Bent Flyvbjerg
Economic geographer and professor
Bent Flyvbjerg is a Danish economic geographer who studies how large projects are managed. He co-wrote How Big Things Get Done.
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About Bent Flyvbjerg
Bent Flyvbjerg is a Danish economic geographer and the Villum Kann Rasmussen Professor at the IT University of Copenhagen. He has also held a chair in major program management at Oxford's Saïd Business School, as its first BT Professor. His research looks at how megaprojects, including the Olympic Games, and cities are managed, with interests in decision making, risk and infrastructure. He co-wrote How Big Things Get Done, was principal author of Megaprojects and Risk, and edited The Oxford Handbook of Megaproject Management. His honors include a knighthood, two Fulbright Scholarships and the Project Management Institute Research Achievement Award.