Projects per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
Head of Research Group: Stefan Gottlieb.
Our research
Research focus
- Circular Economy in Construction
- Digitalisation and big data
- Procurement and collaboration
- Productivity development
- Regulation and framework conditions
- Sustainable development
- Users and technologies
Societal challenges
The architecture, construction and engineering (AEC) sector faces a number of challenges, caused by climate change, increasing globalization of the market for building materials and labor, as well as technological developments that strain existing structures, roles and work processes. Where we previously had an AEC sector based on experience and traditions, the development entails increasing demands for innovation, sustainability and productivity. This leads to greater risks for the built environment and the many actors within the sector.
Need for new knowledge
The AEC sector plays an increasingly central role in the Danish society, both as an instrument for social change and as an object of regulation. On the one hand, the sector is instrumental in meeting a number of key societal agendas from job creation and growth to increased sustainability and infrastructure development. On the other hand, new requirements also pose a number of challenges in the intersection between competing concerns related to resource and energy efficiency, healthy buildings and the involvement of users across the value chain under conditions of increasing deregulation and demands for strengthened competition. These challenges call for a critical understanding of the sector's economical, organizational, institutional and technological dynamics to deliver knowledge and solutions that can help fulfil the ambitions.
Research efforts
The Construction Management and Innovation Research Group works in four areas: Innovation, user and work practices, framework conditions and value.
- The research on innovation focuses on understanding how development initiatives influence and challenge traditional professions, professional boundaries and organizational forms.
- In the field of user and work practice, the focus is on understanding the recursive relationship between technology and actors. This includes the role of technology in structuring actions and rationales on the one hand, and how actors perceive and shape new arenas of application of the technologies on the other hand.
- The research on framework conditions deals with the institutional conditions that frame actions and development efforts of companies and organizations in the sector. The research also focuses on questions of institutional design, i.e. how and with what consequences actors may make deliberate change to their institutional environment, and how to overcome barriers towards changes.
- Finally, the issue of value focuses on uncovering quantitative as well as qualitative perceptions of economic, ethical, aesthetic and political values. Value is viewed in a heterogeneous and actor-centred perspective, which are sensitive to the different, divergent opinions that are represented by different societal groups.
Collaboration
The research group's work is primarily financed by private and public funds that promote research and innovation in the construction sector. Organizations and institutions acting as change agents for the construction sector are part of the research group's projects. Furthermore, the research group collaborates closely with the Danish authorities in relation to questions of how public regulation and other initiatives can promote innovation.
Knowledge application
Dissemination of knowledge about conditions and methods for developing the construction industry involves a wide range of recipients ranging from the international scientific environment to building professionals, users and authorities. Furthermore, the group’s research is closely linked to an educational context at AAU CPH.
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Collaborations from the last five years
Profiles
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Andreas Johan de Gier
- The Faculty of Engineering and Science - Business PhD
- Department of the Built Environment - Business PhD
- Division of Town, Housing and Property - Business PhD
- Technology Organisation and Circular Construction Research Group - Business PhD
Person: External
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Marianne Forman
- The Faculty of Engineering and Science - Seniorforsker
- Department of the Built Environment - Seniorforsker
- Division of Town, Housing and Property - Seniorforsker
- Technology Organisation and Circular Construction Research Group - Seniorforsker
Person: VIP
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Anne Kathrine Frandsen
- The Faculty of Engineering and Science - Seniorforsker
- Department of the Built Environment - Seniorforsker
- Division of Building Technology, Management and Indoor Environment
- Division of Town, Housing and Property - Seniorforsker
- Technology Organisation and Circular Construction Research Group - Seniorforsker
Person: VIP
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Vejen til Biobaseret Byggeri
Rasmussen, T. V., Andersen, B., Jensen, N. F. & Gottlieb, S. C.
