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Chiara Isa­bella Di Rubbo

PhD fellow

Subjects
Leadership Organisation Project management Digitalisation Artificial intelligence Companies

Primary research areas

Leadership

Studying how leadership emerges through trust, influence, and everyday interactions in digital projects.

Project Management

Studying new approaches to managing digitalization initiatives in complex organisational settings.

Organising

Investigating how companies structure and coordinate work in temporary, project-based environments.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Exploring how artificial intelligence influences decision-making, collaboration, and project management in organisations.

Digitalization

Analysing how digital transformation influences leadership and organisation in companies.

I explore the role of leadership in driving IT project outcomes

Chiara Isabella Di Rubbo is a PhD Fellow at the Department of Digitalization, Copenhagen Business School. Her research focuses on how leadership emerges in digital project environments, with a particular emphasis on IT project teams. She studies how leadership unfolds through everyday interactions, mutual influence, and trust—beyond formal and hierarchical roles. By understanding these dynamics, her work helps organisations develop more effective, adaptive, and collaborative approaches to digitalization projects.

Impact on companies and society

- Supports organisations in navigating complex digital transformation initiatives by revealing how leadership and collaboration drive project success.

- Provides practical insights for IT project teams to enhance coordination, decision-making, and outcomes, benefiting both employees and organisations.

- Contributes to more sustainable and resilient organisational practices by highlighting relational and social processes that improve teamwork and project delivery.
 

Bridging practice and theory
With a background in governmental IT consulting and academic studies in organizational behaviour and leadership, Chiara combines practical experience with leadership theory. This dual perspective allows her to translate academic insights into actionable strategies for companies, while also generating new knowledge about leadership in temporary, project-based environments.