Published research
APM support project management research into the management of projects through supporting individuals and organisations in launching new research concepts, being co-owners of the International Journal for Project Management, investing in research directly through its APM volunteer research fund and commissioning key research on behalf of the project management profession.
Improving the early-career experiences of racially diverse project professionals
This qualitative study explored the early-career experiences of racially diverse project professionals working in two prominent project management sectors – business and professional services.
The study produced evidence-based recommendations on how project-based organisations can better facilitate diverse project practitioners’ transition into the project management profession and meet their early-career needs.
Research publications
More research
Fairness and unfairness in projects
Can artificial intelligence learn to be a project professional?
Artificial intelligence in project management
Project data analytics: Opportunities explored in the new
APM report
Sustainability: Inclusive storytelling to aid sustainable development goals
Eliminating modern slavery from projects
Project and programme research centres: Lessons for scholarship, policy and practice
How does project management relate to productivity?
Climate change and what the project profession should be doing about it: A UK perspective
The wellbeing of project professionals
Quantification of social benefits on public and third sector
projects
How can we handover projects better?
Scaled Agile project management
Strategies for dealing with difficult stakeholders
How is systems thinking used in projects?
Understanding leadership in the context of transformation
projects
Capturing and evaluating individual and social factors that influence critical project decisions
Commissioned research
Commissioned studies aim to address emergent themes, knowledge gaps, and answer some of the significant questions for the project profession.
These studies represent the flagship activity of APM’s research program and are among the most downloaded and influential of all APM publications.
Collaborative research
APM is open to collaborative research opportunities. If you have any proposals that align with , are relevant for future editions of the APM Body of Knowledge, and could benefit APM’s members and the wider project management community, please contact the research team.
Please be aware that APM typically does not provide financial support for collaborative opportunities but offers other forms of assistance instead.