Arabian Journal of Business and Management Review

Paul Gardiner

Paul Gardiner
Editor-in-Chief
The British University in Dubai (BUiD), United Arab Emirates

Biography

Dr Paul Gardiner is an Associate Professor in the field of project management and Head of Project Management PhD and MSc Programmes at BUiD. Dr Gardiner studied Engineering for his first degree at Imperial College, UK and then worked in applied research Schlumberger, Cambridge. Subsequently, he studied and completed his PhD in project management which was awarded by the University of Durham, UK. He worked for fifteen years in Heriot-Watt University teaching and supervising undergraduate and postgraduate students in strategic project management and operations management, including MBA students at Edinburgh Business School and the University of Edinburgh. Dr Gardiner has established, designed and implemented postgraduate programmes in project management at Heriot-Watt, Dubai and in universities in Italy, Sweden and the UK. He was instrumental in the design and implementation of three successful Masters programmes in project management before joining BUiD. He is a member of the IPMA, APM and PMI. He is also held external examinerships for the University of Bradford and the University of Ulster. Dr Gardiner has written over 70 journal articles and conference papers, and publishes on project management in a number of top quality journals including, International Journal of Project Management, Total Quality Management and Business Excellence, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, International Journal of Information Management, and Construction Management and Economics.

Research Interest

International Journal of Project Management, Total Quality Management and Business Excellence, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, International Journal of Information Management, and Construction Management and Economics.