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Dr Gary Graham

Dr Gary Graham

Profile

Dr Gary Graham (Co-Director, Centre for Operations And Supply Chains Research, Leeds, abbreviated as COSCr)

2017               Visiting Prof - University of Cambridge, Institute for Manufacturing

2013               Visiting EPSRC Fellow - Massachusetts Institute for Technology, CTL

2008               Visiting ESRC Fellow -University of North Carolina, Kenan Flagler

I work closely with Prof. Dubey and also colleagues at Cambridge University Institute for Manufacturing on the reconfiguration of supply chains with respect to conflict zones, catastrophic disruptions and distributed manufacturing. I am on the review panel of the prestigious EuROMA Chris Voss Award and an external examiner of the MSc in Financial Risks and Projects (City Uni, London). In 2021, ranked 5th most influential scholar in supply chain digitalization.SInce 2016, I have co-organized organized special themed workshops on resilience, distributed manufacturing and the automotive industry at the annual Cambridge University International Manufacturing Symposium. Attended by world leading thinkers and industrialists from pharma, automotive, aerospace, electronics, shipping, warehousing, defence sectors.. Since 2021, I have co-organized special themed IJOPM impact pathways sssions at the annual EurOMA conference.  . 

Editorial Posts

Co-Founder/Associate Editor – International Journal of Operations and Production Management (IJOPM) – Impact Pathways Section

Supply Chain Management: An International Journal – Upstream Product Innovation and Downstream Supply Chain Implications. December 2022.

Production Planning and Control. Special Issue:  Rethinking supply chains in the age of digitalisation. June 2018.

Business Process Management. Special Issue: Reconfiguring business processes in the new political and technological landscape. November 2017.

SCM: an international Journal. Special Issue entitled: Future Cities and Urban SCM. Vol 20 No 3, 2015. Production Planning and Control. Special Issue: Smart Cities and Operations Management. February 2016.

Technological Forecasting and Social Change. "Creative Science Prototyping and the Future Consumer Technology Landscape." Vol 84, May 2013.

Futures. “Exploring Business Visions Using Creative Fictional Prototypes”. Vol 50, June 2013.

Supply Chain Management: an international Journal. Vol. 10 No. 5, Speciall issue: “Creative Industries”. Winner of the Emerald outstanding special issue award. 2005. 

Conference SIGS, Chairing posts

POMS Conference (Minneapolis) 2020 – Emerging Topics in Operations Management Track – Session Chair – Smart Cities. 

EUROMA – Conference (Berlin) 2021, 2022 and 2023 – IJOPM Impact Pathways – Special Session Co-chair

22nd Cambridge University International Manufacturing Symposum. 2018. Digital Transformation and Re-Imagining the Future of the Automotive Supply Chain. Trend Scenario Workshop. Cambridge University. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/digital-transformation-re-imagining-future-automotivend-hennelly/

Special practice-based sessions (resilience, geo-politics, digitalization and analytics) -  21st to the 24thCambridge University International Manufacturing Symposiums –  2016-2023.

Editorial Board Membership

IJOPM. Associate Editor Impact Pathways Section. 

The focus is on fast-tracking papers with high originality, practice-based and focused on impact-based theoretical development.  We have had 20 accepted papers since 2020. With an unbelievable 1611 google scholar citations. Van Hoek’s paper on COVID-risks in 2020 has had 24715 downloads making it one of the most highly influential papers on COVID-19 and operations and supply management. The article tops Scopus for the most higly cited paper on COVID-19 and SCM at 384 citations. Graham and his team have organized and participated in three special development sessions on the section at EUROMA 2021; 2022 and 2023. Plus the development of a podcast Podcast series - Getting to know the Impact Pathways Section - YouTube.  Impact pathways: a home for insights from relevant and impactful operations and supply chain management research | Emerald Insight

Supply Chain Management – an International Journal.       

Spare time interests – national level masters 1500m athlete.                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

https://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=3926                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Research interests

He has successfully supervised six PhD students to completion two of whom have gone on to become Profs. Currently supervises four PhD Students. He has also supevised six UKRI funded PDRA’s. 

Research grants and projects 

Humans in Digital Logistics [HuLog] EU Transformation: Social and Cultural Dynamics in the Digital Age Call. 1,499,984 Euros. [Patrizia Zanoni, Gary Graham Co-I, others]

Tackling vaccine hesitancy: the way forward?. £35,079. Policy Support Fund. Co-I 01/12/21-31/03/22. 

