Max Chipulu
max chipulu

Prof Max Chipulu PhD, MSc, BEng, SFHEA

Professor

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  M.Chipulu@napier.ac.uk

  

Biography

Max Chipulu is a research professor of operations and analytics at 麻豆社区. His research focuses on data analytics adoption (including AI) in complex operations management environments, particularly projects, and its intersections with organisational culture, ethics, and sustainability. He is also interested in pedagogy for quantitative business courses, emphasising learning analytics and AI.

He serves as Associate Dean, Research and Innovation for The Business School, lead of the Napier Applied Business Research for 麻豆社区 (NABRS) research group and thematic lead for enterprise data at the Centre for Business Innovations and Sustainable Solutions (CBISS).

Max holds a PhD in Management Sciences and Statistics, an MSc in Management Sciences, and a BEng in Mechanical Engineering, all from the University of Southampton, United Kingdom.

He has published over 80 peer-reviewed articles in reputable international journals such as IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Supply Chain Analytics, International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Journal of Business Ethics, International Journal of Forecasting, and others; has secured significant research funding from prestigious bodies (e.g., EIT Urban Mobility, The Royal 麻豆社区 of Edinburgh); actively contributes to the field through peer review, editorial board memberships (e.g., Informs Transactions on Education, Project Management Journal, British Academy of Management Peer Review College), and grant assessment (e.g., UKRI, The International Science Partnerships Fund) and serving on advisory groups (e.g., Advisory Group on Supporting Scotland's Postgraduate Researchers).


Max regards teaching, learning and the student experience extremely importantly. Recognised as a senior fellow of Advance HE, Max was a two-time nominee of the Vice Chancellor鈥檚 Award in the Teaching Innovation category at Southampton (2017 and 2021), and a winner of the Advance HE Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE, 2018). He leads core modules in Prescriptive Analytics and the Analytics Final Project within the MSc Business Analytics program. He also teaches undergraduate and professional development courses in Data Analytics and AI adoption.

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Conference Organising Activity

  • OR64 Conference, 'OR for a Better World Together', Stream Organiser
  • OR63 Conference organising

 

Editorial Activity

  • Co-chair Operations, Logistics and Supply Chain Management SIG at British Academy of Management
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Project Management Journal
  • Lead Guest Editor - Special Issue on Operations Analytics, Regulation, and Economic Attitudes toward Sustainability in the Sustainability Journal
  • Guest editor of special issue: Bridging the fields of Careers and Project Management, Project Management Journal
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Acta Commercii

 

External Examining/Validations

  • Programme Comparability Examiner, Hochschule Bremen - University of Applied Sciences, Germany
  • Module External Examiner, University of Hertfordshire

 

Fellowships and Awards

  • Senior Fellow, Advance HEA
  • Winner: Advance HE鈥檚 Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE)
  • Winner: 鈥淭op 1% best reviewer鈥, Publons
  • Winner: 鈥淏est Developmental Paper Award in Operations, Logistics and Supply Chain Management鈥, BAMS annual conference.
  • Winner: 鈥淏est paper in conference鈥, ISER ICEBR-2015 International Conference on Economics and Business Research.

 

Grant Reviewer

  • Research Councils United Kingdom Reviewer
  • Brazil Research Council (CNPQ) Reviewer
  • Project Management Institute (PMI) sponsored research scheme

 

Invited Speaker

  • Leveraging Technology in Higher Education Operations
  • The Future of AI in the UK - Will ethnic minority communities be at the forefront of this revolution, or risk being left behind?
  • Building a Research Culture for Impact
  • Invited Speaker: "What is Business Analytics?" Covenant University, Nigeria

 

Membership of Professional Body

  • Member, British Academy of Management.
  • Member, European Academy of Management (EURAM),
  • Member, Operational Research 麻豆社区 (ORS).

 

Non-executive Directorship

  • Member Scottish Funding Council Advisory Group on Supporting Scotland鈥檚 Postgraduate Researchers.
  • Director and Trustee, Age Concern Southampton

 

Research Degree External Examining

  • PhD External Examiner

 

Reviewing

  • Member of the British Academy of Management Peer Review College
  • Ad hoc reviewer: international journals in operations management/projects and analytics

 

Visiting Positions

  • Visiting Professor, University of Southampton
  • Visiting Researcher, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
  • Visiting Senior Research Fellow, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
  • Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa.

