Humanitarian logistics research now has a new, dedicated outlet: the Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management. The first call for papers can be accessed here – and the first number is scheduled to come out in early 2011.
Gyöngyi
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New journal: Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management
March 4, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Categories: Academic journals · Call for papers · Humanitarian supply chains · Logistics · Operations management · Supply Chain Management · humanitarian
Call for chapters in relief supply chain management
October 26, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Post the Ottawa conference on “Relationship building in humanitarian logistics” and a doctoral course on “Supply chain management in disaster relief“, here’s a first call for chapters for a book on relief supply chain management, with an intended audience comprised of academics, students, and interested practitioners. Deadline for chapter proposals extended to Dec 5, 2009, follow this link for further details.
Gyöngyi
Categories: Academic publications · Call for papers · Humanitarian supply chains · humanitarian
Now: LRN 2009
September 11, 2009 · 2 Comments
Here we are at the Logistics Research Network conference in Cardiff. This year’s presentations were of outstanding quality. Not surprisingly there was a big green logistics track, with anything from green SCM capabilities to CO2 emissions in cities to transportation emissions represented. Other interesting (or let’s say, unusual ones) were on food supply chains and logistics education. Humanitarian logistics figured again.
A novelty at this conference was a “best poster” award. What a great idea! People had been put down about not getting into the proceedings and “just” presenting a poster. Funny that poster sessions in say, health care, or engineering, are seen as really positive, while at logistics conferences they are less appreciated. But posters have their own place at a conference, for research in its early phase, as well as to find collaborators for new projects. So why don’t SCM academics want to present posters at a conference?
Gyöngyi
Categories: Carbon management · Conferences · Humanitarian supply chains · Logistics · Supply Chain Management · Sustainability
Two more CFPs in humanitarian logistics
February 9, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Some special issues are already about to come out, but here are two more CFPs related to humanitarian logistics:
- Supply Chain Forum calling for papers on “Humanitarian supply chains” (editors Ian Heigh and Marianne Jahre, deadline May 1, 2009)
- The International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management calling for papers on “Developments in humanitarian logistics” (editors Peter Tatham and Stephen Pettit, deadline Oct 30, 2009)
Not to forget a CFP that has been in circulation for some time now, on “Doing good with good OR” for Interfaces (DL May 15, 2009) and numerous conferences and conference tracks calling for papers on humanitarian logistics…
Gyöngyi
Categories: Academic journals · Call for papers · Humanitarian supply chains
The watchdog – recent publications in humanitarian logistics
January 2, 2009 · Leave a Comment
There are many who claim to be first, having written an entire “book” on humanitarian logistics. If you search for it on Amazon, you’d find that there are a few in the publishing process, e.g. Tomasini & van Wassenhove’s long-awaited overview (that should finally be commercially available in Apr 2009). Just in December 2008, two doctoral dissertations were published in humanitarian logistics: by Ramina Samii and Sabine Schulz. Ramina’s thesis presents a number of case studies and a typology of partnerships of humanitarian organisations, while Sabine’s thesis looks at the concept of co-operation from the perspective of performance measurement. Whether first or not, they are definitely worth the reading.
Gyöngyi
Categories: Academic publications · Book review · Humanitarian supply chains
Women in SCM – a survey
December 22, 2008 · 1 Comment
No, this is not about women and leadership, but yes about links between skills, gender, and logistics performance – a comparative survey of logisticians and their managers in three fields: business logistics, humanitarian logistics, and military logistics. Click here to fill in the survey – and send the link to your colleagues in the field!
Gyöngyi
PS. Here’s the link to be sent out: http://www.webropol.com/P.aspx?id=276853&cid=55080033
Categories: Humanitarian supply chains · Logistics · Operations management · Research & Methodology · Supply Chain Management · humanitarian · supply chain
Calls for humanitarian logistics research
October 6, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Good news for researchers in humanitarian logistics, there are more and more conferences setting up specific tracks, and a number of special issues calling for papers on humanitarian logistics, humanitarian supply chains, humanitarian operations… Here’s a bit of a selection:
Apart from POMS’ humanitarian group and INFORMS’ humanitarian track, now also the Transportation Research Forum (TRF) agreed to have a track on humanitarian logistics. (Abstract deadline Oct 31, 2008; contact Paul Larson). A track on “Humanitarian actions and operations” has also been included to the International Conference on Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM) conference. (Paper deadline Jan 11, 2009, contact Alexander Blecken.) Last but not least, both NOFOMA 2009 (Jönköping) and LRN 2009 (Cardiff) have humanitarian logistics tracks! (no wonder, both are arranged by HUMLOG Group members 
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Now to some interesting CFPs for special issues of different journals:
- Production and Operations Management calls for papers on “POM research on emerging markets“. Deadline Dec 1, 2008
- Interfaces calls for papers on “Humanitarian applications: doing good with good OR“. Deadline May 15, 2009
Updates can always be found on our wall 
Gyöngyi
PS. Note the NOFOMA website having changed to http://www.nofoma.net
PPS. More for humanitarian logisticians, the HUMLOG Group has a self-subscription newsletter (check out the instructions on their website) that is administered by the HUMLOG Institute.
Categories: Call for papers · Humanitarian supply chains · humanitarian
New journal: Operations and Supply Chain Management – an International Journal
July 14, 2008 · 4 Comments
New SCM journals pop up all the time; the latest one taking an ops mgmt view again. Here’s the link to Operations and Supply Chain Management – an International Journal (OSCM). One could also dubb it the “open access SCM journal” as downloads (as for now) are for free, printed copies only obtainable for a fee. I particularly like Benita Beamon’s opening article on “Sustainability and the future of SCM” that does for a change not only look at green SCM, but broadens the scope to diverse societal implications of SCM. Quite in vein of Árni’s “SCM for societal impact“.
And we are still in search for a good name for our textbook on that topic… Any suggestions?
Gyöngyi
Categories: Academic journals · Humanitarian supply chains · Operations management · Supply Chain Management · Sustainability
Doctoral students in humanitarian logistics
June 27, 2008 · Leave a Comment
This is for potential PhD students: Hanken is seeking doctoral students in humanitarian logistics to start in Sep 2008 within the Relief Supply Chain Management project. Applications are due on Aug 4, 2008.
Gyöngyi
Categories: Humanitarian supply chains · Logistics · PhD · Supply Chain Management · humanitarian
Defence logistics research
May 23, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Logistics research takes many forms, but now a different type of conference invitation landed in my mailbox: one to a “military logistics symposium“. It’s in fact a research convention that’s organised by the Nordic Defence Logistic Research Network and takes place during Dec 4/5 in Stockholm. What makes it particularly interesting is that this research network is quite engaged in humanitarian logistics, and CIMIC research at the same time. Not to forget the traditional defence logistics topics that will come up as well.
Interested? Contact Per Skoglund [firstname.lastname@ihh.hj.se] or Michael Dorn [firstname.lastname@fhs.se] for more info. And don’t forget to send in an abstract by June 25, 2008!
Gyöngyi
Categories: Call for papers · Conferences · Humanitarian supply chains · Logistics · Supply Chain Management
