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Teacher Introductions: Master’s in Humanitarian Logistics 2024

This blog post provides a Q&A type of an introduction to some of the teachers at Supply Chain Management and Social Responsibility at Hanken School of Economics. The teachers elaborate on their academic specialisation areas Diego Vega What is your specialization area? Within humanitarian logistics I specialise in two things: Logistics Service Providers, either commercial […]

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What our current PhD researchers are working on

This blog post presents the topics of our current PhD researchers at the subject of Supply Chain Management and Social Responsibility. Humanitarian logistics in conflict and complex emergencies – Tamara Kirkwood-Wright The focus of my research is to identify what localisation involves and how effective different elements of a localisation strategy will be when implemented […]

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Halfway through the PhD: Midway Reflections

Why did I decide to pursue a PhD? After completing my master’s degree at Hanken, I worked in the industry for a few years. However, I kept thinking about my master’s thesis topic and the writing process, always with the feeling that I wanted to go back into academia to deepen and enhance my theoretical […]

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PhD topics for 2024 at Supply Chain Management and Social Responsibility

In this post, topics for future PhD candidates are introduced. The topics can roughly be divided into: Humanitarian logistics, Supply chain risk resilience & security, and Sustainable & responsible supply chains. In Humanitarian Logistics we have: Humanitarian logistics services Logistics service provision in the humanitarian context is significant. It represents the first category of services […]