All publications can be obtained from the authors directly. We only link abstracts and publications from databases that allow us to do so.
Dedicated special issues in academic journals
Humanitarian Logistics, special issue of Management Research News, Vol.32 No.11, 2009. Guest editors: Peter Tatham, Karen Spens and David Taylor
Managing Supply Chains in Disasters, special issue of the International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management, Vol.13 No.1, 2009. Guest editors: Gyöngyi Kovács and Karen Spens
Coordination of Service Providers in Humanitarian Aid, special issue of the International Journal of Services Technology and Management, Vol.12 No.4, 2009. Guest editors: Karen Spens and Gyöngyi Kovács
Papers from the special issues can be accessed through the journal webpages.
Academic journal publications in international journals
Whiting, Michael C. and Ayala-Öström, Beatriz (2009): Advocacy to promote logistics in humanitarian aid. Management Research News, Vol.32 No.11, pp.1081-1089.
McLachlin, Ron; Larson, Paul and Khan, Soaleh (2009): Not-for-profit supply chains in interrupted environments: The case of a faith-based humanitarian organisation. Management Research News, Vol.32 No.11, pp.1050-1064.
Schulz, Sabine and Heigh, Ian (2009): Logistics performance management in action within a humanitarian organization. Management Research News, Vol.32 No.11, pp.1038-1049.
Jahre, Marianne; Jensen, Leif-Magnus and Listou, Tore (2009): Theory development in humanitarian logistics: a framework and three cases. Management Research News, Vol.32 No.11, pp.1008-1023.
Kovács, Gyöngyi and Tatham, Peter (2009): Responding to disruptions in the supply network - from dormant to action. Journal of Business Logistics, Vol.30 No.2, pp.215-229.
Pettit, Stephen and Beresford, Anthony (2009): Critical success factors in the context of humanitarian aid supply chains. International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, Vol.39 No.6, pp.450-468.
Kovács, Gyöngyi and Spens, Karen (2009): Identifying challenges in humanitarian logistics. International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, Vol.39 No.6, pp.506-528.
Beresford, Anthony and Pettit, Stephen (2009): Emergency logistics and risk mitigation in Thailand following the Asian tsunami. International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management, Vol.13 No.1, pp.7-21.
Tatham, Peter (2009): An investigation into the suitability of the use of unmanned aerial vehicle systems (UAVS) to support the initial needs assessment process in rapid onset disasters. International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management, Vol.13 No.1, pp.60-78.
Blecken, Alexander; Hellingrath, Bernd; Dangelmaier, Wilhelm and Schulz, Sabine (2009): A humanitarian supply chain process reference model. International Journal of Services Technology and Management, Vol.12 No.4, pp.391-413.
Banomyong, Ruth; Beresford, Anthony and Pettit, Stephen (2009): Logistics relief response model: the case of Thailand's tsunami affected area. International Journal of Services Technology and Management, Vol.12 No.4, pp.414-429.
Taylor, David and Pettit, Stephen (2009): A consideration of the relevance of lean supply concepts for humanitarian aid provision. International Journal of Services Technology and Management, Vol.12 No.1, pp.430-444.
Jahre, Marianne and Heigh, Ian (2008): Does the current constraints in funding promote failure in humanitarian supply chains? Supply Chain Forum, Vol.9 No.2, pp.44-54.
Kovács, Gyöngyi (2008): Katastrofe logistik - en case om nřhjćlp. In: Arlbjřrn, Jan Stentoft; Christiansen, Anne-Mette; van Liempd, Dennis and Jřrgensen, Helle Bank (eds.): Corporate Social Responsibility Břrsens Ledelsehĺndbog, Břrsen Forum A/S, Copenhagen, chapter 11.2
Kovács, Gyöngyi and Spens, Karen (2008): Chapter 13: Humanitarian logistics revisited. In: Arlbjřrn, Jan Stentoft; Halldórsson, Árni; Jahre, Marianne and Spens, Karen (eds.): Northern Lights in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, CBS Press, Copenhagen, Denmark, pp.217-232.
