Emergency Operations Management and Humanitarian Logistics

Description

This line of research includes the study of technical and organizational aspects, planning, design, and optimization of operations related to emergency response and humanitarian logistics. The main research items related to this line are: optimization of aid procurement and distribution processes in humanitarian operations (humanitarian supply chain management); the study and evaluation of humanitarian interventions; the analysis and comparison of case studies; the analysis and reengineering of emergency response plans, the analysis of risks associated with humanitarian interventions, the study and optimization of the management of assets and volunteers by governmental and non-governmental organizations. Development of innovative models and tools for the optimization of humanitarian operations, for asset management (receipt, storage, distribution, disposal), and for operator management (humanitarian workers and volunteers).

Analysis and prevention of Bullwhip effect

Publications

• Paciarotti, C., Piotrowicz, W. D., & Fenton, G. (2021). Humanitarian logistics and supply chain standards. Literature review and view from practice. Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management, 11(3), 550-573. https://doi.org/10.1108/JHLSCM-11-2020-0101
• Kaneberg, E., Piotrowicz, W. D., Abikova, J., Listou, T., Schiffling, S. A., Paciarotti, C., … & Adalgeirsdottir, K. (2023). Defence organizations in emergency networks: the early response to COVID-19 in Europe. Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management, 13(1), 91-105. https://doi.org/10.1108/JHLSCM-11-2021-0114
• Paciarotti, C., Cesaroni, A., & Bevilacqua, M. (2018). The management of spontaneous volunteers: A successful model from a flood emergency in Italy. International journal of disaster risk reduction, 31, 260-274. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2018.05.013
• Bevilacqua, M., Ciarapica, F. E., & Paciarotti, C. (2012). Business Process Reengineering of emergency management procedures: A case study. Safety science, 50(5), 1368-1376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2012.01.002

Staff

Prof. Maurizio Bevilacqua 
Tel. +39 071 220 4874
email: m.bevilacqua@staff.univpm.it

Prof. Filippo Emanuele Ciarapica 
Tel. +39 071 220 4435
email: f.e.ciarapica@staff.univpm.it

Prof.ssa Claudia Paciarotti 
Tel. +39 071 220 4696
email. c.paciarotti@staff.univpm.it

Prof. Giovanni Mazzuto
email. g.mazzuto@staff.univpm.it