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Over the past 17 years, HRG has become the world’s leading research group in the field of humanitarian operations management. We have worked with more than 20 humanitarian organisations, from headquarters to program level, and from Geneva to Nairobi. In addition to the research outputs quantified above, we have contributed the following to the humanitarian operations management field:
Over a decade of experience in MBA, Executive, and PhD teaching on humanitarian operations
Initiator of colleges in humanitarian operations at POMS and EURO Professional Societies, and sections at major journals
The first three special issues in top journals on the subject
Organiser of conferences and workshops, e.g., the EURO HOpe conference and the Health and Humanitarian Logistics Conference in collaboration with MIT and Georgia Tech
How We Work
Our aim is to do impactful practice-based research. This requires direct engagement with the humanitarian sector. We therefore maintain long term research partnerships with humanitarian organisarions. This gives us the contextual knowledge for developing evidence-based insights and solutions for the various challenges organisations face. It also allows us to close the research loop and to be involved in follow up or implementation steps. This is what a typical research partnership looks like:
Our expertise
Uniquely positioned in a leading business school, HRG taps into a vast pool of resources including PhD candidates, MBA students, and world-class domain experts from our large academic network. Our group hosts expertise across a wide range of domains.
Methodological expertise: analytics, statistics, modelling, optimisation, and qualitative research techniques
Thematic expertise: strategy, operations, supply chain management, marketing, business models, organisational behaviour, asset management, information systems
Application expertise: disaster relief, development assistance, global health, epidemiology, family planning, sustainability
Publications
Case Study
Humanitarian Agility in Action (A): The 2015 Yemen Crisis by Van Wassenhove L., Delagarde C., Mikalsen J.published: 15 Dec 2017
Case Study
Humanitarian Agility in Action (B): UNICEF's Response to the 2015 Yemen Crisis by Van Wassenhove L., Delagarde C., Mikalsen J.published: 15 Dec 2017
Journal Article
Wang X., Wang X., Liang L., Yue X., Van Wassenhove L. (2017). Estimation of Deprivation Level Functions Using a Numerical Rating Scale. Production and Operations Management, 26(11), pp4.Journal Article
Kunz N., Van Wassenhove L., Besiou M., Hambye C., Kovacs G. (2017). Relevance of Humanitarian Logistics Research: Best Practices and Way Forward. International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 37(11), pp3.Journal Article
Berenguer G., Keskinocak P., Shanthikumar J. G., Swaminathan J., Van Wassenhove L. (2017). A Prologue to the Special Issue on Not-for-Profit Operations Management. Production and Operations Management, 25(6), pp5.Journal Article
Eftekhar M., Li H., Van Wassenhove L., Webster S. (2017). The Role of Media Exposure on Coordination in the Humanitarian Setting. Production and Operations Management, 26(5), pp6.Report
Boufaied O., Delagarde C., Mikalsen J., Van Wassenhove L., Williams E. (2017). Humanitarian Agility in Action: UNICEF’s Response to the Yemen Crisis. INSEADCase Study
Supply Chain Hubs in Global Humanitarian Logistics by Stauffer J. M., Pedraza Martinez A., Van Wassenhove L.published: 30 Jan 2017
Journal Article
Dube N., Van der Vaart T., Teunter R., Van Wassenhove L. (2016). Host Government Impact on the Logistics Performance of International Humanitarian Organisations. Journal of Operations Management, 47-48, pp10.Journal Article
Charles A., Lauras M., Van Wassenhove L., Dupont L. (2016). Designing an Efficient Humanitarian Supply Network. Journal of Operations Management, 47-48, pp9.Enquiry?
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