Professor Frank Schultmann

Frank Schultmann is Professor of Complex Project Management and Director of Project Management for the University of Adelaide. He is also Chair Professor at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, and Director of the KIT’s Institute for Industrial Production (IIP) and the KIT’s French-German Institute for Environmental Research (DFIU).

Professor Schultmann studied Business and Industrial Engineering at the University of Karlsruhe. He completed his doctoral thesis in 1998 at the Faculty of Economics and Business Engineering and his Habilitation in 2003 receiving the venia legendi (teaching authority) in Management Science. Prior to his present positions, he was Professor of Industrial Management at the University of Koblenz-Landau and holder of the Chair of Business Administration, Construction Management and Economics at the University of Siegen.

Frank Schultmann was Editor of an international leading scientific journal and is member of several editorial boards. He serves as elected chairman of several scientific boards and is coordinator of international task forces and member of numerous international committees. He conducted various research projects on national and international level and has been awarded with several research grants and prices.

His research interests include sustainable production and logistics, decision support, supply chain management and optimization, project management, technology assessment, construction management, and information and communication technologies. This goes along with various industry collaborations. Among others Professor Schultmann has worked with companies from resource industries, automotive, chemical, construction, security, food, transport and logistics.