Category Archives: humlog-blog

8.6.2016 Blog post by Linda It is exactly two months ago that I participated in the World Conference on Humanitarian Studies in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia. The conference was organized by the International Humanitarian Studies Association, this year’s theme being “Changing Crises and the Quest for Adequate Solutions”. What is meant by changing crises is the […]

1.6.2016 Principles to practice with Guest writer Cécile L’Hermitte We have once again got the pleasure of having a guest writer here on our blog. This time it is Cécile L’Hermitte with her article Developing organisational capabilities to support agility in humanitarian logistics: An exploratory study that appeared in the latest issue of the Journal […]

25.5.2016 From principles to practice by Cécile L’Hermitte Once again we have the pleasure to have a guest writer here on our blog. This time it is Cécile L’Hermitte with her article Building agility into the organization. Read about how her findings can be used in practice. The following discussion relates to a 3-year research […]

13.5.2016 Memo of winner Cecilie Sælør Fon’s thesis As promised, here comes a presentation of Cecilie and her thesis; Logistics activities between emergency responses: A case study of Norwegian Red Cross. Cecilie Sælør Fon has a MSc in business with specialization within logistics, operations and supply chain management from BI Norwegian Business School and is […]

6.5.2016 Guest writer A.L.R. Santos shares her principles to practice Every once in a while, we have guest writers here on our blog. This time we have the joy of having Ana Laura Santos writing about her article and findings and how this can be implemented in practice. Here are her key findings from her […]

25.4.2016 Best Masters Thesis award 2015 by the HUMLOG Institute This year the HUMLOG Institute received many great nominations for the Best Master’s Thesis in Humanitarian Logistics 2015 award. Unfortunately we could not award all, but awarded two outstanding Master’s thesis by Lauren A. Seelbach and another by Cecilie Sælør Fon. Here you can see […]

17.3.2016 There are many challenges facing humanitarian organisations after an emergency is declared. How to bridge the relief resource and capability gap is the first challenge. To stage a response and overcome this gap, humanitarian organisations depend on their supply network composed of a number of loose partnerships with a range of actors. After an […]

9.2.2016 This blog entry is a brief introduction to the city and the fire that spread across its hills and Eija’s field research in Chile. My feet are stuck in two fields of research: that of community resilience and humanitarian logistics and supply chain management (HLSCM). Disaster relief within HLSCM studies how the aid can […]

4.1.2016 How can we help people in escaping from crises and unsecure environments? How can we help people in escaping from crises and unsecure environments? This is a question we at the HUMLOG Institute have received numerous times over the past six months by individuals, companies and organisations who want to convey their support to […]

20.8.2015   The HUMLOG Institute currently has several visiting researchers, andwe are going to present them all in this blog. The first one in turn is Professor Ruth Banomyong from Thammasat  Business School, Thammasat University in Thailand. Read a bit about Ruth’s interests and what he thinks about Hanken and Finland in general!     […]