Plymouth Business School
PhD International Logistics, Supply Chain and Shipping Management
Exploring the major challenges in today’s shipping, logistics, operations and knowledge management, MPhil/PhD International Logistics, Supply Chain and Shipping Management will provide you with inspiring opportunities to undertake top level research. Supervised by scholars renowned in their fields, you’ll explore current issues arising from the latest developments in research and industry practice, enriching the literature on your chosen topics.
Course details
Programme overview.
- This full time or part time doctoral programme is suitable for people who have a particular research question or topic in mind, and wish to explore this through independent study in order to produce an original contribution to the subject. If you aspire to a research career this is the most appropriate research degree to undertake.You will be guided by a small supervisory team of academic experts under the direction of a Director of Studies. You will be expected to fully engage with skills development and training and to present your research in a range of scholarly contexts. Your PhD will be assessed via submission of a written thesis (up to 80,000 words) and a viva voce (an oral examination). For full details of what doing a PhD entails at the University of Plymouth, please visit our postgraduate research degrees page.
Entry requirements
Fees, costs and funding, how to apply, apply online.
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Research groups
Expertise in supply chain management (SCM) and logistics
Professor Shaofeng Liu
Dr Stephen Childe
Associate professor in business management & operations.
Dr Carl Evans
Lecturer in operations, logistics and strategic management.
Dr Huilan Chen
Lecturer in business strategy and operations.
Dr Charles Thornton
Lecturer in service operations management and business strategy (education).
Dr Chiwuokem Nwoko
Lecturer in strategy and operations.
Dr Minchul Sohn
Lecturer in operations and supply chain management.
Dr Jonas Aryee
Lecturer in management and maritime business.
Dr Jonathan Lean
Associate professor (senior lecturer) in strategic management.
Dr Jonathan Moizer
Associate professor (senior lecturer) in business operations & strategy.
Dr Atul Mishra
Lecturer in strategic management (education).
Dr David Owen
Associate professor in business management & operations (education), expertise in international shipping.
Dr Lijun Tang
Lecturer in international shipping and port management.
Dr Stavros Karamperidis
Lecturer in maritime economics.
Dr Saeyeon Roh
Lecturer in international logistics.
Dr Sarah Tuck
Lecturer in maritime business.
Dr Lise Hunter
Lecturer in operations & supply chain management.
Dr Shunmugham Pandian
Lecturer in international supply chain management (education).
Dr David Adkins
Associate head of school - postgraduate programmes.
Dr Mark Bennett
Lecturer in international procurement and supply chain management, funding for postgraduate research students.
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Logistics and Operations Management
Logistics and Operations Management is a research area within which you can focus your studies as part of our Business Studies PhD programme.
- Career prospects
- Fees and funding
We aim to be the world's leading interdisciplinary teams of academics in advancing knowledge, theory and practice in logistics and operations management.
The section comprises four distinct research groupings undertaking both specific and common research projects. The four groups are
- the Lean Enterprise Research Centre
- the Logistics Systems Dynamics Group
- the Centre for Automotive Industry Research
- the Transport and Shipping Research Group.
Distinctive features
- The section performs world class supply chain research, and has an established reputation for excellence in logistics and operations modelling and simulation, together with a long tradition of original research in shipping, transport and ports, and sustainability.
- Students may access travel funding from the section to attend conferences or workshops during the third year of the four-year programme.
- The section runs a lively visiting speaker programme with both academics and practitioners of international standing.
Administrative contact(s)
Phd programme office, cardiff business school.
Administrative contact
- Email [email protected]
Particular research areas include:
- Supply chain research: dynamics, management and marketing
- Logistics modelling and simulation
- Shipping, transport and logistics
- Automotive industry economics and sustainability.
The Section also has four cross-cutting strategic research themes:
- Fit supply chain (coordinated by Dr. Jon Gosling )
- Factories of the Future (coordinated by Daniel Eyers )
- Smart logistics (coordinated by Dr. Yingli Wang )
- Service operations paradigms (coordinated by Dr. Sharon Williams ).
Supervisors
A list of academic staff that can provide supervision can be found on the Cardiff Business School website.
The PhD programme will prepare you either for a career as a leading academic scholar or to excel in business practitioning or senior public policy decision making.
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Tuition fees
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Students from the EU, EEA and Switzerland
Students from the rest of the world (international), programme information.
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