Dr. Pernille Eskerod

Dr. Pernille Eskerod is a full professor and senior researcher within management and organizational behavior at the Department of Business and Management, Webster Vienna Private University, since 2015. Further, she is a faculty member at the WU Executive Academy in Vienna, since 2008, teaching project stakeholder engagement and supervising MBA theses. In 2016-17, she spent three months at Webster Thailand in Bangkok.

She has conducted research within numerous fields, and applying a stakeholder engagement perspective on managerial issues is her core research focus. In 2021-23, she is working on an international research project funded by PMI on community stakeholder engagement on online media in infrastructure projects.

Eskerod has authored more than 100 publications. Most of her publications are in the leading journals of her main field: International Journal of Project Management, Project Management Journal and International Journal of Managing Projects in Business. She is on the international editorial board of International Journal of Project Management and the editorial review board of Project Management Journal. During her 30+ years in academia, Eskerod has been teaching at all levels, i.e., bachelor, master, PhD levels and in executive education. Further, she has done plenty of thesis supervisions. To engage students in learning processes and to disseminate her research-based knowledge stay close to her heart.

Eskerod has attracted research funding from competitive applications submitted to international funds, including EU Regional fond and the global but U.S.-based organization Project Management Institute. Further, she has attracted governmental research funding in Denmark and Austria as well as from industrial associations in Denmark. Eskerod has often acted as speaker, organizer, discussant and reviewer at international conferences, e.g., Academy of Management, Decision Sciences Institute, European Group of Organizational Studies (EGOS), European Academy of Management, Nordic Academy of Management, International Research Network on Project Organizing and Project Management Institute. More of her conference papers have been selected for special issues. During her academic career, Eskerod has paid great attention to knowledge exchange between the academic community and the business community, and most of her research is based on empirical studies, mainly case studies.

Eskerod has a broad professional network. She has served on several assessment committees internally and externally. In 2019, she was ERASMUS+ visiting faculty member at University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (invited by Prof. Dr. Jesús Arteaga). In 2016-17, she spent three months at Webster's campus in Bangkok. In 2013-2014, she was visiting professor at WU Vienna University of Economics and Business (invited by Dr. Martina Huemann). In 2013 and 2014, she visited Drexel University, Philadelphia (invited by Dr. Frank Anbari). In 2010, she was visiting professor at Stevens Institute of Technology in the U.S. (invited by Dr. Thomas Lechler). In 1997, she was a visiting scholar at Umeå School of Business and Economics, Umeå University, Sweden (invited by Prof. Dr. Rolf Lundin). Before joining Webster Vienna, Eskerod had various positions at University of Southern Denmark. In 2008-2014 she was full professor with special duties within project management. Prior she was appointed as assistant professor (1995-1998) and associate professor (1998-2008).