Research Handbook on Sustainable Project Management

Edited by Gilbert Silvius, HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, the Netherlands, and University of Johannesburg, South Africa and Martina Huemann, Professor of Major Infrastructure and Project Hub lead, Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, University College London, UK, and Professor, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria

Contents
Foreword xxi
Prof. Dr. Mladen Vukomanović
Preface xxiii
1 Introduction: shaping society through sustainable project management 1
Gilbert Silvius and Martina Huemann
PART I THEORETICAL UNDERPINNINGS AND DEFINING
PERSPECTIVES OF SUSTAINABLE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
2 Underpinning theoretical lenses in sustainable project management 14
Luca Sabini and Lauri Vuorinen
3 Sustainability: the power of non-linear thinking 29
Isabel Canto de Loura
4 Managing projects for sustainable innovation 50
Florian Findler and André Martinuzzi
5 Governance for sustainable project management 70
Christine Unterhitzenberger
6 Sustainable project management and its governance in the context of
the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 85
Shankar Sankaran, Ralf Müller and Nathalie Drouin
7 The dark side of projects: corruption, sexism, modern slavery, money
laundering, inefficient use of resources, and waste of existing assets 99
Giorgio Locatelli, Tristano Sainati and Benito Mignacca
8 Fostering project social sustainability through stakeholder inclusion 117
Francesco Di Maddaloni and Kate Davis
9 Projects as dynamic learning episodes for sustainable development.
A strategic and innovation perspective 135
Lynn A. Keeys
10 The role of responsibility in sustainable project management 161
Karen M. Thompson and Nigel L. Williams
PART II PART II: METHODS, PRACTICES AND CHALLENGES OF
SUSTAINABLE PROJECT MANAGEMENT 185
11 Sustainability’s impact on project management practices 187
Gilbert Silvius and Ron Schipper
12 Integrating circular economy and project management: a conceptual framework 205
Vladimir Obradović, Marija Todorović and Jelena Cvijović
13 Exploring the key sustainability factors on project success 226
Mauro L. Martens and Marly M. Carvalho
14 Project stakeholder orientation principles for managing projects sustainably 242
Pernille Eskerod and Martina Huemann
15 The human factor in sustainable project management 255
Gilbert Silvius and Carl Marnewick
16 Utilising project management to optimise project sustainability. A pilot
study of an international project manager’s perspective on practices,
challenges, and opportunities in delivering sustainable construction projects 267
Ruth Borg, Rebecca Dalli Gonzi and Simon Paul Borg
17 Approaches to sustainability decision making in product development
projects and portfolios 290
Miia Martinsuo
PART III IMPLEMENTATION AND CASE STUDIES OF
SUSTAINABLE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
18 From the iron triangle to the ‘iron pentagon’. Prioritising environmental
and social issues in project management – lessons learned from
Amsterdam’s North-South metro line 308
Lara K. Mottee
19 Sustainable sport, swift, strong and striving. What can contribute to
implementing sustainability in sport event projects? 325
Wenche Aarseth, Ole-Anders Seines, Erlend Westgård Schjem and Martin Svean
20 Engineering service providers in the lead to implement sustainable
project management 343
Marian Bosch-Rekveldt, Gerrit Wijnands and Hans Bakker
21 Learning processes in Swedish sustainability projects. A case study 361
Jeaneth Johansson, Alexandra Isaksson and Ossi Pesämaa
22 Reconceptualising megaproject success. Strategic insights from the
Sustainable Development Goals 377
Giorgio Locatelli and Juliano Denicol
PART IV SUSTAINABLE PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR SOCIETAL
CHALLENGES
23 Strange bedfellows? Project management and societal grand challenges 392
Lavagnon A. Ika and Lauchlan T. Munro
24 Achieving sustainable societal impact through projects and project
management 411
Reinhard Wagner
25 Eliminating modern slavery through project management 426
Naomi Brookes, Gloria Oliomogbe and Elaine Falconer
26 Climate action as an extreme case of project portfolio management.
Navigating global ambitions amid ambiguous sustainability transitions 438
Satu Teerikangas, Joana Geraldi, Christian Thuesen and Katariina Koistinen
27 Circular economy approaches in complex projects 460
Tuomas Ahola and Miia Martinsuo