​ Dr. Ghadafi Razak, Warwick Business school, University of Warwick, United Kingdom

Dr. Ghadafi Razak is a Houlden Fellow in the  Operations Management Group at Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, United Kingdom Previously, he worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Sustainable Supply Chain Management at Lancaster University Management School.​

His research interests include innovations in supply chain management and their impact on global supply chain performance. For his PhD study (completed in December 2022), Ghadafi explored the forms of traceability among emerging economy suppliers and its impact on enhancing global supply chain resilience and sustainability capabilities. By focusing on the emerging economy context, the study explores how the unique supply chain structures and social characteristics in this context shape the types of risks inherent to the supply chain and their willingness to disclose information on their internal practices. The outputs of this study have been published in internationally excellent journals and presented at recognised conferences including the EurOMA conferences in 2021, 2022 and 2023 (upcoming) and EurOMA Sustainability Forum in March 2023. Ghadafi recently joined an interdisciplinary research project funded by UKRI-Natural Environment Research Council under the five-year Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging Challenge. The project titled “Plastic Packaging in Peoples’ Lives (PPiPL) aims to deliver innovative solutions in the drive to eliminate problematic or unnecessary plastic waste by combining insights from consumers, supply chain actors and waste management bodies. As a researcher on the supply chain work package, Ghadafi seeks to develop an understanding of the response of multi-tier supply chain actors to consumer attitudes and behaviours related to the use of plastic packaging. Hence, he has extensively engaged with industry to initiate a holistic drive towards reducing the environmental impact of their plastic packaging through sustainable innovations. The outputs of this project have been presented at the UK Industry and Parliament Trust Dinner, as well as academic and industrial conferences. This thorough research experience has improved his ability to lead on and/or contribute to the design and delivery of high-impact research; engage in valuable cross-disciplinary discussions; and engage an array of stakeholders.