AI Tracing Tools for Detecting Covid-19 Minsinformation. £114,460. EPSRC Impact Accelerator Account. Co-I. 01/07/21-31/03/22. 

Post Covid Market Landscape Changes and Product Development: Survival and Readiness Strategies in the North East Automotive Industry Supply Chain. £23, 160.53. LUBS Challenge Fund. PI. 05/21-07/21. 

Labour mobility in transition: a multi-actor study of the re-regulation of migrant work in 'low-skilled' sectors. £971,327. ESRC. 3 years.  C0-I. 09/21-09-24.

Tracking Local Public Interest in Covid-19 Topics Using Natural Language Processing (NLP). £23,600. QR-SPF Panel (Leeds University). P! 01/21-04/21.

Big Data analysis of Covid-19 public communication. £5,000. Leeds University RIS. AI-Humanities Collaboration Fund. Co-I 08/20-10/20

Human Centric Design and Smart City Mobility £12,000. LUBS Grand Challenges Fund. PI: 04/19-07/19.

Balancing the impact of City Infrastructure Engineering on Natural systems using Robots.£4m (£119, 414). EPSRC Grand Challenges Co-I EP/N010523/1 09/15- 09/20.

How will Smart Cites Change Supply Chain Management: the Case of Toyota Motor City? ((£4,000) LUBS Seedcorn grant: LUBS 5401334002 PI /15 05/16

How Do We Make the UK More Resilient? EPSRC Impact Accelerator Account £13,000. Co-PI. 01/15-06/15

Future Cities and Community Resilience Network. £4,000 White Rose DTC Network funding (WRDTC 54013204)PI  02/14-06/15

Future Cities, Sustainability and Community Resilience Network. £4,000. Leeds University RCFS funding (LUBS 54013064) PI 01/14 - 06/14

European Manufacturing Survey £2,000. LUBS Seedcorn funding (LUBS 54012702) PI 01/13  -12/13

MIT Research Fellowship Grant £8,940. EPSRC (NEMODE -100340) PI 05/13 - 08/13

The wonders of the Zooniverse: Modelling and Optimizing Volunteer Online Citizen Science £114,000. EPSRC (EP/K039784/1). PI 09/13 09/16

Innovation in the European Manufacturing Industry £75,000 ESRC/SAMS Management and Business Development Fellowship (LUBS 0070) Co-PI. 05/12  05/15

Paywalls and the Future of Regional News Media: a Comparison between Britain and Germany £8,900. British Academy (SG100163). PI. 07/10  06/11

Public Engagement of Universities through Local News Media Networks  £2,000. National Centre for Public Engagement Development Fund. (NCPE R112155). PI. 09/10 09/11

Research Cluster on Innovative Media for a Digital Economy £12,000. EPSRC (EP/G001979/1). Co-I 04/08 03/09

Opportunities and Challenges in the Digital Economy: an Agenda for the Next-generation Internet.” £12,000. EPSRC (EP/G002002/1). Co-I 04/08- 06/09

Evolution of News Media £2,000 FCO UK-US Digital Economy Award (FCO-15133064). 02/12- 27/12

Supply Chain Management in the European Dance Music Sector £672, 715 EU funded research project EU (Leanardo da Vinci) (Contract number PP129117) 09/02 - 09/04

An Exploration of Information Communication Technologies in the Sportswear Supply Chain £30,000 EPSRC (Technitex Faraday Industrial Case Award (GR/M/231687) PI 09/02-09/04

Supply Chain Management Across the Internet in the Music Industry £30,000 EU funded research project (GEMISIS). EU European Regional Development Funding GEMISIS 2000 (University Grant Code: SGRA16). PI 09/98 09/00

A Lean and Agile Manufacturing Methodology for SME’s in the Aerospace Supply Sector £150,000. EPSRC (GR/M23168) EPSRC (GR/M23168) Co-I 09/98 - 09/00

Editorial Board Positions

IJOPM: Supply Chain Management: an International Journal.

Books

Wired Marketing. Wiley. 2001; Content is King. Bloomsbury. 2016. Creative Destruction, Lightning Source, 2005. 

 

Research groups and institutes

  • Centre for Operations and Supply Chain Research

Current postgraduate researchers