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Locatelli Giorgio

Full Professor

Locatelli Giorgio

Full Professor

Giorgio Locatelli is Professor at Politecnico di Milano School of Management, where he created and leads the major “Complex Projects Business”.

Since 2006, Giorgio has researched large and complex infrastructure projects and programs.

Giorgio attracted over €1.7 million in research funds and is included in the Stanford-Elsevier list of the World’s top 2% of scientists.

He is a trainer and advisor for public and private organisations.

Giorgio has authored over 150 international peer-reviewed Scopus index publications with over 4200 citations.

He won the 2023 “IPMA Global Research Award”. He is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Project Management Journal and an editorial board member of IPMJ, CME and PNE.

Career

PHD: Economics and Management, Politecnico di Milano. Mechanical Engineering - Industrial Plants, Politecnico di Milano. Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Selected Publications

G Locatelli, I Zagaria, G Dei, 2024, “Social Washing in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction firms”, Journal of Management in Engineering

J Geraldi, G Locatelli, G Dei, J Söderlund, S Clegg, 2024 “Artificial Intelligence and Project Management: Empirical Overview, State of the Art, and Guidelines for Future Research” Project Management Journal, Vol 55, Issue 1, pp. 9-15

I Krystallis, E Papadonikolaki, G Locatelli, 2023, “Captain and conscript or companions in operational reconfiguration? The case of an infrastructure owner with projects and asset management units” Production Planning & Control.

G Locatelli, I Lavagnon, D Nathalie, R Müller, M Huemann, J Söderlund, J Geraldi, S Clegg, 2023, "A Manifesto for project management research" European Management Review, Volume20, Issue1, pp. 3-17

G Locatelli, E Konstantinou, J Geraldi, T Sainati, 2022, “The Dark Side of Projects: Dimensionality, Research Methods and Agenda”, Project Management Journal, Volume 53 Issue 4, pp. 367–381

Community service

  • Politecnico di Milano, 01/10/2021 - to date
  • University of Leeds, 01/09/2015 - 30/09/2021
  • University of Lincoln, 04/04/2012 - 31/08/2015
  • Senior Editor - Project Management Journal (PMI) – (since January 2018)
  • International Editorial Board of “International Journal of Project Management” (since Volume 34, Issue 6, August 2016)
  • Editorial Advisory Board of “Progress in Nuclear Energy” (since Volume 91, August 2016)
  • Editorial Board of “Construction Management and Economics” (since February 2018)
  • Editorial Board of “International Journal of Supply Chain and Operations Resilience” (since 2015)
  • Subject Editors “Nuclear policy, Economics and Educational issues” for Nuclear Energy and Technology (since May 2020)

Research projects

  • NE2AP - Toward net-zero infrastructure: advancing the environmental and economic appraisal of power plants

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  • ANSELMUS - Advanced Nuclear Safety Evaluation of Liquid Metal Using Systems

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  • ECOSENS - Economic and Social Considerations for the Future of Nuclear Energy in Society

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