Results 1 to 10 of 66
At the end of July 2026, Kris Moodley, Senior Lecturer in the LCP, has retired after more than 30 years at the University of Leeds. Kris has had a big influence on how construction and project management developed at the University and has held various positions in the School of Civil Engineering (SoCE), including Director...
We are delighted to share that our colleague, Dr Rodrigo Juarez, Lecturer in Project Management and Programme Leader for the MSc in Engineering Project Management (EPM), has been named the winner of the FIDIC 2026 Future Leaders Award. The award was presented at the ceremony held in New Delhi, India, on 15 September 2026 as...
The annual LCP Flagship in Residence Event is the highlight of our calendar and brings to live the three dimensions of our knowledge ecosystem: education, research and engagement. This year, we had over 50 participants from industry, government, professional bodies as well as MSc students, PhD researchers and academics come together under the theme "Projects...
Last week, the 26th Annual Conference of the European Academy of Management took place in Kristiansand, Norway. Various members of the LCP attended the conference, demonstrating strong engagement with the leading conference in the field of project management. Dr Luca Sabini commences his term as Chair of the Project Organising SIG Dr Luca Sabini has...
A couple of weeks ago, PhD researchers from the Leeds Centre for Projects (LCP), together with their supervisors, took part in the third edition of the Joint Doctoral Conference, bringing together colleagues from the UCL Project Hub and the University of Manchester. This year, the event was hosted by the University of Manchester, who curated...
Generative AI is increasingly viewed as a technology to help address the construction industry's long-standing productivity challenges. It is therefore important to examine how these tools can be successfully adopted in construction projects. This study reveals that the most critical adoption challenges are not technological limitations, but concerns related to governance, data quality, and organisational...
Recently, students and staff from the Leeds Centre for Projects within the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Leeds had the opportunity to step beyond the classroom and into one of Europe’s most advanced construction environments. Students from the MSc International Construction Management and Engineering programme visited Laing O’Rourke’s Centre of Excellence for...
Last week we hosted our inaugural LCP Research Symposium. The motivation was very much grounded in our personal experience that academic life is busy and it is often a challenge to have the time and space to engage in deep thinking and in-depth and meaningful research dialogues with the right people. In the LCP, we...
We were delighted to hold the Association for Project Management (APM) event on the ethical use of artificial intelligence (AI) in projects on 11 March 2026. The event was organised and hosted by Dr. Yixue Shen, Lecturer in Project Management at the LCP. The session brought together speakers from both academia and industry - Julia...
Our MSc Engineering Project Management (EPM) students visited a Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) site this week. Overseen by the TRU East Alliance, the Shipley Depot is a new £100 million train care facility which is required as part of the upgrade of the rail infrastructure in the area. It will house and maintain Northern's fleet...