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Existential questioning as critical performativity/critical knowing: An exploration of power, epistemic virtue and emancipation in PM's practice (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Segal, S., Cicmil, S., & Rolfe, B. (2016, January). Existential questioning as critical performativity/critical knowing: An exploration of power, epistemic virtue and emancipation in PM's practice. Paper presented at The 8th Making Projects Critical - An International Conference, Newcastle University Business School Newcastle, UK

In this paper we explore how existential hermeneutic (and philosophical questioning more broadly) might provide a deeper understanding of manifestations of epistemic violence in project-based organising and project management practice, and the possib... Read More about Existential questioning as critical performativity/critical knowing: An exploration of power, epistemic virtue and emancipation in PM's practice.

Sediment, subversion and suffering: Can the project be resisted? (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Collins, K., & Cicmil, S. (2016, January). Sediment, subversion and suffering: Can the project be resisted?. Paper presented at The 8th Making Projects Critical - An International Conference, Newcastle University Business School Newcastle, UK

In this paper, we seek to entwine a number of epistemic and practical perspectives around an activity that is increasingly the foundation of knowledge production: the funded research project. Specifically, we have chosen as our example a project comm... Read More about Sediment, subversion and suffering: Can the project be resisted?.

The found world: A learning adventure at Eden (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Collins, K., Gaggiotti, H., Cicmil, S., Laurent, S., Akinbusoye, A., Lockyer, J., & Bakare, A. (2015, September). The found world: A learning adventure at Eden. Presented at International Symposium: Learning from the sharp end – implications for sustainability in Higher Education, Bristol, UK

We wish to present a reflective account of a participatory action inquiry in which a cosmopolitan and professionally and educationally diverse group of students and staff explored, in collaboration with our hosts from the Eden Project Trust, the inno... Read More about The found world: A learning adventure at Eden.

Learning from the sharp end in a Business School - A back-to-nature student fieldtrip (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Gaggiotti, H., Cicmil, S., Collins, K., Laurent, S., Bakare, A., Lockyer, J., & Akinbusoye, A. (2015, September). Learning from the sharp end in a Business School - A back-to-nature student fieldtrip. Presented at International Symposium: Learning from the sharp end – implications for sustainability in Higher Education, Bristol, UK

The aim of this paper/roundtable discussion is to expose and discuss our experience with an alternative pedagogic method of post-graduate (management) education: a field trip, which combines student-led, inquiry-based learning approach with a critica... Read More about Learning from the sharp end in a Business School - A back-to-nature student fieldtrip.

Responsible education for sustainable development: Creating a pedagogic approach which reflects the complexity of the vision (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Cicmil, S., Collins, K., & Ecclestone, R. (2015, June). Responsible education for sustainable development: Creating a pedagogic approach which reflects the complexity of the vision. Presented at 2nd Annual Conference UK & Ireland Chapter of UN PRME “From Millennium Development, to Sustainable Development Goal- A Vision for Responsible Management Post -2015, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Utilising the Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) agenda to embed PRME in the HE curriculum: A case study of the University of the West of England (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Gough, G., Cicmil, S., & Longhurst, J. (2015, June). Utilising the Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) agenda to embed PRME in the HE curriculum: A case study of the University of the West of England. Presented at From Millennium Development to Sustainable Development Goals– A Vision for Responsible Management Post 2015. 2nd PRME Regional Chapter Meeting UK and Ireland. Annual Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Through a case study of the University of the West of England this presentation explores the relationship between Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME). The paper considers the al... Read More about Utilising the Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) agenda to embed PRME in the HE curriculum: A case study of the University of the West of England.

Cultural impacts in project organisations: Emerging research questions (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Cicmil, S. (2012, December). Cultural impacts in project organisations: Emerging research questions. Presented at Seminar 4: Cultural Impacts on Project Processes and Outputs ‐A research agenda, UCL, London

Svetlana will bring her critical perspective to an examination of culture in projects. She will highlight the importance of the relational in manifestations of project cultures through looking at issues of agency, risk and social psychology of trust.... Read More about Cultural impacts in project organisations: Emerging research questions.

Learning from project management implementation journeys (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Thomas, J., Cicmil, S., & George, S. (2012, July). Learning from project management implementation journeys. Paper presented at PMI International Research and Education Conference 2012, Limerick, Ireland

Complexity and the paradox of project control (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Cicmil, S., Crawford, L., Cooke-Davies, T., & Richardson, K. (2009, October). Complexity and the paradox of project control. Paper presented at International Research Network on Organising by Projects IRNOP '09 Conference, Berlin, Germany

Rethinking project management: New directions, new practice (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Cicmil, S. (2006, October). Rethinking project management: New directions, new practice. Paper presented at Major Project Association Seminar, Institution of Engineering and Technology UK, Savoy Place, London, UK