respected in the field. My enterprise has established a new and active research group that I co lead, with four internal researchers currently collaborating with 18 external researchers. Since the groups inception, we have produced in excess of 43 outputs including journal articles, books and conference papers. I led the development of practice-based research based on bottom-up approaches to portfolio project management that informs strategic implementation. For example, looking at the impact that stakeholder groups have on perceived success of projects has been influential in attracting collaborative researchers (e.g. PhD, DBA and publication output) wishing to contribute to this dynamic research agenda.

Key Achievements

  1. 2018 - Supervised Francesco Di Maddaloni to successful PhD student completion in 2018 as a second supervisor. Title: Stakeholder Inclusiveness In Megaprojects: Managing The Locals For Sustainable Developments. From this, two papers were published.
  2. My enterprise has established a new and active research group that I co lead, with four internal researchers currently collaborating with 18 external researchers. Since the project management research groups inception, we have produced in excess of 43 out
  3. Top cited paper (Davis, 2014) in the Business School with 130 citations (KBS Faculty Forum, 11/12/2019). Second top paper had 48 citations.
  4. I have written two book chapters (publication dates: January 2021 and April 2021) and a joint paper with Professor Jeffrey Pinto, an international researcher in my field of stakeholder perception in PM, which is in reviewer stage at the Journal of Managem
  5. I was appointed as an Editorial Board member to The Bottom Line: Information in Theory and Practice in May 2020 and a series of articles are planned for publication in November 2020 collaborating with PCubed (global management consulting firm).
  6. I have been the external examiner for five PhD students, one at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, one at Capital University of Science and Technology, Islamabad and three at the Apsley Business School, where I also have guest speaker commitments and

Key Aims

Project Management (PM) is my passion; it is only offered at Kingston University through my foresight and conviction that PM skills would recruit students. My plan to make Kingston University an academic centre of excellence in PM demanded a strong research group respected in the field.

Approach

Networking and collaborating with internal and external researchers.

Key Outcomes

I have been named as the most cited author in the Business School in 2019 and my research activity provides a rich and diverse source of projects for undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. Applications from students to study for PhDs under my supervision outnumber the places and funding available. I have been successful in engaging with the outside world in a national and international context to assure the sustainability and academic reputation of the group. I have written a joint paper with Professor Jeffrey Pinto, an international researcher in my field of stakeholder perception, which is in reviewer stage at the Journal of Management Studies (ABS 4 star). I have also written two book chapters with Professor Pinto in Innovation and Project Management. Professor Pinto has extended his relationship with Kingston University through my introduction to Dr Di Maddaloni from the research group and together we have written a chapter on ‘Routledge Handbook of Planning and Management of Global Strategic Projects’ (expected publication date: January 2021). I was appointed as an Editorial Board member to The Bottom Line: Information in Theory and Practice in May 2020 and a series of articles are planned for publication in January 2021 collaborating with PCubed (global management consulting firm). I pursue funding for research in addition to other academic activities and to date have received funding from Kingston University in 2020 (£3,600) and have bid for funding from the Association of Project Managers Research Fund for £5,000. I have been the external examiner for five PhD students, one at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, one at Capital University of Science and Technology, Islamabad and three at Apsley Business School, where I also have guest speaker commitments and have accepted an honorary Professorship for contributions to PM curriculum design.

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