Karen Spens

PhD

Professor, Hanken School of Economics, Supply Chain Management and Social Responsibility, Helsinki
Rector, Hanken School of Economics, Rectors Office, Helsinki

P.O. Box 479
00101 Helsinki
Finland

1581 Citations
14 h-Index

Research output per year

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Personal profile

Curriculum

Karen Spens is the Rector of Hanken since 2015 and she will hold office for a term of five years, until 2020.

Karen Spens is Professor of Supply Chain Management and Corporate Geography at Hanken. Her research has mainly focused on humanitarian logistics in which she has published several books, co-founded the Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management as well as the Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Research Institute (HUMLOG Institute).

She has served at Hanken as the Dean of Education 2010-2015. During this time she was in charge of the development of the Assurance of Learning-process, which aims at improving student learning.

Education information

Doctor of Science (Economics and Business Administration), Business Economics, Hanken School of Economics, Finland, 2001

Keywords

519 Social and economic geography
Humanitarian logistics
Supply chain management

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Research Output

1581 Citations
14 h-Index
41 Article
32 Conference contribution
14 Chapter
5 Anthology
2 More
- 2 Commissioned report

Innovation in Humanitarian Supply Chains: A Systematic Review

Altay, N., Heaslip, G., Kovacs, G., Spens, K., Tatham, P. & Vaillancourt, A., 2018, Montréal: Cirano. 27 p. (Working Paper; no. 2018S-03)

Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › Professional

Open Access

Introduction to the Handbook

Moshtari, M., Kovacs, G. & Spens, K., 2018, The Palgrave Handbook of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Kovács, G., Spens, K. & Moshtari, M. (eds.). London: Palgrave Macmillan, p. xxiii-xxxvii

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific

Questionable research practices in academia: antecedents and consequences

Grant, D. B., Kovacs, G. & Spens, K., 2018, In : European Business Review. 30, 2, p. 101-127

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access

File

8 Citations (Scopus)

Technology meets humanitarian logistics: a view on benefits and challenges

Tatham, P., Heaslip, G. & Spens, K., 2018, Humanitarian Logistics: Meeting the Challenge of Preparing for and Responding to Disasters. Tatham, P. & Christopher, M. (eds.). 3rd ed. London: Kogan Page, p. 76-97

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Professional