On 26 May 2025, the new Research Advisory Board of the GPM Deutsche Gesellschaft für Projektmanagement e. V. was constituted. Prof Dr Alexander Kock, holder of the Chair of Technology and Innovation Management at the Technical University of Darmstadt, is also a member.

The aim of the new committee is to strengthen the dialogue between science and practice in project management. In future, the Research Advisory Board will contribute thematic impulses from project management research to the GPM, formulate recommendations for studies and develop proposals for closer integration of research and association work. It will also support the conceptualisation of events at the interface between research and practice.

Prof Dr Timo Braun (University of Kassel) was elected chairman. Prof Kock is joined on the advisory board by Prof Dr Martina Huemann, Prof Dr Christine Falkenreck, Prof Dr Martina Peuser, Prof Dr Alexander Bull, Claus Hüsselmann and Prof Dr Søren Salomo.

Prof Kock contributes his many years of research expertise in the fields of innovation management, project portfolio management and sustainable project strategies to the advisory board. We would like to congratulate Prof Kock on his appointment and wish him every success in his future work on the Research Advisory Board!