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Geraldi, Joana; Söderlund, Jonas
International journal of project management, January 2018, 2018-01-00, Volume: 36, Issue: 1Journal Article
Project organising is a growing field of scholarly inquiry and management practice. In recent years, two important developments have influenced this field: (1) the study and practice of projects have extended their level of analysis from mainly focussing on individual projects to focussing on micro- as well as macro-level concerns around projects; and (2) there has been a greater interest in different kinds of scholarly inquiry. Taken together, these two developments call for closer scrutiny of how the levels of analysis and the types of inquiry are related and benefit each other, and of the explanations of project practices they could offer. To discuss avenues for future research on projects and project practice, this paper suggests the notion of project studies to better grasp the status of our field. We combine these two sets of ideas to analyse the status and future options for advancing project research: (1) levels of analysis; and (2) type of research. Analysing recent developments within project studies, we observe the emergence of what we refer to as type 3 research, which reconciles the need for theoretical development and engagement with practice. Type 3 research suggests pragmatic avenues to move away from accepted yet unhelpful assumptions about projects and project organising. The paper ends with an agenda for future research, which offers project scholars a variety of options to position themselves in the field of project studies, and to explore opportunities in the crossroads between levels of analysis and types of research. •We suggest project studies as an umbrella term to embrace the status of our field.•Project scholars and their interests shape and are shaped by project studies.•Project scholars follow Habermas' technical, understanding and emancipatory interests.•Project studies spans from micro (individual) to macro (societal) levels of analysis.•Project studies demand more type 3 research following emancipatory interests.
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