Areas of Expertise
Dr. Huda Almadhoob has a PhD from the Bartlett School of Construction and Project Management (CPM) at University College London. Prior to this, she received her MSc. degree in Project and Enterprise Management (with distinction) from CPM. Huda worked at the Architecture and Interior Design Department after finishing her bachelor’s degree in Architecture from University of Bahrain. Her PhD research project titled: “Self-Organising Networks in Complex Infrastructure Projects: the Case of London Bank Station Capacity Upgrade Project” was part of the Centre for Organisational Network Analysis (CONA-UCL) partnership with Transport of London. Her project has won the Hamdan Bin Mohammed Award for Innovation in Project Management – Innovative use of Project Management Practices – Academic Category, 2019. The research establishes a new theoretical framework for managing large construction projects, grounded in complexity theory with reference to social network theory and its analytical techniques. Huda’s main research interests involve organisational behaviors, Supply Chain Management and the application of Social Network Analysis in the study of construction project-based networks.
Education
- PhD - University College London (UCL), London, U.K.
- MSc. in Project and Enterprise Management – Distinction (University College London (UCL), London, U.K.)
- B.Sc. Architecture - Honers (University of Bahrain)
Biography
Dr. Huda Almadhoob has a PhD from the Bartlett School of Construction and Project Management (CPM) at University College London. Prior to this, she received her MSc. degree in Project and Enterprise Management (with distinction) from CPM. Huda worked at the Architecture and Interior Design Department after finishing her bachelor’s degree in Architecture from University of Bahrain. Her PhD research project titled: “Self-Organising Networks in Complex Infrastructure Projects: the Case of London Bank Station Capacity Upgrade Project” was part of the Centre for Organisational Network Analysis (CONA-UCL) partnership with Transport of London. Her project has won the Hamdan Bin Mohammed Award for Innovation in Project Management – Innovative use of Project Management Practices – Academic Category, 2019. The research establishes a new theoretical framework for managing large construction projects, grounded in complexity theory with reference to social network theory and its analytical techniques. Huda’s main research interests involve organisational behaviors, Supply Chain Management and the application of Social Network Analysis in the study of construction project-based networks.
Achievements
- Won The Hamdan bin Mohammed Award for Innovation in Project Management – Academic Category (December, 2019);
- Won the Second place in the First Womens Hackathon in Bahrain, organised by Supreme Council for Women (October, 2019);
- Honored by His Majesty the King at the celebration of a golden charter on the occasion of the anniversary of the National Action Charter and in honor of being one of the golden medal achievers in international competitions
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Publications & Presentations
selected publications:
- Almadhoob, H. (2023) Organising Beyond the Hierarchy – A Network Management Perspective. In Addyman, S & Smyth, H.: Construction Project Organising. Wiley Blackwell.
- Almadhoob, H. (2023) Managing Large Projects: Is There a
- Way to Employ Informal Networks and People’s Processes?. ISVS e-journal, Vol. 10, Issue 4.
- Khalfan, M.; Karajica, L.; Almadhoob, H. (2022) The impact of COVID-19 on the design of apartment buildings: a case study of Bahrain. 6th Smart Cities Symposium (SCS 2022), 2022 p. 62 – 67. IET. DOI: 10.1049/icp.2023.0331
- Khalifa, Z., Hammad, W., Almadhoob, H., & Bayoumi, M. (2021, September). Communication Limitations During COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges and Solutions for Public Sector in the Kingdom of Bahrain. In 2021 International Conference on Innovation and Intelligence for Informatics, Computing, and Technologies (3ICT) (pp. 105-111). IEEE.
- Burhan, B., & Almadhoob, H. (2021, November). Learning in post-covid times: one step towards interactive learning spaces. In 4th Smart Cities Symposium (SCS 2021) (Vol. 2021, pp. 410-414). IET.
- Almadhoob, H. and Sultan, R. (2020) Understanding Design Studios Collaboration Networks: A Social Network Analysis Research in Architecture and Interior Design Education. Presented at: Sunbelt - Annual research conference of the International Network of Social Network Analysis (INSNA).
- Almadhoob, H. (2020) At the Interface - When Social Network Analysis and Supply Chain Management Meet. In Pryke, S.: Successful Construction Supply Chain Management. John Wiley & Sons.
- Almadhoob, H. M. A. H. H. (2020). Self-Organising Networks in Complex Infrastructure Projects: The Case of London Bank Station Capacity Upgrade Project (Doctoral dissertation, UCL (University College London)).
- Pryke, S., Badi, S., Almadhoob, H., Soundararaj, B., & Addyman, S. (2018). Self-organizing networks in complex infrastructure projects. Project management journal, 49(2), 18-41.
- Almadhoob, H Pryke, SD; (2017) Self-Organised Networks at the Edge of Chaos: A New Perspective for Managing Complex Construction Projects. In: (Proceedings) INSNA- Washington, D.C.
- Pryke, SD, Almadhoob, H, and Badi, SM (2014) The Influence of Social Networks on Firm’s Success, Survival and Growth: A Social Network Analysis investigation of SMEs in the Bahrain Construction Industry. Presented at: Sunbelt XXXIV- Annual research conference of the International Network of Social Network Analysis (INSNA), St Pete Beach, Florida, US.
