Project management academic shines in Norway

Australian project management academic Chivonne Algeo has been awarded the best student research paper at the International Research Network on Organizing by Projects (IRNOP).

The biennial conference, held in Oslo, Norway this year, is a gathering of scholars from all over the world who have a research interest in projects. Delegates include a number of leading international researchers in project management and associated disciplines. There were more than 80 papers presented at the 2013 conference.

Algeo, a lecturer from the University of Technology Sydney, is currently undergoing research for her PhD. Her paper addressed how project managers in Australia acquire and exchange knowledge.

Image: Chivonne Algeo (centre) with the organisers of the conference, Professor Ralf Müller and Professor Jonas Söderlund from the BI Norwegian Business School, one of the leading business schools in Europe.