Research output per year
Research output per year
Throughout my career in academia and industries, my calling has been about enabling others to perform their best at work through my influence and leadership. I believe this little step could shape a culture where people thrive unleashing their full potential individually and collectively, which benefits not only individual performance but also their teams, organisations, communities, and societies.
I joined the University of Manchester (UoM) in 2017 as a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Project Management at the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, and was promoted to Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in 2021. I am also a Project Management Professional (PMP) certified by Project Management Institute (PMI) and an AgilePM® certified by the Association for Project Management (APM). With over two decades of international research and work experience in Australia, China, Japan, Malaysia, India, and the USA, I was promoted to the Faculty of Science and Engineering, Head of Internationalisation for ASEAN, Japan and Korea, in 2022. Before joining UoM, I conducted my research and taught a variety of project management units at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The University of Maryland, the USA.
Before being an academic, I spent almost a decade working in Fortune 500 companies in which I initiated and led a vast number of organisational change, and IT projects to improve product design, production efficiency and operational safety in the retail and manufacturing sectors. This experience taught me the importance of tackling issues using multiple disciplinary approaches, which eventually led me to extend my education background from business and social science to engineering. As a result, I got a cross-disciplinary track with a bachelor's degree majoring in Business Administration and minoring in Social Science from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, an MSc and PhD in Civil Engineering from The University of Maryland, the USA.
With a mixed educational background and work experience, my research focuses on improving occupational health, safety, and well-being in high-risk industries such as construction using theories and methods in organisational psychology, data science, and engineering management. My research has been funded by professional bodies (e.g. APM), the UK government (e.g. Health and Safety Executive), charities (e.g. Lloyds Register Foundation) and private companies.
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In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
AgilePM (R), Association for Project Management (APM)
Bachelor of Commerce, Finance, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute Inc
Master in Science, Civil Engineering, University of Maryland at College Park
Doctor of Philosophy, Civil Engineering, University of Maryland at College Park
External Examiner , University College - Cork
2022 → …
School Governor, Springfield Primary School
2021 → 2024
Association for Project Management:Corporate Advisory Group Member
2020 → 2021
ASCE: Journal of Management in Engineering (Editorial Board Memeber)
Feb 2019 → …
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
Yunusa-Kaltungo, A., Cheung, C., Gallego Schmid, A., Manu, P. & Su, M.
1/02/22 → 31/01/23
Project: Research
Manu, Patrick (Recipient), Cheung, Clara (Recipient), Yunusa-Kaltungo, Akilu (Recipient) & Ejohwomu, Obuks (Recipient), 19 Jun 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Collinge, William (Recipient), Manu, Patrick (Recipient), Cheung, Clara (Recipient) & Hadi Mosleh, Mojgan (Recipient), 27 Oct 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Collinge, William (Recipient), Cheung, Clara (Recipient), Manu, Patrick (Recipient) & Hadi Mosleh, Mojgan (Recipient), 29 Oct 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Collinge, William (Recipient), Manu, Patrick (Recipient), Cheung, Clara (Recipient), Hadi Mosleh, Mojgan (Recipient), Freitas, Andre (Recipient), Osorio Sandoval, Carlos (Recipient) & Zhou, Zili (Recipient), 11 Nov 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Cheung, Clara (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
William Collinge (Other), Patrick Manu (Contributor), Clara Cheung (Contributor) & Mojgan Hadi Mosleh (Contributor)
Activity: Other
Clara Cheung (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Clara Cheung (Member)
Activity: Membership › Membership of professional association
Clara Cheung (Academic expert member)
Activity: Membership › Membership of professional association
Clara Cheung (Chair)
Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc