Dr. Hossein Zarei is a Lecturer in Business Strategy at School of Strategy and Leadership, Coventry Business School. He holds two PhDs from Politecnico di Milano (2018) and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (2020).

Hossein is interested in research and teaching in the wider areas of operations and supply chain management with a strong practical orientation. His main research interest lies within the intersection of “humanitarian logistics” and “sustainable supply chain management” where he has been conducting several “action research” projects with international humanitarian organizations since 2014. His other research interests include strategic agility of firms, applications of multiple-criteria decision making tools to social science problems, and quality management in the service sector.

Hossein’s research has appeared in several prestigious outlets such as International Journal of Operations & Production Management (ABS 4) and has been widely cited by other scholars in the field of operations and supply chain management.

Hossein has nearly two years of industry experience as a management consultant and industrial engineer prior to starting his PhD. He was one of the six candidates in the world who received the prestigious European Joint Doctorate Fellowship for EDIM in 2014.

- Humanitarian logistics and supply chain management

- Sustainable supply chain management

- Purchasing and supply management

- Strategic agility

- Multiple-criteria decision making methods

- Quality management in the service sector