Prof Lavagnon Ika, PhD
Ottawa, Canada
Lavagnon Ika, MSc, PhD is Professor of Project Management and Director of the MSc Program in Management at the Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa. For the past 20 years, he has taught project management around the world. He is an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Project Management and a member of the Academic Boards of the international project management associations PMI and IPMA. In the summer of 2020, he will be a Fellow of the World Bank. Professor Ika's research has been published in prestigious journals such as World Development, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Production Planning and Control, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, International Journal of Project Management and Project Management Journal. His work has earned him three Emerald Publishing House Awards of Excellence (Best Reviewer Award in 2018, Outstanding Paper in 2017 and Highly Commended Paper Award in 2011), as well as two IPMA Awards of Excellence (Research Award in 2017 and Contribution of a Young Researcher Award in 2012). He was awarded the Telfer Innovative Researcher Award in 2017. Several of his articles have received praise from practitioners. Email: ika@telfer.uottawa.ca
Profile created 4 August 2020
Articles and Papers
- The Journey towards Profound Simplicity: How to Effectively Navigate Complexity in Projects - Second Edition - Ika, PhD - June 2022
- Coping with Project Complexity: The Complexity Based Project Management Framework - Featured Paper - Ika, PhD, Couillard, PhD, Garon - May 2021
- Mobilizing Stakeholders for Project Success - Featured Paper - Ika, PhD, Saint-Macary, PhD, Bandé - August 2020