Professor Afshin Mansouri
Professor - Operations and Supply Chain Management’
- Innovation and Sustainability
Research area(s)
My current research is focused on two strands that are inspired by the trend of global challenges regarding humanitarian operations, and sustainable operations. In the first strand, I look for ways to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and fairness of humanitarian operations at different phases of disaster management cycle from preparedness to response, recovery, and mitigation. In the second strand, I analyze trade-offs between the environmental. economic, and social sustainability dimensions at firm and supply chain levels in manufacturing, service, and maritime sectors. For these, I primarily employ analytical methodologies from the Operations Research and Management Science, Decision Science, Intelligent Search, Data Analytics, Data-driven Decision Making, and Game Theory. I am also familiar with Empirical Research methodologies including Quantitative and Qualitative techniques and have used them in a number of research projects.
Research group(s)
Research Interests
- Sustainable operations management
- Humanitarian operations and disaster management
- Green scheduling
- Data-driven decision making
- Business analytics
Research grants and projects
Research Projects
Grants
Funder: BAM-ANZAM Collaborative Research Award Scheme 2019
Duration: September 2019 - December 2020
Funder: British Academy of Management
Duration: September 2019 - December 2020
Funder: European Commission
Duration: July 2018 - December 2021
Funder: European Commission
Duration: July 2018 - December 2021
Funder: European Commission
Duration: October 2016 - March 2020
Funder: EU Horizon 2020
Duration: August 2015 - May 2017
Funder: European Commission
Duration: September 2013 - August 2017
Funder: ESRC
Duration: August 2010 - September 2011
Funder: Brunel Research Initiative and Enterprise Fund (BRIEF)
Duration: November 2008 - October 2009
Research links
Similar research interests
- Professor Ashley Braganza
- Dr Abrahim Althonayan
- Dr Federico Castagna
- Dr Kok Siew Ng
- Dr Wafi Al-Karaghouli
Research group(s)
- IEF