Dr Sorin Piperca
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Overview
Overview
Biography
Sorin joined Birkbeck in 2017. He is currently a Senior Lecturer in Project Management at Birkbeck Business School. He also held lectureship positions at Coventry University and University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest.
Qualifications
- PhD in Management, University of Quebec in Montreal, together with Concordia University, HEC Montreal and McGill University, within the Montreal Joint Doctoral Program, 2016
- MSc in Quality Management, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, 2005
- BSc in Management in Electrical Engineering, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, 2003
- BA in Sociology, University of Bucharest, 2003
- Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice in Higher Education, Coventry University, 2018
- Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, 2004
Administrative responsibilities
- Director of Undergraduate Education, Birkbeck Business School
Professional memberships
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
Member of the Association for Project Management (M-APM)
Affiliate Member of the Chartered Management Institute (CMI)
European Group for Organization Studies (EGOS) - active member
European Academy of Management (EURAM) - active member
British Academy of Management (BAM) - active member
ORCID
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Research
Research
Research interests
- project management
- unexpected/disruptive events and crises
- strategic change
- interorganizational collaboration, particularly in large projects
- knowledge production and innovation
- complexity
Research Centres and Institutes
- Academic member, Birkbeck Centre for Innovation Management Research
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Supervision and teaching
Supervision and teaching
Supervision
Current doctoral researchers
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AJAY MARWAHA
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BENEDIKT PIETSCH
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JAY SHIN
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KARINE HARUTYUNYAN
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NASTARAN NOROUZI
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TAYYAB JAMIL
Teaching
I usually teach modules in the areas of project management and strategic management. Currently, I am the module convenor for three modules, and lecturer for the first two modules:
- Project Management (undergraduate)
- Project Management (postgraduate)
- Operations Management (undergraduate)
I used to convene and teach the following modules:
- Project Management, Operations and Technology (MBA)
- Strategic Management (postgraduate)
- Strategic Management (undergraduate)
- Principles of Project Management (undergraduate)
I am regularly invited to teach Strategic Management or Project Management at the South Western University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE), in Chengdu, China, within our joint undergraduate programme.
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Publications
Publications
Article
- Piperca, Sorin and Floricel, S. (2023) Understanding Project Resilience: designed, cultivated or emergent?. International Journal of Project Management 41 (3), ISSN 0263-7863.
- Gheorghe, C. and Piperca, Sorin (2019) The induction machine in Eastern Europe: a research agenda. Revue roumaine des sciences techniques: Série Électrotechnique et Énergétique 63 (4), pp. 371-378. ISSN 0035-4066.
- Floricel, S. and Piperca, Sorin and Tee, R. (2018) Strategies for managing the structural and dynamic consequences of project complexity. Complexity 2018, pp. 3190251. ISSN 1076-2787.
- Floricel, S. and Michela, J. and Piperca, Sorin (2016) Complexity, uncertainty-reduction strategies and project performance. International Journal of Project Management 34, pp. 1360-1383. ISSN 0263-7863.
- Floricel, S. and Piperca, Sorin (2016) Project management between will and representation. Project Management Journal 47 (3), pp. 124-138. ISSN 8756-9728.
Book Section
- Floricel, S. and Piperca, Sorin (2015) The response of complex projects to turbulent events: Understanding the cohesion, flexibility and innovativeness of inter-organizational networks. In: Wald, A. and Wagner, R. and Schneider, C. and Gschwendtner, M. (eds.) Advanced Project Management: Flexibility and Innovative Capacity. Nürnberg, Germany: GPM Deutsche Gesellschaft für Projektmanagement e.V.. ISBN 9783924841720.