Conference papers
Publications from the CCHLI 2009 conference can be obtained from the organisers. Publications from the CCHLI 2007 conference will be listed here AFTER the review process for the MRN special issue has been finalised.
Tatham, Peter; Spens, Karen and Oloruntoba, Richard (2009): Cyclones in Bangladesh - a case study of a whole country response to rapid onset disasters. In: Hanna, Mark D. (ed.): Proceedings of the 20th Annual Conference of the Production and Operations Management Society, POMS 2009, Orlando/FL, USA, paper 011-0029.
Tatham, Peter and Kovács, Gyöngyi (2008): Logistics skills and performance. In: Lyons, Andrew (ed.): Supply Chain Innovations: People, Practice and Performance. Proceedings of the Logistics Research Network Conference 2008, Liverpool, UK, pp.695-700.
Kovács, Gyöngyi and Tatham, Peter (2008): Gender, skills and logistics performance. In: Pawar, Kulwant S.; Lalwani, Chandra and Banomyong, Ruth (eds.): Integrating the Global Supply Chain. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Logistics, ISL 2008, Bangkok, Thailand, pp.475-481.
Jahre, Marianne and Heigh, Ian (2008): Does failure to fund preparedness mean donors must prepare to fund failure in humanitarian supply chains? In: Autere, Vesa; Bask, Anu; Kovács, Gyöngyi; Spens, Karen and Tanskanen, Kari (eds.): Beyond Business Logistics. Proceedings of the 20th Annual Conference for Nordic Researchers in Logistics, NOFOMA 2008, Helsinki, Finland, pp.265-282.
Kovács, Gyöngyi and Tatham, Peter (2008): The effects of gender on humanitarian logistics. In: Autere, Vesa; Bask, Anu; Kovács, Gyöngyi; Spens, Karen and Tanskanen, Kari (eds.): Beyond Business Logistics. Proceedings of the 20th Annual Conference for Nordic Researchers in Logistics, NOFOMA 2008, Helsinki, Finland, pp.329-342.
Spens, Karen and Kovács, Gyöngyi (2008): Challenges of humanitarian logistics in China. Proceedings of the 2008 International Symposium on Marketing viz. Service Management (Marketing) Conference, Tianjin, China.
Spens, Karen M. and Kovács, Gyöngyi (2007): Knowledge sharing in relief supply chains - the challenge of co-opetition. In: Lalwani, Chandra; Mangan, John; Butcher, Tim and Coronado Mondragon, Adriano (eds.): Global Supply Chains: Developing Skills, Capabilities and Networks, Proceedings of the Logistics Research Network Annual Conference 2007, pp.609-614.
Tatham, Peter and Kovács, Gyöngyi (2007): The humanitarian supply network in rapid onset disasters. In: Halldórsson, Árni and Stefánsson, Gunnar (eds.): Proceedings of the 19th Annual Conference for Nordic Researchers in Logistics, NOFOMA 2007, Reykjavík, Iceland, pp.1059-1074.
Pettit, Stephen and Taylor, David, (2007): Humanitarian aid supply chain assessment: A preliminary consideration of the relevance of lean supply chain concepts to humanitarian aid supply chains. In: Halldórsson, Árni and Stefánsson, Gunnar (eds.): Proceedings of the 19th Annual Conference for Nordic Researchers in Logistics, NOFOMA 2007, Reykjavík, Iceland, pp.881-894.
Beresford, Anthony and Pettit, Stephen (2007): Disaster management and mitigation: A case study of logistics problems in Thailand following the Asian Tsunami. In: Halldórsson, Árni and Stefánsson, Gunnar (eds.): Proceedings of the 19th Annual Conference for Nordic Researchers in Logistics, NOFOMA 2007, Reykjavík, Iceland, pp.121-136.
Kovács, Gyöngyi and Spens, Karen (2006): Humanitarian logistics in disaster relief operations. In: Jahre, Marianne (ed.): Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference for Nordic Researchers in Logistics, NOFOMA 2006, Oslo, Norway. (Best paper award of the conference)