Supply Chains in a Changing World
24.7.2022 By Dr. Sarah Schiffling Reflections from Dr. Sarah Schiffling after her visit as a guest researcher with the HUMLOG Institute. Dr. Schiffling spent spring 2022 in Helsinki, working, ideating, [...]
Ukraine Crisis: why you should donate for humanitarian logistics in the construction sector rather than sending supplies.
6.7.2022 By Dr. Bashar Khoury Humanitarian logistician with Syrian Operations Humanitarian logistics in the construction logistics sector, or Humanitarian Construction Logistics (HCL), comprises the planning, the coordination, and the supervision [...]
HUMLOG Institute’s activities related to the War in Ukraine
13.4.2022 By Mimmi Pöysti Research Coordinator at the Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Research (HUMLOG) Institute at Hanken School of Economics Postdoctoral researcher Amin Maghsoudi explaining at the seminar titled [...]
The Logistical Impact of not putting oneself in another’s shoes
16.03.2022 By Mimmi Pöysti Project Coordinator at the Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Research (HUMLOG) Institute at Hanken School of Economics Does donating all of your old clothes really help [...]
The DigCBA project: Responsible Use of Digital Cash-Based Assistance in Refugee Crises
16.12.2021 By Amin Maghsoudi Postdoctoral Researcher at the Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Research (HUMLOG) Institute at Hanken School of Economics. The number of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) [...]
An overview of the complexity, constraints, and evolution of MSF global supply chain operations – A personal decade-based opinion
01.11.2021 By Diego Flores MSF Head of Mission and International HUMLOG Institute practitioner fellow. Bangui Central Warehouse OCA, Diego Flores I started working for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) almost accidentally [...]
Evaluating the Promotion of Innovation in NGOs
28.7.2021 By Charlotte Girardin The HUMLOG Institute's Board Award Master's Theses winner 2021 I’m Charlotte Girardin, a recent M.Sc. graduate from ETH Zurich with a background in mechanical engineering and [...]
Why does the People Factor matter in humanitarian operations?
15.7.2021 By Dr. Motjaba Salem The HUMLOG Institute's Board Award Doctoral Honorary mention 2021. During 2020-2021, multiple waves of the infectious Coronavirus stormed across Europe, Asia, Latin American, and Africa [...]
The success of Humanitarian supply chains
07.07.2021 By Dr. Hella Abidi The HUMLOG Insitute's Board Award Doctoral Theses winner 2021 Which logistics, storage and transport processes have an impact on the supply chains of humanitarian organization? [...]
COVID-19 vaccine patents: to waive or not to waive?
07.05.2021 Nari Lee and Gyöngyi Kovács Intellectual property law has never been far from the international politics. With pandemic raging still in 2021 and the rise of vaccine nationalism, political [...]