Management Science and Operations 鈥� research activities

External esteem

Our academics regularly receive honours and awards from external institutions and research bodies. They often hold positions on research and advisory boards and are invited to speak about their research at events around the world.

Dr Nikolaos Argyris

  • UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships Peer Review College Member: 2018 s– present
  • EPSRC Associate Peer Review College Member: 2016 – present
  • Finalist,鈥疘NFORMS Decision Analysis Publication Award, 2016

Professor Jiyin Liu

  • Keynote at the 13th International Conference on Bio-inspired Computing: Theories and Applications. Beijing, 2018
  • Co-chaired鈥疶he OR Society Annual Conference, 2017
  • Received鈥疘ISE Transactions鈥疍esign & Manufacturing Best Application Paper Award, 2017

Professor Victor Podinovski

  • William W. Cooper Lifetime Contribution Award: Awarded by the International Data Envelopment Analysis Society in 2019
  • European Journal of Operational Research: Editor’s Award for Excellence in Reviewing, 2016 and 2018
  • Keynote at Data Envelopment Analysis International Conference, Seoul, 2020
  • Plenary workshop, 17th International Conference on DEA, Calgary, 2019
  • Plenary keynote at Data Envelopment Analysis International Conference, University of Kent, 2019
  • Plenary workshop at the 15th International Conference on DEA, Prague, 2017

International activities

2020

  • Keynote at Data Envelopment Analysis International Conference, Seoul, Korea (online) – Victor Podinovski
  • North American Productivity Workshop XI, University of Miami, USA (online) – Victor Podinovski

2019

  • EURO 2019, 30th European Conference on Operational Research, Dublin, Ireland – Nikos Argyris, Jiyin Liu, Victor Podinovski and Duncan Robertson
  • Research visit to Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany – Victor Podinovski
  • 17th International Conference on DEA, University of Calgary, Canada – Victor Podinovski
  • Academic Visitor, UDD Centre for Social Complexity, Santiago, Chile – Duncan Robertson

2018

  • EURO 2018, 29th鈥疎uropean Conference on Operational Research, Valencia, Spain. Nikos Argyris
  • Asia-Pacific Productivity Conference, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea – Victor Podinovski
  • BIC-TA 2018, The 13th International Conference on Bio-inspired Computing: Theories and Applications. Beijing, China – Jiyin Liu
  • North American Productivity Workshop X, University of Miami, Florida, USA – Victor Podinovski
  • Research Visit, University of Queensland, Australia – Duncan Robertson
  • Academic Visitor, UDD Centre for Social Complexity, Santiago, Chile – Duncan Robertson

Journal editorships and editorial board editorships

  • Dr Nikolaos Argyris served as Guest Co-Editor of a special issue of Risk Analysis (2019).
  • Professor Baibing Li is a member of editorial advisory board of鈥疶ransportation Research Part B (Methodological).
  • Professor Jiyin Liu served as Guest Co-Editor of special issue of Systems Science & Control Engineering on Bio-inspired Computing: Theories and Applications, 2019.
  • Dr Grammatoula Papaioannou has served on the Editorial Board of the鈥疘nternational鈥疛ournal of Data Analysis Techniques and Strategies鈥痵ince February 2010.
  • Professor Victor Podinovski is Co-Editor of Journal of Productivity Analysis and Associate Editor of Omega. He has also served as Guest Co-Editor of special issues of Annals of Operations Research (2017 and 2020), and earlier issues of European Journal of Operation Research and Journal of the Operational Research Society.
  • Dr Duncan Robertson is a member of the editorial board of the鈥疘nternational Journal of Complexity in Leadership and Management.