Dipl.-Ing. Robert Moehler MSc, VDI
Contact Details
Project Management Subject Group
Department of Mathematics and Information Sciences
Faculty of Engineering and Environment
Pandon Building, City Campus East
Tel: +44(0)191 227 4746
Email: robert.moehler@Northumbria.ac.uk
Education
1. Dipl.-Ing. Material Science (2:1), University of Applied Sciences (TFH Berlin) and The Federal
Institute of Materials research and testing (BAM), Berlin, Germany
2005
2. MSc Project Management (Distinction), University of Northumbria at Newcastle, UK 2006
3. PhD Organisational Studies, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, UK
2013
Employment History
September 2007-Date: Northumbria University, Newcastle UK.
August 2013- Date: Department of Mathematics and Information Sciences
Post: Senior Lecturer in Project Management
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Teaching & Advising:
o Teaching a range of postgraduate Project Management degree modules such as
Project, Programme and Portfolio Management (BE1170); Project Organisation
(BE1174); and Research Methodological courses PhD Methodology Workshop
(Graduate School); and externally Qualitative Research Inquiry (EPSRC Research
Methodology Workshop, Wolfson College)
o Student assessment and feedback (formative and summative) including marking
moderation.
o Advising postgraduate students from time to time and providing pastoral care and
support, fulfilling a personal/guidance tutor role.
Research:
o Supervision of research projects (International Collaboration with école d'ingénieurs
du Cesi) , undergraduate research projects (BE0553) and postgraduate research
projects (BE1036, BE1180, BE1181)
o Individual/Collaborative Research see relevant section below
Administration/Service:
o Module Tutor, Project, Programme and Portfolio Management (BE1170); Project
Organisations (BE1174); Project Management (BE0897 Undergraduate Quantity
Surveying [cover])
o Internal Moderator, Sustainable Project Management (BE1103)
o Involved in Module and Programme review and development
o International Project Management Association (active participant and scholar)
Dipl.-Ing. Robert Moehler MSc, VDI
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Society of German Engineers VDI (European friendship facilitator and member)
North East Chamber of Commerce (academic adviser)
Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (Young Career Researcher)
Industrial Consultancy and Commercial Testing
September2011- July2013: School of the Built and Natural Environment
Post: Lecturer in Project Management
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Teaching & Advising:
o Teaching a range of postgraduate Project Management degree modules such as
Project, Programme and Portfolio Management (BE1170); Research Methods
(BE1171); Project Organisation (BE1174); Strategic Project Management (BE1176)
and Research Methodological courses PhD Methodology Workshop (Graduate
School); and externally Qualitative Research Inquiry (EPSRC Research Methodology
Workshop, Wolfson College)
o Student assessment and feedback (formative and summative) including marking
moderation.
o Advising postgraduate students from time to time and providing pastoral care and
support, fulfilling a personal/guidance tutor role.
Research:
o Supervision of research projects (International Collaboration with école d'ingénieurs
du Cesi) , undergraduate research projects (BE0553) and postgraduate research
projects (BE1036, BE1180, BE1181)
o Individual/Collaborative Research see relevant section below
Administration/Service:
o Internal Moderator, Sustainable Project Management (BE1103); Project, Programme
and Portfolio Management (BE1170); Project Organisations (BE1174)
o Involved in Module and Programme review and development
o the Association for Project Management (committee member)
o International Project Management Association (active participant and scholar)
o Institution of Civil Engineers (incorporated member)
o North East Chamber of Commerce (academic adviser),
o Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (Young Career Researcher)
o Industrial Consultancy and Commercial Testing
Februar2010- August2011: School of the Built Environment
Post: Lecturer in Project Management
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Teaching & Advising:
o Teaching a range of postgraduate Project Management degree modules such as
Project, Programme and Portfolio Management (BE1170); Research Methods
(BE1171); Project Organisation (BE1174); Strategic Project Management (BE1176)
and Research Methodological courses PhD Methodology Workshop (Graduate
School); and externally Qualitative Research Inquiry (EPSRC Research Methodology
Workshop, Wolfson College)
Dipl.-Ing. Robert Moehler MSc, VDI
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Student assessment and feedback (formative and summative) including marking
moderation.
o Advising postgraduate students from time to time and providing pastoral care and
support, fulfilling a personal/guidance tutor role.
Research:
o Supervision of research projects (International Collaboration with école d'ingénieurs
du Cesi) , undergraduate research projects (BE0553) and postgraduate research
projects (BE1036, BE1180, BE1181)
o Individual/Collaborative Research see relevant section below
Administration/Service:
o Module Tutor, Project Organisations (BE1173 and BE1174)
o Internal Moderator, Sustainable Project Management (BE1103); Project, Programme
and Portfolio Management (BE1170)
o Involved in Module and Programme review and development
o the Association for Project Management (committee member)
o International Project Management Association (active participant and scholar)
o Institution of Civil Engineers (incorporated member)
o North East Chamber of Commerce (academic adviser),
o Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (Young Career Researcher)
o Industrial Consultancy and Commercial Testing
September2007- December2009: School of the Built Environment
Post: Part-time Lecturer
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Teaching & Advising:
o Teaching a range of undergraduate degree modules such as Management,
Principles, Practice and Communication on the BA (Hons) Architecture; Sustainable
Development for a group of students set together of BSc (Hons) Building Surveying,
BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying and BEng (Hons) Building Services Engineering and
Research Methodological courses PhD Methodology Workshop (Graduate School);
and externally Qualitative Research Inquiry (EPSRC Research Methodology
Workshop, Wolfson College)
o Student assessment and feedback (formative and summative) including marking
moderation.
