Roine Leiringer holds a MSc in Civil Engineering and a PhD in Industrial Economics and Management, both from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, and was in 2010 awarded the academic title Docent in construction management at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. He has previously held academic positions at the University of Hong Kong, Chalmers University of Technology, University or Reading and University of Manchester/UMIST.
Roine´s main areas of research lie within the domains of management of construction and project organising. His work is positioned within the ‘critical turn’ of management studies and seeks to challenge orthodoxy and offer alternative perspectives and explanations to construction management ‘problems’. Roine was an Associate Editor (2011-2016) and then joint Editor-in-Chief (2017-2019) of Construction Management and Economics and is the joint editor of the book “A Research Agenda for Construction Management” (published in 2023). He has been involved in the development of two regional networks of researchers: as secretary and inaugural committee member of the Construction Researchers on Economics and Organisation in the Nordic region (CREON) Network (in 2011), and as one of the four co-founders of the West Africa Built Environment Research (WABER) conference series (established in 2009). He also initiated and jointly coordinated the CIB task group (TG 84) on ‘Construction Reform’ (2011-2012).
Roine has been a visiting Professor at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden (2016-2017) and Universidad ORT Uruguay (2011-2016). He has further been an invited visiting academic to academic institutions in Australia, India, South Africa, Sweden and the UK, and has acted as an examiner for PhDs at universities in Australia, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, South Africa, Sweden and the UK. He is always happy to discuss potential PhD projects with applicants who have a critical mind-set.
I am always happy to discuss Postgraduate Research projects with potential applicants. Email me at [email protected]
2023
Orchestrating shadows – managing evolving, transient and loosely coupled external stakeholder groups on megaprojects. General Research Fund (GRF), University Grants Council, Hong Kong. Principal Investigator. (Project value: HKD535,537)
2018
Bridging the BIM gap: investigating the transition towards BIM compliance among general contracting SMEs. General Research Fund (GRF), University Grants Council, Hong Kong. Principal Investigator. (Project value: HKD582,000)
2016
The role and impact of Building Environmental Assessment Methods in achieving green building. General Research Fund (GRF), University Grants Council, Hong Kong. (Project value: HKD482,605)
2015
Delivering value for money in major infrastructure projects – building client capabilities in the public sector. General Research Fund (GRF), University Grants Council, Hong Kong. Principle Investigator. (Project value: HKD271,132)
2012
Balans mellan kortsiktig effektivitet och långsiktig utveckling i projektbaserade organisationer [Balancing exploitation and exploration in project-based organizations]. Ragnar Söderbergs Stiftelse. Co-Investigator with Dr Per Erik Eriksson (PI). (Project value: SEK2,582,779)
Dynamisk beställarkompetens – förmågan att hantera nya utmaningar [Dynamic client capabilities – the ability to deal with emerging challenges]. Trafikverket [Swedish Transport Administration]. Principle Investigator. (Project value: SEK1,100,000)
Initiation Grant. The Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education (STINT). Principle Investigator. (Project value: SEK97,090)
Vad driver verkliga förbättringar: konkurrensen, utvecklingsintresset eller modetrenderna? [What are the drivers for real change: competition, willingness to improve or fads and fashions?]. Centrum för Management i Byggsektorn. Principle Investigator. (Project value: SEK200,000)
Vad driver verkliga förbättringar: konkurrensen, utvecklingsintresset eller modetrenderna? [What are the drivers for real change: competition, willingness to improve or fads and fashions?] Development Fund of the Swedish Construction Industry (SBUF). Principle Investigator. (Project value: SEK465,000)
2010
The organisational challenges of sustainable construction: exploring the role of co-existing and conflicting reward systems. Development grant. Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development. Principal Investigator. (Project value: SEK25,000)
Maximising the diffusion and impact of microgeneration technologies in new housing. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). Grant EP/H051104/1. Co-investigator with Prof Martin Sexton (PI) and Dr Libby Schweber (CI). (Project value: GBP330,378)
Through-life Value Creation – organising for service-led construction projects. Part of EPSRC grant EP/E001645/1. Principle Investigator. (Project value: GBP124,018)
2009
‘Through-Life innovation’ research theme. Part of EPSRC grant EP/E001645/1. Principle Investigator. (Project value: GBP86,809)
1999
Developing an Effective Model to Support Construction Companies Entering the Public-Private Partnership Projects’ Market. Development Fund of the Swedish Construction Industry (SBUF). Co-Investigator with Prof. Brian Atkin (PI). (Project value: SEK2,640,000)
Fu, Y., Leiringer, R. and Gottlieb, S.C. (2024). Navigating institutional demands: Organizational responses to institutional complexity in megaproject delivery. International Journal of Project Management, 42(4).
Leiringer, R. and Dainty, A. (Eds) (2023). A Research Agenda for Construction Management. Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham. ISBN: 978 1 80037 544 4. pp. 314
Leiringer, R., Gottlieb, S.C., Fang, Y. and Mo, X. (2022). In search of sustainable construction: the role of building environmental assessment methods as policies enforcing green building. Construction Management and Economics, 40(2), 104-122.
Oti-Sarpong, K. and Leiringer, R. (2021). International technology transfer through projects: A social construction of technology perspective. International Journal of Project Management, 39(8), 902-914.
Leiringer, R. and Zhang, S. (2021). Organisational capabilities and project organising research. International Journal of Project Management, 39(5), 422-436.
Frederiksen, N., Gottlieb, S.C., and Leiringer, R. (2021). Organising for infrastructure development programmes: Governing internal logic multiplicity across organisational spaces. International Journal of Project Management, 39(3), 223-235.
Chow, V. and Leiringer, R. (2020). The practice of public engagement on projects: from managing external stakeholders to facilitating active contributors. Project Management Journal, 50(1), 24-37.
Löwstedt, M., Räisänen, C. and Leiringer, R. (2018). Doing strategy in project-based organizations: Actors and patterns of action. International Journal of Project Management, 36(6), 889-898.
Eriksson, P-E., Leiringer, R. and Szentes, H. (2017). The role of co-creation in enhancing explorative and exploitative learning in project-based settings. Project Management Journal, 48(4), 22-38.
Harty, C. and Leiringer, R. (2017). The futures of construction management research. Construction Management and Economics, 35(7), 392-403.
Dainty, A., Leiringer, R., Fernie, S. and Harty, C. (2017). BIM and the small construction firm: a critical perspective. Building Research and Information, 45(6), 696-709.
Winch, G.M. and Leiringer, R. (2016). Owner project capabilities for infrastructure development: a review and development of the “strong owner” concept. International Journal of Project Management, 34(2), 271-281.
Leiringer, R. and Cardellino, P. (2011). Schools for the twenty-first century: school design and educational transformation. British Educational Research Journal, 37(06), 915-934.
Leiringer, R. and Schweber, L. (2010). Managing multiple markets: big firms and PFI. Building Research and Information, 38(2), 131-143.
Raja, J.Z., Green, S.D. and Leiringer, R. (2010). Concurrent and disconnected change programmes: strategies in support of servitization and the implementation of business partnering. Human Resource Management Journal, 20(3), 258-276.
Leiringer, R., Green, S.D. and Raja, J.Z. (2009). Living up to the value agenda: the empirical realities of through-life value creation in construction. Construction Management and Economics, 27(3), 271-285.
Fernie, S., Leiringer, R. and Thorpe, T. (2006). Rethinking change in construction: a critical perspective. Building Research and Information, 34(2), 91-103.
