The HUMLOG Institute's Board Award
The topic of the thesis has to relate to humanitarian logistics and supply chain management.
Nominated Doctoral and Master's thesis need to fulfill the criterion of being a "research-based thesis with a good grade from a recognised university".
Submitted Doctoral thesis have to be finished and defended within the time frame of 2014-2020.
Submitted Master's thesis have to be completed the year prior to the nomination.
Call for HUMLOG Institute Board Award
Instructions:
Nominations shall be done by the supervisor of the thesis and include the following:
- An extended abstract and/or executive summary in English
- A short reasoning why this Doctoral / Master's thesis is exceptional and nominated for the award including the grade (if applicable) and an explanation of the university's grading system.
- A link to the thesis online and/or an electronic copy (scan). Paper versions are allowed but need to reach the HUMLOG Institute by the deadline.
- The contact details of the nominee and supervisor(s) (e-mail and address)
Nominations have to be sent to humlog@hanken.fi, deadline for submissions is 15th of February 2021.
Award:
The prizes consists of:
- 1000€ for the best Doctoral thesis
- 500€ for the best Master's thesis
- An invitation to submit an article to the Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management and to write an article about your thesis on HUMLOG's blog.
Years |
Winner |
Supervisors |
Thesis |
---|---|---|---|
2020 |
Krichelle Medel |
Tariq Massod |
Building resilience in disaster management supply networks through cross-sector collaboration. Read thesis here |
2020 Honorary mention |
Brenda Farias |
Adriana Leiras & Tharcisio Cotta Fontainha |
Framework for performance evaluation in humanitarian operations from the beneficiary perspective |
2020 Honorary mention |
Sonja Saari |
Arni Halldorsson |
Renewable energy sources in emergency humanitarian medical cold chain for sustainability enhancing. Read thesis here |
2019 |
Lisa Swinkels |
Harwin de Vries & Luk Van Wassenhove |
Frequency Determination Policies for Mobile Healthcare Delivery. Read her blog post here |
2019 Honorary mention |
Ramin Satary |
Irineu de Brito Junior |
Optimization of Transport Network of Food Supplies for an international humanitarian organization |
2018 |
Federico Gatti |
Bublu Thakur-Weigold |
Helping the helpers: Evaluating the impact of logistics consulting in the humanitarian sector Read thesis here |
2018 Joint runner-up |
Karl-Kristian Stuns |
Graham Heaslip |
Evaluating the Logistics Emergency Response Unit Foundation Training of Finnish Red Cross Read thesis here |
2018 Joint runner-up |
Lisa Rustemeier |
Maria Besiou |
Evaluating the Resilience of Humanitarian Supply Chains to Improve Disaster Preparedness - A System Dynamics Approach |
2017 |
Emily J. Gooding |
Jarrod Goentzel |
A mixed methods approach to modeling personal protective equipment supply chains for infectious disease outbreak response Read thesis here |
2016 Shared prize |
Cecilie Collett Sælør Fon |
Marianne Jahre |
Logistics activities between emergency responses : A case study of Norwegian Red Cross Read thesis here |
2016 Shared prize |
Lauren A. Seelbach |
Jarrod Goentzel |
Stochastic Modeling to Allocate and Assess Disaster Response Capacity in Logistics Networks Read thesis here |
2016 Honorary Mention |
Thomas Büeler |
Paulo Goncalves |
Preparing Egyptian Red Crescent for the Future Read thesis here |
2015 Shared prize |
Julia Moline |
Jarrod Goentzel |
Data-driven resource Allocation Decisions: FEMA's Desaster Recovery Centers Read thesis here |
2015 Shared prize |
Silvia Uneddu |
Paulo Goncalves |
Supply Chain optimization of the distribution of mosquito nets in Ivory Coast Read thesis here |
2014 |
Juliet Bvekwa |
Paulo Goncalves |
Improving CARE Zimbabwe Non Food Items Management and Accountability Read thesis here |
2014 Honorary Mention |
Kathryn Nishimura & Jian Wang |
Jarrod Goentzel |
Calculating Humanitarian Response Capacity Read thesis here |
Year |
Name |
Supervisor |
Thesis |
---|---|---|---|
2019 |
Hossein Baharmand |
Tina Comes |
Designing Flexible Relief Distribution Networks for Sudden-onset Natural Disaster Response Read thesis here |
2019 Honorary mention |
Tharcisio Cotta Fontainha |
Adriana Leiras & Luiz Felipe Scavarda |
Collaboration strategies in disaster response: a framework and an application Read thesis here (In Portuguese) |
2017 |
Timothy Luke Muggy |
Jessica L. Heier Stamm |
Quantifying and Mitigating Decentralized Decision Making in Humanitarian Logistics Systems Read thesis here |
2015 |
Miguel Jaller |
José Holguin-Veras |
Resource allocation problems during disasters: the cases of points of distribution planning and material convergence handling Read thesis here |
2013 |
Jessica Heier Stamm |
Ozlem Ergun |
Design and Analysis of Humanitarian and Public Health Logistics Systems Read thesis here |