biostudies-literatureUnknown18(1)Uddin SStakeholder engagement is generally considered one of the most pertinent factors impacting project outcomes. However, there is lacking empirical evidence documenting patterns of stakeholder engagement and their potential differences between public, private and public-private partnership (PPP) projects. This study leverages social network research methods to capture and quantitively compare these engagement structures. Stakeholder network data were collected by an online questionnaire from 17 public, 30 private and 9 PPP projects. A series of network-based analyses were subsequently applied to the data at both the level of individual project stakeholders and entire project stakeholder ecologies. A statistically significant difference (p<0.05) exists among the network-level measures of netwoPloS onee0279916https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9821786biostudies-literatureStakeholder engagement variability across public, private and public-private partnership projects: A data-driven network-based analysis.PMC9821786Matous PUddin SOng SfalseStakeholder engagement variability across public, private and public-private partnership projects: A data-driven network-based analysis.Stakeholder engagement is generally considered one of the most pertinent factors impacting project outcomes. However, there is lacking empirical evidence documenting patterns of stakeholder engagement and their potential differences between public, private and public-private partnership (PPP) projects. This study leverages social network research methods to capture and quantitively compare these engagement structures. Stakeholder network data were collected by an online questionnaire from 17 public, 30 private and 9 PPP projects. A series of network-based analyses were subsequently applied to the data at both the level of individual project stakeholders and entire project stakeholder ecologies. A statistically significant difference (p<0.05) exists among the network-level measures of netwo2023-01-01T00:00:00Z20232025-04-05T08:52:18.933Z2025-04-05T08:52:18.933ZS-EPMC98217863660796910.1371/journal.pone.0279916