Articles and Papers

Articles and Papers

Here you find selected articles produced by Concept Programme researchers. 

When used or referenced, the source should be cited.

 

Articles in peer-reviewed journals

 

Title Year Author (-s) Journal
Predictability of cost, time and quality in design–build construction contracts – evidence from 100 public projects 2026 Torbjørn Aass, Morten Welde, Atle Engebø and Haavard Haaskjold International Journal of Construction Management
Curbing Cost Increases and Benefit Shortfalls 2025 Morten Welde and Gro Holst Volden Cambridge Handbook on Project Behavior
Accounting for uncertainties in cost-benefit analyses of road projects: A procedure illustrated by real-world projects 2025 Eivind Tveter, Morten Welde and James Odeck Transport Policy
What Characterises Road Projects with Positive Net Benefit-Cost Ratios? Insights from Norway and Sweden 2025 James Odeck, Maria Börjesson, Johanna Jussila Hammes, Gro Holst Volden and Morten Welde Transport Policy
Paradoxes and trade-offs in the front-end process of large public projects 2025 Monique Aubry, Serghei Floricel, Alicia Gilchrist, Richard J. Kirkham, Knut Samset, Bert van Wee, Gro Holst Volden, Terry Williams and Ofer Zwikael Production Planning & Control
Evaluating defence projects – success may be a multidimensional measure. A case study of a logistics support vessel 2025 Morten Welde, Steinar Gulichsen, Frida Waage Prebensen and Gro Holst Volden Defence Studies
From Construction to Societal Value: A Meta-Evaluation of Seven Public Building Projects 2025 Atle Engebø, Morten Welde and Gro Holst Volden Procedia Computer Science
Cost estimation in major public projects’ front-end phase: An empirical study on how to improve current practices 2025 Helene Berg, Anne Strand Alfredsen Larsen, Ole Jonny Klakegg and Morten Welde Project Leadership and Society
Governance of Public Projects. Missing Out on Learning Opportunities 2024 Gro Holst Volden and Ole Jonny Klakegg Project Management Journal
Lessons from ex-post evaluation of government investment projects 2024 Morten Welde and Gro Holst Volden IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science
Cost and schedule performance in large government projects 2024 Morten Welde and Atle Engebø IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science
Do nothing, do minimum or do something? Why public project appraisals “always” recommend large projects 2024 Gro Holst Volden, Morten Welde, Atle Engebø and Bjørn Andersen International Journal of Managing Projects in Business
External quality assurance of cost estimates in major public projects: empirical evidence on cost performance 2024 Helene Berg and Ole Henning Nyhus International Journal of Managing Projects in Business
Realising benefits in public IT projects: A multiple case study 2022 Knut Kjetil Holgeid, Magne Jørgensen, Gro Holst Volden and Helene Berg IET Software
Public project success? Measuring the nuances of success through ex post evaluation 2022 Gro Holst Volden and Morten Welde International Journal of Project Management
Improving value for money through better front-end management: An attempt to reduce costs and increase user benefits in the planning of a motorway project 2022 Morten Welde and Gro Holst Volden Case Studies on Transport Policy
Avoiding Cost Overrun Through Stochastic Cost Estimation and External Quality Assurance 2022 Morten Welde and Ole Jonny Klakegg Transactions on Engineering Management
The wider local impacts of new roads 2022 Morten Welde and Eivind Tveter Transport Policy
Evaluation of probabilistic cost estimates 2021 Magne Jørgensen, Morten Welde and Torleif Halkjelsvik Transactions on Engineering Management
Cost escalation in road construction contracts 2021 Morten Welde and Roy Endre Dahl Transportation Research Record
Project Governance in State-Owned Enterprises: The Case of Major Public Projects’ Governance Arrangements and Quality Assurance Schemes 2021 Anne Strand Alfredsen Larsen, Gro Holst Volden and Bjørn Andersen Adminstrative Sciences
Entirely possible overruns: how people think and talk about probabilistic cost estimates 2019 Karl Halvor Teigen, Bjørn Andersen, Sigurd Lerkerød Alnes and Jan Ole Hesselberg International Journal of Project Management
Assessing public projects' value for money: An empirical study of the usefulness of cost–benefit analyses in decision-making 2019 Gro Holst Volden International Journal of Project Management
The front-end of projects: a systematic literature review and structuring 2019 Terry Williams, Hang Vo, Knut Samset and Andrew Edkins Production Planning & Control
Use of mobile phone data for analysis of number of train travellers 2018 Anette Østbø Sørensen, Johannes Bjelland, Heidi Bull-Berg, Andreas Dypvik Landmark, Muhammad Mohsin Akhtar and Nils O.E. Olsson Journal of Rail Transport Planning & Management
Measuring efficiency and effectiveness through ex-post evaluation: Case studies of Norwegian transport projects 2018 Morten Welde and Gro Holst Volden Research in Transportation Business & Management
The hierarchy of public project governance frameworks 2018 Gro Holst Volden and Bjørn Andersen International Journal of managing Projects in Business
In search of success: Ex-post evaluation of a Norwegian motorway project 2018 Morten Welde Case Studies on Transport Policy
Public project success as seen in a broad perspective: Lessons from a meta-evaluation of 20 infrastructure projects in Norway 2018 Gro Holst Volden Evaluation and Program Planning
Elaborations on the role of project owner: introducing project owners type 1 and 2 2018 Nils O.E. Olsson International Journal of Managing Projects in Business
An Empirical Bayes before-after evaluation of road safety effects of a new motorway in Norway 2017 Rune Elvik, Heidi Ulstein, Kristina Wifstad, Ragnhild S. Syrstad, Aase R. Seeberg, Magnus U. Gulbrandsen and Morten Welde Accident Analysis & Prevention
Do Fixed Links Affect Settlement Patterns: A Synthetic Control Approach 2017 Eivind Tveter, Morten Welde and James Odeck Research in Transportation Economics

The accuracy of toll road traffic forecasts : an econometric evaluation

 2017 James Odeck and Morten Welde Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Light rail transit cost performance: Opportunities for future proofing.

