Chapter 1 Ontology, Epistemology and Axiology: Understand your philosophy and approach
Ole Jonny Klakegg, and Ida Marie Tvedt
Chapter 2 Transferring from hunches to a compelling research topic
Derek Walker and Beverley Lloyd-Walker
Chapter 3 Critical engagement of previous research
Steven Nijhuis
Chapter 4 The construction of research aims and questions
Rodney Turner
Chapter 5 Project management research ethics
Helgi Þór Ingason and Haukur Ingi Jónasson and Thordur Vikingur Fridgeirsson
Section 2 The value of mixing things up
Chapter 6 Mixed methods strategising in project management
Karyne Ang
Chapter 7 Interview methodology for understanding projects, project management and temporary organising
Anette Hallin, Abo Akademi and Jenny Helin
Chapter 8 Case study research in project management
Rodney Turner
Chapter 9 Action research and project management
Shankar Sankaran and Bob Dick
Chapter 10 Experiment-based research in project and portfolio management
Catherine Killen
Chapter 11 Creating surveys to test theory in a project context
Blaize Reich and Andrew Gemino
Section 3 Specific ideas foro emergent environments
Chapter 12 A novel method for exploring collaboration in project meetings
Mona Abd Al-Salam, Catherine Killen and Perry Forsythe
Chapter 13 Narrative Inquiry in Project Management
Shankar Sankaran
Chapter 14 Autoethnography: bridging the project manager-researcher divide
Rafaella Broft and Simon Addyman
Chapter 15 An agile approach to the real experience of developing research methodology and methods
Hany Wells and Hedley Smyth
Chapter 16 Researching project impact in smart cities: methodological considerations
Beverly Pasian
Chapter 17 Integrating information modelling simulation for smart operation and management in hospitals
Yongkui Li, Yan Zhang, Xihu Pan and Yilong Han
Chapter 18 Project management research in the era of artificial intelligence
Seyed Ashkan Zarghami, Jantanee Dumrak and Roslyn Cameron
Chapter 19 Collaborating for studying projects: the example of welfare technology introduction in Sweden
Lucia Crevani, Michela Cozza and Silvia Bruzzone
Section 4 Analyzing and publishing
Chapter 20 Critical thinking as a core project management skill
Alexia Nalewaik
Chapter 21 Analysing qualitative data
Francesco Di Maddaloni
Chapter 22 Using text mining to validate qualitative findings
Tracey Richardson and Jim Marion
Chapter 23 The urge to publish: Transforming your dissertation into a publications
Darren Dalcher
Chapter 24 Writing research papers
Kam Jugdev and John Wyzalek
Section 5 Considering the future
Chapter 25 Mentoring: An essential aspect of researcher development
Deepak Bajaj and Pooja Bajaj
Chapter 26 The future of project management research is complex
Louis Klein
Beverly Pasian is Associate Professor, Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands. She was the founding President of the Project Management Association of Canada and the first recipient of its Fellowship award. She was the Dutch representative for the IPMA International Research Management Board (2012-14), expert member on several research projects, chair of the Dutch National Research Group (2013-15) and was the academic program lead for the 2014 World Congress in Rotterdam.
Rodney Turner is the author and editor of eighteen books, including The Handbook of Project-based Management and the Gower Handbook of Project Management. He was editor of The International Journal of Project Management from 1993-2018. He is a visiting professor at the University of Leeds, and honorary professor at the University of Warwick. Most recently he was Professor of Project Management at SKEMA Business School, in Lille France, SAIPEM Professor of Project Management at the Politecnico di Milano, and Professor and High-End Foreign Expert at Shanghai University. In 2004 he received a life-time research achievement award from the Project Management Institute, and in 2012 from the International Project Management Association.