Prof. Julien Husson
Julien Husson, who holds a doctorate in management science from the University of Lyon III and a habilitation to direct research, is director of the IAE of Metz. His teaching and research interests include organizational development project design and hospital management. He is a legal expert at the Court of Appeal of Metz and regularly advises companies in France and abroad (University Hospitals, Regional Hospital Centers, Clinics, Banks, International Organizations). He is also a scientific advisor at the International University of Agadir. Julien Husson is the initiator of the international “Entreprendre à l’Hôpital” days and the author of some sixty national and international communications and publication
Maria Besiou is Dean of Research and Professor of Humanitarian Logistics at Kühne Logistics University. She received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and Operations Management from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) in Greece. She holds a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from AUTH. Before joining KLU she worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Social Innovation Centre at INSEAD, France. As a researcher, she is currently involved in the Research Institute on Leadership and Operations in Humanitarian Aid (RILOHA), which seeks to enhance the effectiveness of humanitarian aid via psychological insights, and she is the Academic Director of the Center for Humanitarian Logistics and Regional Development (CHORD). Her research appears in several case studies and peer-review international journals like Production and Operations Management (POM), Journal of Operations Management (JOM), Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (MSOM), Journal of Business Ethics (JBE), and European Journal of Operational Research (EJOR). Besiou currently serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management (JHLSCM), as a Senior Editor of the Disaster Management Department (DMD) of Production and Operations Management (POM), and on the editorial review boards of Journal of Operations Management (JOM) and Production and Operations Management (POM).