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.

Projecting for the Future
Harmonising Energy and Environment

A Five-Year Update on the Ongoing Dialogue

The third phase of reflection on the future of project management delves into the key trends influencing the profession.

The insights shared in this report are intended to steer future progress and enrich the ongoing conversation about our direction and how we are positioning both ourselves and the profession for what lies ahead.

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.

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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?

Project leadership

Understanding leadership in the context of transformation
projects

Capturing and evaluating individual and social factors that influence critical project decisions

Women in major projects

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH

Rethinking capabilities: lessons for policy, scholarship and practice

This report proposes a new capability model that moves to a more proactive and collective form of learning where experience is used to question everyday routines and practices.

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.

Previous commissioned research

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.