Research area: Sustainable Global Supply Chains
Imagine walking through a supplier factory in the middle of a technological shift — drones mapping workflows, AI supported planning, robotics entering production lines. These are the kinds of environments where our researchers work alongside managers and workers to understand how to address global sustainability challenges and new technologies reshape performance in global supply chains.
Our research spans emerging technologies, circular economy approaches, innovation in and the digitalisation of global supply chains. A central contribution is our integration of occupational health and safety with climate related risks, bringing social sustainability into areas in supply chain management where it is often absent. We develop multicriteria decision making tools and life cycle assessment frameworks that combine environmental, economic and social dimensions in a coherent way.
Methodologically, we have built a strong profile in qualitative and ethnographic intervention research, enabling us to analyse change processes as they unfold in real organisational settings. Our projects are carried out with companies, NGOs and public partners across Europe and in selected countries in the Global South, including Bangladesh, Myanmar and Uganda.
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