EWG HOpe, EURO working group on Humanitarian Operations

Name	EWG HOpe, EURO working group on Humanitarian Operations
Website	https://www.the-klu.org/euro-hope/
Board	• Burcu Balcik, Ozyegin University; Turkey‎ • Maria Besiou, Kuehne Logistics University; Germany • Walter Gutjahr, University of Vienna; Austria • Marianne Jahre, Norwegian Business School; Norway • Gyongyi Kovacs, Hanken School of Economics; Finland • Bahar Yetis Kara, Bilkent University; Turkey • Sibel Salman, Koc University; Turkey • Nico Vandaele, KU Leuven; Belgium • Tina Wakolbinger, WU Vienna; Austria • Luk Van Wassenhove Luk, INSEAD; France
Coordinator	Maria Besiou [email protected] Kuehne Logistics University Grosser Grasbrook 17 20457 Hamburg Germany Phone: +49 40 328707-266 Fax: +49 40 328707-109 Url: https://www.the-klu.org/besiou/
Coordinator	Bahar Yetis Kara [email protected] Bilkent University Industrial Engineering 6533 Ankara Turkey Phone: 312 2903156 Fax: 312 2664054 Url: www.bilkent.edu.tr/~bkara
Coordinator	Sibel Salman [email protected] Koc University Industrial Engineering Sariyer 34450 Istanbul Turkey Phone: 90 212 338 1707 Fax: 90 212 338 1548
Coordinator	Nico Vandaele [email protected] Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Operations Management Dept. Naamsestraat 69 3000 Leuven Belgium
Coordinator	Tina Wakolbinger [email protected] WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business) Welthandelsplatz 1 Vienna Austria
Purpose and history	Humanitarian Operations Research studies decision-making problems related to operations that involve preparations to provide logistical assistance for humanitarian purposes, like in response to humanitarian crises including natural and man-made disasters. The primary objective of humanitarian operations is to save lives, alleviate suffering, and maintain human dignity. Humanitarian Operations Research is an emerging area in Operations Research that sees a strong contribution from a large number of researchers working in European universities and research centres. Moreover, many humanitarian organizations have their headquarters in European countries and have been collaborating with researchers in this area. The scientific interest and research output on the topic have seen a rapid increase within the last decade. As a result, there arises the need to form an organization that will: 1) bring together the interested parties, 2) generate synergies in collaborative efforts, 3) facilitate timely dissemination of the research results, and 4) support young researchers interested in developing their careers in this area. The purpose of this new EURO Working Group is to create a platform that facilitates communication among the interested parties and form an active group working towards achieving these objectives. This new EURO Working Group will constitute an aggregation and reference point for the rich and active research community to advance the development and application of Operations Research methods, techniques and tools to the field of Humanitarian Operations. The Group’s meetings should encourage the exchange of information among practitioners and researchers in this area, and stimulate the work on new and important problems with sound scientific methods. Moreover, its members and specific meetings/workshops will actively promote interest on Humanitarian Operations by proposing and editing special and contributed issues in scientific journals. Finally, the group will also facilitate networking activities that are crucial for the proposition of successful international research projects.
Past activities	The EURO HOpe has organized two mini-conferences. 1) Hamburg 4-5 March 2016. https://www.the-klu.org/euro-hope/meetings/ 2) Vienna 29-30 June 2017. https://www.wu.ac.at/en/scm/euro-hope-2017/
Future activities	The EURO HOpe will organize the next mini-conference in on 13-14 September 2018 in Leuven, Belgium. https://feb.kuleuven.be/drc/Operations%20Management/misc/GSKchair/events/eurohope
Year established	2015
Last modification	2017-12-28

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