Dr Sorin Piperca

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

0000-0002-2215-2326

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

Supervision and teaching

Supervision

Supervisions within Birkbeck:

5

Current doctoral researchers

• AJAY MARWAHA

  Nature of supervision:

  Principal Supervisor, Oct 2019 onwards

• BENEDIKT PIETSCH

  Nature of supervision:

  Principal Supervisor, Oct 2020 onwards

• JAY SHIN

  Nature of supervision:

  Principal Supervisor, Oct 2020 onwards

• KARINE HARUTYUNYAN

  Nature of supervision:

  Principal Supervisor, Oct 2019 onwards

• TAYYAB JAMIL

  Nature of supervision:

  Joint Principal Supervisor, Oct 2019 onwards

  Title of thesis:

  Exploring the relationship between adaptive leadership and project success

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.

Publications