Routledge Handbook of Collaboration in Construction

This innovative Handbook aims to look at the various dimensions and implications of collaboration in construction. It is key reading within the fields of construction, project, infrastructure and engineering management, organisational sciences, economics, business management and sociology.

Sina Moradi is Postdoctoral Researcher of Construction and Project Management at Tampere University in Finland. Dr. Moradi defended his doctoral dissertation in July 2021 and holds doctoral degree (D.Sc.) from Tampere University in Finland. He has 10 years of experience in working as an academic researcher and executive expert in the field of construction and project management in Iran and Finland. His current research interests include lean construction, collaborative project delivery, sustainability, and project success.

Kalle Kähkönen is Professor of Construction Management and Economics at Tampere University in Finland. His former employer was VTT Technical research Centre of Finland. Prof. Kähkönen’s main research interests and activities are presently addressing collaborative construction operations and digitalization in the built environment sector. He has acted as supervisor, pre-examiner or opponent over 30 doctoral dissertations in Finland and abroad.

Lauri Koskela is Professor of Construction and Project Management at University of Huddersfield. Previously he worked at the University of Salford as Professor of Lean, Theory Based Project and Production Management. Since 1991, Lauri has been involved in research on lean construction. His research has focused especially on the theories of production management as well as project management, underlying lean construction.

Ole Jonny Klakegg is Professor of Project Management at NTNU Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, focusing project delivery models. Through his career Ole Jonny Klakegg has alternated between teaching and research at the university and working as a consultant in project management. This way he has built a substantial experience including theoretical and practical perspectives. He has 30 years of experience in research, teaching and consulting within project management, including 15 years of experience as manager and consultant in private sector.

Kirsi Aaltonen is Associate Professor of Project Management at University of Oulu, Finland, where she heads Project Business Research Team in the Industrial Engineering and Management Research Unit. She has published widely on project stakeholder management and engagement in Scandinavian Journal of Management, International Journal of Project Management, and International Journal of Managing Projects in Business. Her current research interests are in the areas of stakeholder management in complex projects, integrated project deliveries and institutional change in project-based industries.