Research impact and the “post-Truth”
31.5.2017By Eija Susanna Meriläinen, Doctoral Student The Brexit vote, referendum in Turkey and Trump presidency. The waves of nationalist populism in the global North have awaken fears in the research [...]
On trolling and unlimited data plans – some pros and cons of the internet age
17.5.2017By Virva Tuomala, Doctoral Student Towards the end of 2015, ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi asked the Muslims of the world to join the fight for their cause of [...]
The importance of an Ethics and Privacy Impact Assessment in digital humanitarianism
3.5.2017By Julia Muraszkiewicz, Research Analyst at Trilateral Research Ltd. Regrettably, loss and harm of humanitarian workers is a prevailing occurrence in the humanitarian conflict zones of today. One does [...]
Visit to Finnish Red Cross Logistics Centre with the Humanitarian logistics course students
20.4.2017(February 13th 2017)As a part of Humanitarian logistics course, 16 students had the opportunity to visit the Finnish Red Cross logistics centre in Kalkku, Tampere. Ari Mäntyvaara, logistic coordinator, was [...]
Strengthening Supply Chains for the Next Epidemic Response, evidence from the 2014 West Africa Ebola Outbreak
4.4.2017By Emily Gooding, winner of the HUMLOG best Master's thesis Award 2017 The response to the 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak consumed hundreds of thousands of boots, examination gloves, and [...]
Organizational culture in supply chain collaboration
23.3.2017By Sabari Prasanna, Doctoral Student Organizational culture has no consistent definition in the extant literature. Schein, (2004, p.17) defines organizational culture as “a pattern of shared basic assumptions that was [...]
Why we should take the Zombie Apocalypse seriously
8.3.2017By Isabell Storsjö, doctoral student and zombie fan Zombies. Walking dead. Living dead. Popular culture has given many names to the terrifying idea of creatures stuck between death and life [...]
Preparedness is key to fast disaster response
22.2.2017By Dr. Nathan Kunz, assistant professor of operations management, University of North Florida Each hour counts when responding to a natural disaster, such as Hurricane Matthew which hit Haiti in [...]
How could three emerging technological changes (3DP, RPAS and HCAs) impact the practice of humanitarian logistics ?
6.2.2017Some thoughts about my current work, by Peter Tatham - Professor of Humanitarian Logistics, Griffith University (Queensland, Australia) May I begin by using this Blog to wish all the readers [...]
Project MELOGIC 3/3 – Table top exercise in Vicenza
26.1.2017One of the important elements of emergency planning is training exercises. The MELOGIC Project has organised table-top exercise with Italian RC. One of the important elements of emergency planning [...]