01/08/2023 → 30/06/2024
Project: Research
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Lysets rolle, når synet ændres – Muligheder og barrierer ved belysning i og omkring hjemmet
Øien, T. B., Mathiasen, N., Frandsen, A. K. & Bredmose, A.
01/01/2023 → 31/12/2026
Project: Research
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Sustainable consumption of construction materials
Gottlieb, S. C. & Mølby, L. F.
Independent Research Fund Denmark
01/02/2022 → 31/01/2025
Project: Research
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Architectural scale models: Methodologies for studying daylight qualities
Grønlund, L., Pernille, S., Mathiasen, N. & Frandsen, A. K., 30 Aug 2023, Envisioning Architectural Scales in the Analogue and Virtual Representation of Architecture :Proceedings of the 16th EAEA conference. Kreutzberg, A. (ed.). Vol. 16. p. 212-223 12 p.Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Article in proceeding › Research › peer-review
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Circular Supplier Partnerships for Resource Economic Marketization in the Construction Industry
Fredslund, L., Gottlieb, S. C. & Koch, C., 19 Jul 2023, SDGs in Construction Economics and Organization: The 11th Nordic Conference on Construction Economics and Organisation (CREON), May 18-20, 2022. Lindahl, G. & Gottlieb, S. C. (eds.). Springer Cham, p. 269-281 13 p. (Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics; No. 1, Vol. 1).Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Article in proceeding › Research › peer-review
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Perceptions and understandings of construction site productivity: Insights from the Danish construction industry
Bronke, J. & Frederiksen, N., 4 Sept 2023, Proceedings of the 39th Annual ARCOM Conference. Apollo, T. & Neilson, C. J. (eds.). Leeds, UK: Association of Researchers in Construction Management, p. 539-548 10 p.Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Article in proceeding › Research › peer-review
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Prizes
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CME Best Paper. Transformative Impact In Relation To A Grand Societal (Transition) Challenge
de Gier, Andreas Johan (Recipient), Gottlieb, Stefan Christoffer (Recipient), Koch, Christian (Recipient) & Frederiksen, Nicolaj (Recipient), 7 Sept 2022
Prize: Conference prizes
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The Paul Townsend Commemorative Award For Research Into Practice
Fredslund, Lasse (Recipient), Søder, Peter Højrup (Recipient), de Place Hansen, Ernst Jan (Recipient) & Koch, Christian (Recipient), 7 Sept 2022
Prize: Conference prizes
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Taylor and Francis. Best Theoretical Paper
Frederiksen, Nicolaj (Recipient), Gottlieb, Stefan Christoffer (Recipient) & de Gier, Andreas Johan (Recipient), 7 Sept 2022
Prize: Conference prizes
Activities
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Life cycle costing (LCC): Usikkerhed og følsomhedsanalyser
Kim Haugbølle (Lecturer)
1 Mar 2023Activity: Talks and presentations › External teaching and course activities at other universities
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LCC for bygherrer
Kim Haugbølle (Lecturer)
28 Feb 2023Activity: Talks and presentations › Talks and presentations in private or public companies
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Totaløkonomiske beregninger med LCCbyg
Kim Haugbølle (Lecturer)
27 Feb 2023Activity: Talks and presentations › Talks and presentations in private or public companies
Press/Media
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Plastkomposit, tækket tegl, ler og lys
Nanet Mathiasen & Anne Kathrine Frandsen
15/09/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Boligstyrelsen trækker støtten til LCAbyg
Anne Kathrine Frandsen & Harpa Birgisdottir
06/07/2023 → 07/07/2023
4 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Ekspert: Prischok på sygehusvaskeri er » meget usædvanligt «
03/03/2023
9 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Impacts
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Report about Roskilde Badet contributes to political cange
Kim Haugbølle (Participant)
Impact: Public policy impact, Economic impact
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Test creates foundation for sustainable construction
Kim Haugbølle (Participant) & Harpa Birgisdottir (Participant)
Impact: Social impact, Public policy impact, Other impact, Economic impact