Doctoral defence - Russell Harpring

Doctoral student: Russell Harpring 
Major: Supply chain management and social responsibility
Thesis title: Cash and Voucher Assistance in Humanitarian Contexts: Supply Chain Determinants for Feasibility and Operability
Opponent and university: Maria Besiou PhD, Professor of Humanitarian Logistics and Dean of Research Kuehne Logistics University – THE KLU
Chair: Professor Graham Heaslip PhD and Head of School of Engineering Atlantic Technological University, Galway

The complete doctoral thesis can be read here. Opens in new window

The doctoral defence will be held as hybrid. Participants can attend on site or via videoconference.

Access the video conference via this Teamslänk

The video conference opens 15 minutes before the start of the defence. 

Online participation follows the same guidelines as a traditional physical doctoral defence.

The following guidelines apply to the audience that participate via video conference:

- access to the video conference opens fifteen minutes before the defence starts;
- it is preferred that the audience joins the meeting fifteen minutes before the start of the defence;
- during the defence, the audience’s microphones are muted, cameras are turned off, recording is not allowed, and the chat function is not to be used until permitted by the Custos;
- members of the audience who wish to make comments concerning the thesis can to ask the Custos for the floor in the chat function that opens after the opponent finishes.