 

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Process Need Areas and Technology Adoption in Construction Site Management

Journal Article
Ozumba, A., Ojiako, U., Shakantu, W., Marshall, A., & Chipulu, M. (2019)
Process Need Areas and Technology Adoption in Construction Site Management. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 24(2), 123-155. https://doi.org/10.21315/jcdc2019.24.2.6
The study explores the areas of process need in construction site management and technology utilisation to address those needs within the construction industry. An exploratory...

The dependence upon context of project critical success factors: test of the contingency hypothesis and effects of technological uncertainty and collectivism culture

Journal Article
Chipulu, M., & Vahidi, R. (2020)
The dependence upon context of project critical success factors: test of the contingency hypothesis and effects of technological uncertainty and collectivism culture. Production Planning and Control, 31(15), 1261-1275. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2019.1702733
Although the relationship between critical success factors (CSFs) and project performance is established, evidence regarding the dependence on the context of CSFs is patchy. ...

Analysis of Financial Distress across Countries: Using Macroeconomic, Industrial indicators and Accounting Data

Journal Article
Khoja, L., Chipulu, M., & Jayasekera, R. (2019)
Analysis of Financial Distress across Countries: Using Macroeconomic, Industrial indicators and Accounting Data. International Review of Financial Analysis, 66, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2019.101379
This paper applies three-way multidimensional scaling and cluster analysis to examine the nature of insolvency in the Gulf Corporation Council, the United Kingdom and the Unit...

Identifying challenges facing PPP construction projects, particularly in developing countries: A systematic review of the literature, 1997-2017

Presentation / Conference
Almeile, A., Chipulu, M., & Vahidi, R. (2019, June)
Identifying challenges facing PPP construction projects, particularly in developing countries: A systematic review of the literature, 1997-2017. Paper presented at EURAM 2019, Lisbon, Portugal

A dimensional analysis of stakeholder assessment of project outcomes

Journal Article
Chipulu, M., Ojiako, G., Marshall, A., Williams, T., Bititci, U., Mota, C., 鈥tamati, T. (2019)
A dimensional analysis of stakeholder assessment of project outcomes. Production Planning and Control, 30(13), 1072-1090. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2019.1567859
Driven by an interest in developing a deeper understanding of stakeholder interests, this study undertakes a dimensional analysis of how different stakeholders assess project ...

Supporting student agency and success in higher education and beyond through the development of assessment feedback skills (the ability to self-monitor and self-evaluate)

Report
Evans, C., Zhu, X., Chiorean, C., Chipulu, M., Fair, N., Ford, N., 鈥horpe, K. (2018)
Supporting student agency and success in higher education and beyond through the development of assessment feedback skills (the ability to self-monitor and self-evaluate). Office for Students

A futility, perversity and jeopardy critique of 鈥渞isk appetite鈥

Journal Article
Marshall, S., Ojiako, U., & Chipulu, M. (2019)
A futility, perversity and jeopardy critique of 鈥渞isk appetite鈥. International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 27(1), 51-73. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOA-06-2017-1175
Purpose Risk appetite is widely accepted as a guiding metaphor for strategic risk management, yet metaphors for complex practice are hard to critique. This paper aims to apply...

Forecasting unknown-unknowns by boosting the risk radar within the risk intelligent organisation

Journal Article
Marshall, A., Ojiako, U., Wang, V., Lin, F., & Chipulu, M. (2019)
Forecasting unknown-unknowns by boosting the risk radar within the risk intelligent organisation. International Journal of Forecasting, 35(2), 644-658. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijforecast.2018.07.015
This theoretical perspective paper interprets (un)known-(un)known risk quadrants as being formed from both abstract and concrete risk knowledge. It shows that these quadrants ...

Does students鈥 engagement in self-evaluation impact task performance?

Presentation / Conference
Chipulu, M. (2018, September)
Does students鈥 engagement in self-evaluation impact task performance?. Paper presented at Simply Better: Researching Assessment Practices 鈥 Improving Student Outcomes, Southampton, United Kingdom

The Dependence of Project Critical Success Factors upon context

Presentation / Conference
Chipulu, M., & Vahidi, R. (2018, June)
The Dependence of Project Critical Success Factors upon context. Paper presented at EURAM 2018, Reykjavik, Iceland

Current Post Grad projects

Non-Napier PhD or MSc by Research supervisions

  • Supply Chain Insurance for Addressing Non-Contingent Risks for SMES in Volatile Markets
  • Embedding ethical uncertainty in algorithmic decision-making
  • Value Cocreation in Service Design