 2017

Peter Love, Dominic Ahia-Dagbui, Morten Welde and James Odeck

 Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
Cost escalations in the front-end of projects – empirical evidence from Norwegian road projects 2017 Morten Welde and James Odeck Transport Reviews
Ex-post evaluations in Norway and France 2017 David Meunier and Morten Welde Transportation Research Procedia
Why don’t cost-benefit results count for more? The case of Norwegian road investment priorities 2016 Tore Øivin Sager Urban, Planning and Transport Research
Low estimates - high stakes: underestimation of costs at the front-end of projects. 2016 Bjørn Andersen, Knut Samset and Morten Welde International Journal of Managing Projects in Business
Brukes samfunnsøkonomiske analyser i prioritering av vegprosjekter? : en sammenlikning av Norge og Sverige 2015 James Odeck, Morten Welde, Maria Børjesson and Jonas Eliasson Samfunnsøkonomen
Front-end Definition of Projects: Ten Paradoxes and some Reflections regarding Project Management and Project Governance 2015 Knut Samset and Gro Holst Volden International Journal of Project Management
Ex Ante Project Evaluation and the Complexity of Early Decision-Making 2015 Knut Samset and Tom Christensen Public Organization Review
Does Benefit–Cost Efficiency Influence Transport Investment Decisions? 2015 Jonas Eliasson, Maria Börjesson, James Odeck and Morten Welde Journal of Transport Economics and Policy
The Impact of External Quality Assurance of Costs Estimates on Cost Overruns: Empirical Evidence from the Norwegian Road Sector 2015 James Odeck, Morten Welde og Gro Holst Volden European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research
Fag og politikk : samfunnsøkonomisk analyse og håndteringen av ikke-prissatte virkninger 2015 Gro Holst Volden and Heidi Bull-Berg Samfunnsøkonomen
Use of big data in project evaluations 2015 Nils Olsson and Heidi Bull-Berg International Journal of Managing Projects in Business
Scope Reductions as Tool for Cost Control in Construction Projects: An Ex Post Analysis of Scope Reduction Options 2015 Nils Olsson International Journal of Risk and Contingency Management
Cost-benefit analysis in participatory planning 2015 Tore Sager I: The Routledge handbook of planning research methods, Kap: 5.8
Determining sustainability impact assessment indicators 2015 Ola Lædre, Tore Haavaldsen, Rolf André Bohne, James Kallaos and Jardar Lohne Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal
Front end Governance of Major Public Projects - Lessons with a Norwegian Quality Assurance Scheme 2014 Knut Samset and Gro Holst Volden International Journal of Architecture, Engineering and Construction
To which extent do projects explore the opportunity space? 2014 Knut Samset, Bjørn Andersen and Kjell Austeng International Journal of Managing Projects in Business
On the concept of sustainability - assessing the sustainability of large public Investment projects 2014 Tore Haavaldsen, Ola Lædre, Gro Holst Volden and Jardar Lohne International Journal of Sustainable Engineering
The need for a project governance body 2014 Hallgrim Hjelmbrekke, Ola Lædre and Jardar Lohne International Journal of Managing Projects in Business
The comprehensiveness dilemma of cost-benefit analysis 2013 Tore Sager European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research
Top-down versus bottom-up project appraisal processes, and external review. Evidence from Norway and China 2013 Wenting Chen and Gro Holst Volden Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration
Identifying and Acting on Early Warning Signs in Complex Projects 2012 Terry Williams, Ole Jonny Klakegg, Derek Walker, Bjørn Andersen and Ole Morten Magnussen Project Management Journal
Consequences of differences in cost-benefit methodology in railway infrastructure appraisal - A comparison between selected countries 2012 Nils Olsson, Andreas Økland and Siri Bøe Halvorsen Transport Policy
The Norwegian front-end governance regime of major public projects 2011 Tom Christensen International Journal of Managing Projects in Business
Strategy Making with an Alphabet Soup of Objectives 2010 Knut Samset Project Perspectives
Issues in Front-End Decision Making on Projects 2010 Terry Williams and Knut Samset Project Management Journal
An investigation of governance frameworks for public projects in Norway and the UK 2010 Terry Williams, Ole Jonny Klakegg, Ole Morten Magnussen and Helene Glasspool International Journal of Project Management
An empirical illustration of public project ownership 2010 Ole Jonny Klakegg and Nils Olsson International Journal of Project Organisation and Management
Governance of major public investment projects: in pursuit of relevance and sustainability 2010 Ole Jonny Klakegg and Tore Haavaldsen International Journal of Managing Projects in Business
Pursuing relevance and sustainability: improvement strategies for major public projects 2009 Ole Jonny Klakegg International Journal of Managing Projects in Business
Governance frameworks for public project development and estimation 2008 Ole Jonny Klakegg, Terry Williams, Ole Morten Magnussen and Helene Glasspool Project Management Journal
External and internal flexibility - aligning projects with the business strategy and executing projects efficiently 2008 Nils Olsson International Journal of Project Organisation and Management
Project ownership: implications on success measurement 2008 Nils Olsson, Agnar Johansen, Jan Alexander Langlo and Olav Torp Measuring Business Excellence
Comparative analysis of cost estimates of major public investment projects 2006 Ole Morten Magnussen and Nils Olsson International Journal of Project Management
Front end Governance of Major Public Projects 2006 Knut Samset, Peder Berg and Ole Jonny Klakegg EURAM 2006 Conference in Oslo 18. May