Derek Walker
Emeritus Professor
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College: Design and Social Context
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Department: Design and Social Context
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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derek.walker@rmit.edu.au
About
Current role - Emeritus Professor
Professional recognition
2018 International Project Management Association (IPMA) Research excellence award (for lifetime achievement in project management research)
2022 Best Congress Paper award CIB2022 - The Value of Dialogue in Alliances by
Derek H.T. Walker, Peter E.D. Love, Jane Matthews Paper Number: 87 as well as Best Paper in category and Best Paper in the track ‘New ways of working’
Significant leadership roles
• 2018 – Scientific and Conference Organising Committee member from the International Research Network on Organizing by Projects - IRNOP 2018
• 2008 – Founding editor of the International Journal of Managing Project in Business (Emerald insight)
• 1991 to the end of 1998 – Head of the Department of Building and Construction Economics (now much larger as the School of Property, Construction and Project Management)
Research grants - $350,000 plus from 2007-2018
Professional recognition
2018 International Project Management Association (IPMA) Research excellence award (for lifetime achievement in project management research)
2022 Best Congress Paper award CIB2022 - The Value of Dialogue in Alliances by
Derek H.T. Walker, Peter E.D. Love, Jane Matthews Paper Number: 87 as well as Best Paper in category and Best Paper in the track ‘New ways of working’
Significant leadership roles
• 2018 – Scientific and Conference Organising Committee member from the International Research Network on Organizing by Projects - IRNOP 2018
• 2008 – Founding editor of the International Journal of Managing Project in Business (Emerald insight)
• 1991 to the end of 1998 – Head of the Department of Building and Construction Economics (now much larger as the School of Property, Construction and Project Management)
Research grants - $350,000 plus from 2007-2018
Research fields
- 3507 Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
- 3302 Building
- 4005 Civil engineering
- 3505 Human resources and industrial relations
- 3301 Architecture
- 4609 Information systems
Teaching interests
Construction innovation, project management. teaching from 1986 onwards in Construction Economics, Construction Management, Project Management, Project Procurement and Ethics, Knowledge management, Research Methods
Research interests
Building, Business and Management, Information Systems, Applied Ethics