Research:
o Supervision undergraduate research projects (BE0553)
o Individual/Collaborative Research see relevant section below
May 2005-September2007: PepsiCo International, Cape Town, South Africa
Post: Project Engineer/Manager
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I passed the three month Graduate program of PepsiCo. Duties as a Project Engineer
included the coordination and management of building an effluent plant for one potato and
corn production plant of Frito-Lay (in an earlier internship in 2003, I had been involved in the
planning and design).
Dipl.-Ing. Robert Moehler MSc, VDI
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As a Project Manager task involved strategic human resource development of the existing
engineering department of the Sub-Saharan and Africa Business Unit of PepsiCo
International. This involved a series of workshops and the coordination of action groups and
regular feedback and quality control.
Change management of human resource after strategic capacity development (business
acquisition)
January 2002-April2005: German Federal Institute of Material research and testing
(BAM), Berlin, Germany
Post: Research assistant
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Duties included Project Management of test-programmes and design of new SPCC concrete,
testing strength-testing equipment for international research collaborations in Lyon and
non-destructive concrete testing for Deutsche Bahn AG and Royal BAM on their construction
sides in and around Berlin.
Assisting foreign doctoral students in the institute with proof reading
Research Activities
Refereed Journal Papers
CHAN, P. & MOEHLER, R. (2008) Developing a ‘Road-Map’ to Facilitate Employers’ Role in Engaging
with the Skills Development Agenda in the Tyne and Wear region. Northumbria Built and
Virtual Environment Working Paper Series,
CHAN, P. C. & MOEHLER, R. C. (2009) Formal and informal systems of VET: implications for employee
involvement. CLR News, 1-2009, 18.
ZIOUZIOU, S., MOEHLER, R. & MURDOCH, I. (2010) Strategic considerations for construction in the
People’s Republic of China: the case of German contractors in the 1990s. Interdisciplinary
Studies in the Built and Virtual Environment, 3 (1). pp. 56-63.
ZIOUZIOU, S. & MOEHLER, R. (2010) Neue Vertriebsstrukturen sind gefordert: Distributionspolitik in
der Bauwirtschaft. Baumarkt & Bauwirtschaft, 109 (9). pp. 40-42.
JOHANSSON, T., MOEHLER, R. C. & VAHIDI, R. (2013) Knowledge sharing strategies for project
knowledge management in the automotive sector, Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences,
65 (2012), pp. 312-323.
HANSEN, T., HOPE, A. & MOEHLER, R. C. (2013, forthcoming) Managing geographically dispersed
teams: from temporary to permanent global virtual teams, Journal of Organizational
Behavior, pp. 1-15.
HOPE, A. & MOEHLER, R. C. (2014, forthcoming) Balancing projects with society and the
environment: A project, programme and portfolio approach, Procedia - Social and
Behavioral Sciences, xx (2013), pp. xxx-xxx.
Monographs
MOEHLER, R. (2006). Leadership in Organisational Change Implementation Projects: A Case Study of
Global Companies. MSc Project Management, Northumbria University in Newcastle.
MOEHLER, R. C. (2013 forthcoming ). Employer strategies for engaging with the process of Skills
Development in the construction sector in the Tyne and Wear area: An interpretive case
inquiry in the institutionalised organisation. Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, University of
Northumbria at Newcastle.
Dipl.-Ing. Robert Moehler MSc, VDI
Refereed Conference Papers
Moehler, R. (2012) KMU Strategien zur Erschließung betrieblicher Fähigkeits- und
Fertigkeitspotenziale. In: MarQa - Strukturenund Strategien für eine marktfähige
Qualifizierungsberatung: Systematische Personalentwicklung in KMU - Strategien zur
Erschließung betrieblicher Qualifizierungspotenziale, 26 April 2012, Berlin.
Johansson, T., Moehler, R. C. & Vahidi, R. (2012) 'Knowledge sharing strategies for project
knowledge management in the automotive sector', Twenty Sixth International Project
Management Association World Congress: Integrating Project Management Standards - The
way forward in times of economic challenges. Heraklion, Crete, Greece 29-31 October 2012.
Zürich, Switzerland: IPMA, pp. 615-624.
Moehler, Robert, Chan, Paul, Greenwood, David and Wang, L. (2010) Engaging with the Skills
Development Agenda: an interpretative account of construction SMEs. In: UK-CLR.
Moehler, Robert and Chan, Paul (2009) Construction skills development: formal versus informal
system? In: North East Research Conference, Northumbria University.
Moehler, Robert (2008) SME Strategies in Employee Development. In: UK-CLR and ARCOM:
Employment practices in new organisational forms for the well-being of the European
Construction Industry, 10 December 2008, University of Westminster, London.
Chan, Paul and Moehler, Robert (2008) Construction skills development in the UK : transitioning
between the formal and informal. In: CIB W55/W65 joint conference, 15-17 November 2008,
Dubai, UAE.
Moehler, Robert, Chan, Paul and Greenwood, David (2008) The interorganisational influences on
construction skills development in the UK. In: 24th Annual conference of the Association of
researchers in Construction Management , 1 - 3 September 2008, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
Chan, Paul and Moehler, Robert (2007) Developing a 'road map' to facilitate employers' role in
engaging with the skills development agenda. In: 23rd Annual conference of the Association
of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM), 3-5 September 2007, Belfast, United
Kingdom.