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Research output per year
Assistant Professor, Dr. ir.
Dr. Johan Ninan is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), the Netherlands. Previously, he was Post-Doctoral Fellow at University College London (UCL). He is a guest editor of the Project Management Journal (PMJ) and is part of the international editorial board of journals such as the International Journal of Project Management (IJPM). He is recognized with the PMI Young Researcher Award, the IPMA Global Research Award, the IPMA Global Young Researcher Award, and the APM Paper of the Year Award.
Dr. Ninan's research primarily focuses on the transdisciplinary design of infrastructure projects with a key emphasis on engaging stakeholders from diverse disciplinary backgrounds to achieve societal impact. The areas of his study encompass stakeholder engagement, collaboration, innovation, resilience, safety, information and communication technology (ICT), and project organizing. He particularly emphasizes the significance of social media in infrastructure projects and utilizes online naturalistic data from an organizational power theoretical perspective.
He has conducted extensive studies on infrastructure megaprojects in various countries, including Australia, India, the UK, and the Netherlands. His research findings have been widely published in esteemed journals, such as Policy & Society, International Journal of Project Management, Project Management Journal, Construction Management and Economics, and Journal of Management in Engineering. Additionally, he contributes to the SAGE research methods collection titled "Doing Research Online" (DRO), and serves as the editor for the special collection on 'Novel Research Methodologies, Methods and Data in Project Studies.' He is involved in the NWO funded ResilientHydroTwin: Participatory Integrated Digital Twin for Adaptive Urban Resilience to Water Extremities project.
At TU Delft, he coordinates the 'Project Management: from Nano to Mega' multidisciplinary minor and is involved in the M.Sc. Construction Management and Engineering (CME) program. He also supervises post-doc fellows, doctoral scholars, M.Sc. research theses, internships, and bachelor-end projects.
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):
Doctorate
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Other contribution › Popular
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Ninan, Dr. ir. Johan (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Ninan, Dr. ir. Johan (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Ninan, Dr. ir. Johan (Recipient) & Sergeeva, Natalya (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Ninan, Dr. ir. Johan (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Ninan, Dr. ir. Johan (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Johan Ninan (Chair of programme committee)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Johan Ninan (Editor)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
Jere Lehtinen (Editor), Johan Ninan (Editor), Francesco Di Maddaloni (Editor), Johanna Kujala (Editor) & Alfons van Marrewijk (Editor)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
Johan Ninan (Editorial board member)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
Johan Ninan (Editor)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
Ranjith Soman, Johan Ninan, Maria Nogal Macho & Marian Bosch-Rekveldt
4/03/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement
Johan Ninan, Stewart Clegg, Ashwin Mahalingam, Shankar Sankaran & Natalya Sergeeva
1/09/23 → 5/09/23
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Other
2/12/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Other
9/06/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement
Johan Ninan, Stewart Clegg & Ashwin Mahalingam
31/01/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement