Personal profile
Research areas
- Humanitarian logistics & supply chain management
- Health & humanitarian logistics, pandemic response
- Disaster relief, disaster management, disaster risk reduction, disaster preparedness
- Sustainable supply chain management
- Industrial ecology
- Research approaches in logistics
Research and teaching information
RESEARCH
Founding editor of the Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Former (founding) director, and board member of the HUMLOG Institute
TEACHING
List of current courses at university profile page
Education information
Doctor of Science (Economics and Business Administration), Business Economics, Svenska handelshögskolan, Finland, 2007Keywords
- 117,2 Environmental sciences
- Industrial ecology
- 512 Business and Management
- Logistics
- Supply chain management
- Humanitarian logistics
- Sustainable supply chains
- Green supply chain management
- Reverse logistics
- Closed loop supply chains
- Humanitarian supply chains
- Disaster relief
- Disaster management
- Disaster prevention
- 222 Other engineering and technologies
- Logistics
- 212 Civil and construction engineering
- Logistics
- 314,2 Public health care science, environmental and occupational health
- Medical supply chains
- Pandemic response
- Medical logistics
- Health care operations
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 1 No Poverty -
SDG 2 Zero Hunger -
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production -
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Lessons learned from humanitarian logistics to manage supply chain disruptions
Kovacs, G. & Falagara Sigala, I., 15.12.2020, In: Journal of Supply Chain Management. 57, 1, 16964444.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access219 Citations (Scopus) -
Innovations in humanitarian supply chains: the case of cash transfer programmes
Heaslip, G., Kovacs, G. & Haavisto, I., 24.01.2019, In: Production Planning and Control. 29, 14, p. 1175-1190 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open AccessFile30 Citations (Scopus) -
A roadmap for higher research quality in humanitarian operations: A methodological perspective
Kovacs, G. & Moshtari, M., 16.07.2019, In: European Journal of Operational Research. 276, 2, p. 395-408 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › peer-review
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Supply chain and logistics competencies in humanitarian aid
Heaslip, G., Vaillancourt, A., Tatham, P., Kovacs, G., Blackman, D. & Crowley Henry, M., 07.06.2019, In: Disasters. 43, 3, p. 686-708 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open AccessFile18 Citations (Scopus) -
A commentary on agility in humanitarian aid supply chains
Oloruntoba, R. & Kovacs, G., 2015, In: Supply chain management. 20, 6, p. 708-716Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
94 Citations (Scopus)
Datasets
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WORM metadata
Kovacs, G. (Creator), Fairdata Qvain Metadata, 08.12.2025
https://etsin.fairdata.fi/dataset/e4cefe74-4cd3-4ed5-835f-a3638f826534
Dataset
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Future of Critical Functions
Fjäder, C. (PI), Aminoff, A. (Project participant), Tuomala, V. (Project participant), Kovacs, G. (Project participant), Heikkinen, H. (Project participant) & Rokhzad, K. (Project participant)
01.06.2025 → 30.06.2026
Project: Externally funded project
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HealthCrisNet: Nordic health crises university network
Kovacs, G. (CoI) & Piotrowicz, W. (Project participant)
01.01.2025 → 31.12.2026
Project: Externally funded project
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ReMuNet: Resilient multimodal freight transport network: New concepts and approaches for resilient and green freight transport and logistics networks against disruptive events (including pandemics)
Aminoff, A. (Project coordinator), Kovacs, G. (Project participant) & Schiffling, S. (Project participant)
01.07.2023 → 30.06.2026
Project: Externally funded project
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Societal resilience and relevance of infrastructure for crisis preparedness, civil protection and total defence in the new NATO countries, Finland and Sweden
Skoglund, P. (PI), Kovacs, G. (PI) & Ruggiero, A. (Project participant)
01.01.2025 → 31.12.2025
Project: Externally funded project
Activities
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Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management (Journal)
Kovacs, G. (Editor in chief)
2010 → 06.2015Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Scientific journal
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Committee member
Kovacs, G. (Pre-examiner of doctoral thesis manuscript)
11.2025Activity: Examination › Official participation in PhD thesis supervision, defence and examination
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Opponent and pre-examiner
Kovacs, G. (Pre-examiner of doctoral thesis manuscript)
10.2025Activity: Examination › Official participation in PhD thesis supervision, defence and examination
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Committee member
Kovacs, G. (Pre-examiner of doctoral thesis manuscript)
08.2025Activity: Examination › Official participation in PhD thesis supervision, defence and examination
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Committee member / external examiner
Kovacs, G. (Pre-examiner of doctoral thesis manuscript)
06.2025Activity: Examination › Official participation in PhD thesis supervision, defence and examination
Prizes
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ALAN Research and Academic Contributions Award 2020
Kovacs, G. (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prizes and awards
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Financial Times Responsible Business Education award 2025, highly commended project
Kovacs, G. (Recipient), 22.01.2025
Prize: Prizes and awards
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Schenker best paper award for NOFOMA 2022
Tuomala, V. (Recipient), Aminoff, A. (Recipient) & Kovacs, G. (Recipient), 06.2022
Prize: Prizes and awards
Press/Media
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Learning from the Humanitarian Logistics Landscape
24.07.2024
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Att skära i biståndet är att skjuta sig själv i foten, säger professor Gyöngyi Kovács
10.05.2023 → 11.05.2023
3 Media contributions
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Humanitarian logistics & supply chain management: building a community through shared research
28.10.2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Den extremt låga vattennivån i Donau syns i högre priser och störningar i leveranskedjor – experterna varnar för hungerkatastrof i höst
22.08.2022
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media