Supply Chain Management Group
We study how supply chains can create societal impact. Our research focuses on humanitarian and sustainable supply chains, combining rigorous scholarship with practical relevance to advance theory and practice. We investigate how supply chains can be designed, managed, and improved to respond effectively to humanitarian crises, operate under complex institutional constraints, and support long-term social and environmental sustainability.
Our work develops theory, empirical insights, and analytical models for supply chain challenges, including humanitarian preparedness and response, performance measurement, inter-agency collaboration, and government restrictions. We also examine responsible global supply chains, with a particular interest in circularity, modern slavery, and labor exploitation in agrifood systems.
Our current research areas include:
- Humanitarian supply chain management and logistics
- Sustainable and circular supply chains
- Modelling and analytics for supply chains
- Modern slavery and labor exploitation in global agrifood supply chains
- Governance, policy, and institutional constraints in supply chains