The editors of “The Palgrave Handbook of Strategy, Change and Transformational Project Leadership”, invite you to join us at a symposium to discuss the book's topics.

Date icon 15 Oct 2026
Time icon 9am - 12pm
Location icon Level 6, Marie Reay Teaching Centre Acton, ACT
Cost icon
FREE

ANU RSM Symposium

 

Strategy, Change and Transformational Project Leadership: 

What Can We Learn from Research Conducted Within Other Disciplines?

 

Following the recent publication of the book entitled “The Palgrave Handbook of Strategy, Change and Transformational Project Leadership”, the Editors invite you to join us to a symposium that discusses the various book chapters and their interactions to enhance our understanding of strategy, change and transformational project leadership. In the symposium, each speaker will explain how their research uniquely advances what we know already about how leaders and their teams bring about lasting organisational change and, as a result, are put into a strong position to create value for multiple stakeholders, build new capabilities and new organisational cultural and other sustainable realities. The objective is to be able to identify how researchers from different disciplines can learn from each other, including the potential implications for future research, theory, practice and pedagogy. 

Zubac, A., Zwikael, O., Tucker, D., More, E., Jiang, Z., Kirkpatrick, S. (2026). The Palgrave Handbook of Strategy, Change and Transformational Project Leadership. Springer Nature.

 

Presenters:

  • Professor Ofer Zwikael, Australian National University
  • Dr Angelina Zubac, University of Queensland
  • Professor Linda Duxbury, Sprott Business School, Carleton University, Canada
  • Dr Alicia Gilchrist, Australian National University
  • Associate Professor Birgit Muskat, Australian National University
  • Associate Professor Mark Pickering, Swinburne University
  • Zhiwen (Zoey) Zheng, Australian National University 
  • Dr Fariha Hira, King’s Own Institute
  • Professor Sabina Ćerimagić, ImpactEd and Australian National Institute of Management and Commerce

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Online attendance - ZOOM LINK: https://anu.zoom.us/j/85706707648?pwd=XU0e2wxNaXAeisAAscNaeJR470j9TK.1

Meeting ID: 857 0670 7648; Password: 398470

 

PROGRAM

Time 

Welcome, Objectives and Agenda Summary: 

Professor Ofer Zwikael, Australian National University 

Dr Angelina Zubac, King’s Own Institute

9:00

Keynote Speaker:  

Professor Linda Duxbury, Sprott Business School, Carleton University, Canada (via Zoom)

An Opportunity to Study Disruption Like Never Before: The COVID 2020-2022 and its Impacts Across Multiple Industries and Countries

 

9:15

Presentation 1: 

Dr Alicia Gilchrist, Australian National University 

Enhancing Project Investment Decisions: The Role of Leadership Priorities

 

9:35

Presentation 2: 

Associate Professor Birgit Muskat, Australian National University

Knowledge Sharing in Inter-organisational Project Teams

 

9:50

Presentation 3: 

Associate Professor Mark Pickering, Swinburne University (via Zoom from Melbourne)

Strategic Management Accounting at the Environmentally Responsible Organisation

 

10:05

MORNING TEA 

Book launch welcome: Associate Professor Tim Higgins, Associate Dean (Research) in the College of Business and Economics, Australian National University 

10.20

Presentation 4: 

Zhiwen (Zoey) Zheng, Australian National University 

Project Stakeholder Engagement for Enhancing Long-Term Project                  Impacts

11:00

Presentation 5: 

Dr Fariha Hira, King’s Own Institute

A User-Centric model identifying key Influencing Employees Blockchain
Electronic Health Records Adoption Factors in Public Hospitals

 

11:15

Presentation 6: 

Professor Sabina Ćerimagić, ImpactEd and Australian National Institute of Management and Commerce

Reimagining Project Management Methodologies: A Holistic Co-creation Model

 

11:30

Discussion and Close: 

Professor Ofer Zwikael and Dr Angelina Zubac

11:45

FINISH

12:00