**About the Editors**

#### **Yongjian Ke**

Yongjian Ke is an associate professor in the School of Built Environment, University of Technology Sydney, Australia, and is a highly acclaimed project management researcher. His research spans a range of challenges in the delivery of infrastructure projects, including risk allocation, contracting behaviours, social acceptance, and social sustainability, among others. He is particularly interested in sustainable infrastructure development and public–private partnerships (PPP) and their potential to drive new investment and collaboration opportunities between Australia and China. His current work includes two National Science Foundation of China-funded projects; one to develop a "social license for infrastructure" framework for Chinese contexts and the other to investigate value co-creation in infrastructure projects. He also looks at social sustainability within PPP projects and the use of procurement to create social value within and beyond the initial project aims. He is a Department Editor for the Project Management Journal, a Guest Professor at Chang'an University in China, and a Research Associate at the Australia–China Relations Institute. Yongjian holds a PhD in Management Science and Engineering and a Bachelor of Engineering from Tsinghua University in China.

#### **Jingxiao Zhang**

Jingxiao Zhang is currently a Professor at the School of Economics and Management, Chang'an University, China. He has served as a visiting scholar at Illinois State University's Department of Technology in the USA and at Queensland University of Technology's Department of Civil Engineering and Built Environment in Australia. Currently, he is a visiting scholar at London South Bank University and a research institute member at the Nathu Puri Institute for Engineering and Enterprise, also at London South Bank University. Prof. Zhang has an extensive publication record, with over 170 papers to his name. This includes 100 Chinese papers, 70 SCI/SSCI papers, and 2 highly cited papers within his field. He has published 42 SCI papers, 18 SSCI papers, over 50 SCI/SSCI double-search-indexed papers, and more than 20 CSSCI/EI search-indexed papers in renowned international journals such as *JCLP*, *ASCE-JPI*, and *IJPR*. Since 2017, his papers have garnered 32,939 readings and 1029 citations. His current research interests encompass various areas, including green and intelligent construction of major infrastructure, new construction industrialization, BIM education for engineering management, intelligent logistics, and emergency management, as well as engineering cost and engineering management. Prof. Zhang has been involved in over 40 projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the National Social Science Foundation of China, and the International Program of the 2020 UK–China–BRI (Vietnam/Indonesia) Education Partnership Initiative. Currently, he is leading projects such as the China Sichuan–Tibet Railway Major Fundamental Science Problems Special Fund, the Integrated Built Environment Teaching & Learning in the Joint Curriculum Development amid Digital-Driven Industry 4.0, and the Research on the Mechanism and Implementation Path of High-Quality Development for China's Construction Industry in the Context of Digital Transformation, among others.

#### **Simon P. Philbin**

Simon P. Philbin is a Professor and Director of Engineering and Enterprise in the School of Engineering at London South Bank University (LSBU) in the United Kingdom, where he currently leads the Nathu Puri Institute for Engineering and Enterprise. His primary research interests are in the area of engineering management with a particular focus on sustainability, technology-driven innovation, and project management. He holds a PhD (Brunel University) and BSc (University of Birmingham), both in chemistry, as well as an MBA (Open University Business School). Previous research positions include Visiting Fellow at Imperial College Business School and Visiting Fellow in the School of Business, Economics and Informatics at Birkbeck, University of London. He has authored/co-authored over 100 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers, and has presented research studies at various international conferences across North America, Asia, and Europe. He previously served as the 2019/20 President of the American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM) and he is currently Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Engineering Management Journal (EMJ).
