Professor Thanos Papadopoulos

Professor Thanos Papadopoulos is Deputy Dean at KBS and a member of the Centre for Logistics and Sustainability Analytics (CeLSA). He was formerly the Head of the Department of Analytics, Operations & Systems. 

Thanos joined KBS in 2016. He obtained his PhD from Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, UK, his MSc in Information Systems from the Department of Informatics of the Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece, and his Diploma (Dipl-Eng, equivalent to MEng) in Computer Engineering and Informatics from the School of Engineering of Patras University, Greece.

Thanos has published over 150 articles in peer reviewed journals and conferences including the British Journal of Management, Decision Sciences, European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, International Journal of Production Research, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management , International Journal of Production Economics, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, and Production Planning and Control.

Thanos is an Associate Editor for ‘British Journal of Management’, 'International Journal of Operations and Production Management' and 'Decision Sciences'. 

Recently Thanos was included for a fourth time in a row among the top 2% researchers in Business Management area in global list of researchers prepared by Stanford University. He has also been included among the Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate.     

Thanos' research is located within Operations and Information Management, with a focus on: the application of Technologies on supply chain management; supply chain design issues and disruptions/relief operations; resilience and sustainability in various contexts.    

Thanos has taught a wide variety of modules at undergraduate, postgraduate, and MBA levels within the Operations Management and Information Systems fields.    

Topics:

• Operations and Supply Chain Management
• Big Data
• Information Systems and Technology
• Sustainability
• Resilience
• Disruptions

Past Supervisees:

• Dr Gift Kugara
• Dr Frank Donkor
• Dr Elena Tavella
• Dr Bundit Thanasopon
• Dr Daniel Ufua
• Dr Mariana Almeida
• Dr Syed Tahir Abbas    

Thanos has been an external examiner for PhDs in several UK institutions (e.g. University of Bristol, Newcastle University, Royal Holloway, Brunel University).