PhD Project opportunity at Cranfield School of Management within the area of Supply Chain and Logistics Management.

1. Food Waste in Qatar
[PhD Project]
Strong candidate sought
to study food waste in
Qatar from a logistics and
supply chain perspective.
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www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/phd
If successful, along with your PhD you will be working
in an international team of seven unpacking the food
waste situation in Qatar from a logistics and supply
chain management point of view.
Admission requirements:
• A minimum of a 2:1 (or equivalent) at first degree level is preferred.
• Candidates should satisfy Cranfield School of Management admission
criteria. Please see website for English language requirements.
Deadlines:
• Funding is available for the project. Deadline for submitting
PhD research proposals is 7th August 2015.
Please contact Dr Emel Aktas with your CV to receive
applicant information pack and guidelines for proposal
preparation on emel.aktas@cranfield.ac.uk
See full details on our website.
Applications are invited from potential PhD students with a
background in operations research, industrial engineering, logistics
and supply chain management.
Cranfield School of Management is leading an exciting research project
on food waste in Qatar, with particular focus on waste incurred in the food
supply chain due to associated operations as well as demand of
customers including the hospitality sector and end-consumers. As part of
this research project we invite applications from researchers with
exposure to soft and hard operational research methods, including
problem structuring and simulation. The research work is expected to
have strong elements of quantitative data analysis and modelling. You are
expected to provide a research proposal of maximum 20 pages including
Introduction, Literature Review and Methodology sections.
Supervisor: Dr Emel Aktas