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Biography

Eunice joined the Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS) in October 2004 from the Manchester Centre for Civil and Construction Engineering at UMIST. She is a senior lecturer in project management at AMBS. She completed her PhD degree at the Bartlett School of Graduate Studies (UCL) in 2003. An architect by training her work experience includes architectural design and consultancy, research in various aspects of the built environment and project management. Eunice has developed an expertise in facilitating and assisting project organisations to develop a clearer understanding of their organisational challenges by helping them develop their capabilities in stakeholder management, strategic project management and risk, uncertainty and complexity management.

Research interests

Eunice’s research interests are in project and programme management across a range of sectors (construction, IT/IS, aerospace). Her focus is on complex project management with particular interest in risk and uncertainty and stakeholder management. Eunice is interested in helping project managers and teams make sense of project complexity and develop appropriate strategies. She has worked on several research projects investigating managerial risk perceptions and risk management in projects from a cognitive perspective. She has worked with a number of organisations in the public and commercial sectors in the UK and overseas. 

Her areas of expertise are in project and programme management, project complexity, risk and uncertainty management, project stakeholder analysis and management, causal/cognitive mapping (soft modelling techniques) and group facilitation.

Teaching

Eunice’s teaching focuses on the management of projects and programmes at undergraduate, postgraduate, MBA and Executive Education programmes. At Executive level her teaching is mainly focused around managing complexity, risk and uncertainty, and stakeholder management in project organisations.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

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):

  • SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  • SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
  • SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

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