12th International workshop – When Social Sciences meets Lean and Digital Technologies

Note revised dates:

Short paper submission deadline: extended to 15th February 2025

Short paper acceptance notification: Now date 1st March 2025.

Confirmation of attendance: 10th of March 2025

The International Workshop When Social Science meets Lean and Digital Technologies has been successfully fostering dialogue between Lean Construction, Digitalisation, and the Social Sciences. Over the years, the adoption of Lean and the digitalisation of construction have been underpinning topics in the workshop. The relevance of social aspects is intrinsic to the interplay between Lean and Digital Technologies, and as such the workshop highlights the need to consider social aspects together with process and technology.

The workshop is set as a forum to enable the discussion and fertilisation of ideas on research currently under development. Building upon a decade of successful events, we invite researchers to contribute short papers exploring this evolving areas.

We welcome submissions of ongoing research that:

  • Reflect on existing research at the intersection of Lean, Social Sciences and Digital Technologies
  • Discusses the interplay between these areas; and
  • Offer insights into current research needs and trends

The workshop aims to provide a fertile ground for cross-disciplinary discussion and exchange. As such, it will comprise of keynote speeches and presentations of short research papers, followed by Q&A and discussions with a panel.

Workshop themes

Participants are kindly requested to align their short papers to at least one of the broad themes below:

  • Theory Building
  • Sustainability and Net Zero
  • Circular Economy
  • Industry 4.0 and 5.0
  • Lean and BIM Implementation
  • Design Management
  • Collaboration and Participatory approaches
  • Integrated Project Delivery
  • Digitalisation and Automation in design and construction
  • Digital twins
  • Production Planning and Control
  • Prefabrication and Modular Construction
  • Health and Safety

Keynote

Delivering a keynote at the workshop wil be Prof Ghassa Aouad –
The future of design and construction through scenario planning

Professor Aouad is Chancellor of Abu Dhabi University and previously President of Applied Science University in Bahrain and Pro Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation at University of Salford. He has served as President and Vice President of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB). His full biography is available here.

Important dates

Call for short papers: 1st November 2024

Short paper submission deadline: 10th January 2025 extended to 15th February 2025

Short paper acceptance notification: 10th February 2025. New date 1st March 2025.

Confirmation of attendance: 10th of March 2025

Workshop final programme available: 20th of March 2025

Short paper submission

Details on submitting Short papers will be made available in due course. Short papers need to be submitted by authors that would like to present their work at the Workshop. Short papers should have a minimum of three pages and a maximum of four pages (plus references). The short papers should be developed according to the provided template.

Organising committee

Patricia Tzortzopoulos, Nottingham Trent University, UK

Carlos Formoso, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Ivanka Iordanova, Ecole de Technologies Superieure (ETS), Canada

Dr Saeed Talebi,  Birmingham City University, UK

Details of the WBC2025 Organising committee are available here.

The workshop flyer can be downloaded here