Sarah Schiffling

Dr Sarah Schiffling is an Assistant Professor Supply Chain Management & Social Responsibility and the Deputy Director of the HUMLOG Institute. Sarah previously worked as a Lecturer in Logistics and Operations Management at the University of Lincoln, UK, and a Senior Lecturer in Supply Chain Management at Liverpool John Moores University, UK.

Sarah enjoys writing about supply chain topics for general audiences and often contributes to media coverage on TV, radio, podcasts, online, and in print. Many of her articles have been published by The Conversation. 

Sarah's research interests include transport infrastructure and hybrid threats, disaster relief operations, supply chain disruptions, and supply chain management in developing nations. Her current projects focus on healthcare waste management in humanitarian organisations, logistics in conflict areas, commercial-humanitarian interactions, supply chain disruptions, circular supply chains, and resilient transport systems. On the latter topic, she is part of the Horizon Europe funded ReMuNet project. 

Sarah frequently delivers lectures, talks, and panel discussions on humanitarian logistics and supply chain management topics to audiences of students, academics, practitioners, and policy makers. Her recent publications include papers in the International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Annals of Operations Research, and the International Journal of Production Research.