Research Institute for the Built Environment
The School of Construction Management and Engineering is one of the world's leading centres of excellence for research and teaching in the built environment. Our work covers the following disciplines: building design and management, surveying, construction management and economics, construction engineering, construction informatics, and social science aspects of the built environment.
The Research Institute for the Built Environment acts as a focal point for research within the School of Construction Management and Engineering. It encourages inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary work that spans disciplines other than construction management. In addition to traditional construction research, the RIBE fosters collaboration with people and organisations with a non-Construction background, as the School deals with many aspects of social science in relation to the built environment.
RIBE Seminar Series
The Research Institute for the Built Environment (RIBE) brings together inter-disciplinary research on topics related to the design, production and management of the built environment. The RIBE seminar series has two parts. First, 'working paper discussions' provide a small informal forum to discuss the work-in-progress papers of leading academics. Second, 'meet the editors' sessions provide an informal context in which to meet editors and gain insight into the editing and reviewing processes associated with international journals.
In 2010-2011 the series is co-sponsored by the Advanced Institute of Management (AIM). The papers draw on a variety of empirical contexts, including sustainability, construction, mega-projects and globally distributed work, with a particular focus on management practices in complex industries.
2010/2011 Working Paper Discussions
Papers are circulated in advance. Attendees are expected to have read the paper and be ready to join the discussion. 4-5pm, last Wednesday of the month, URS building 2N10 except as indicated.
Oct, Wednesday 27: Senseshaping in Organizations: A Video Ethnography of Strategy Work. [Richard Whittington, University of Oxford]
Nov, Wednesday 24: The Management and Organisation of High Reliability, Resilience and Change in Extreme Contexts. [David Denyer, Cranfield University / AIM Management Practices Fellow]
Jan, Wednesday 26: Cultural Interventions in the Collaboration between Public and Private Partners in Megaprojects: an Anthropological Perspective. [Alfons van Marrewijk, Vrije Universiteit, Netherlands]
Feb, Wednesday 23: Towards Studio 21: Experiments in Design Education using BIM. [Mark Clayton, Texas A&M University, USA]
Mar, Wednesday 30: Reflexive versus Intuitive Collaboration: Exploring Communicative Strategies in Virtual Knowledge Sharing. [Daniel Geiger, Technical University Kaiserslautern, Germany] 2N12
May, Wednesday 25: Making Low Carbon Britain. [Simon Marvin, Salford University]
Jun, Wednesday 29: The Doing of Managing and Leading [Annie Pye, Essex University - title etc to be confirmed]
2010/2011 'Meet the Editor'
Once a term we invite the Editor of an international journal to discuss the publication process. Please look at papers from the journal, and read the 'instructions for authors' for the journal before attending. These seminars run 1-2pm, middle Wednesday (of Nov, Feb, May), URS building 2N10.
Autumn - Wed Nov 10, 1-2pm, Construction Management and Economics, Will Hughes, Editor.
Spring - Wed Feb 16, 1-2pm, British Journal of Management, Mustafa Özbilgin, Editor.
Summer - Wed May 11, 1-2pm, Management Learning, Davide Nicolini, Editor.
This series is organized by Jennifer Whyte [University of Reading / AIM Management Practices Fellow]. Attendance is open to all UK academics with interests in management practices in complex industries. To reserve a place please contact Linda Holland (l.a.holland@reading.ac.uk
Details of all events are available on the following link http://www.reading.ac.uk/about/about-eventlist.asp