Staff Profile

Haiyan earned her Ph.D degree in Logistics and Operation Management from Cardiff University Business School. Acknowledged as to the scientific rigor of her phd performance, she received the James Cooper Cup award from CILT in 2018. Haiyan joint Newcastle University Business School in 2021 as a lecturer /Assistant Professor in Operations and Supply Chain Management. 

Her research interests focus on sustainable supply chain management and sustainability issues within the food sector. She examines how sustainability practices are integrated into supply chain management activities and how they are influenced by both macro and micro factors, including institutional and political enforcement, as well as company strategy and network governance. The complexity of managing food systems has led her to further explore sustainable food chains in emerging economies.

An active researcher, Haiyan publishes in leading journals such as Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, Production Planning and Control, and the International Journal of Production Research, among others. She also provides professional services by reviewing papers for journals like Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, International Journal of Production Economics, and Journal of Business Research. Additionally, she serves as an associate editor in the area of Operations Research Management.

Roles and Responsibilities

Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Operations and Supply Chain Management

Qualifications

PhD in Logistics and Operations Management, Cardiff Business School, 09. 2013 - 04. 2018

Research Interests:

Sustainable supply chain management 

Food supply chain management

Supply chain relationship and network governance

Social network research  

Supply chain innovation and social innovation

Supply chain digitalization

Haiyan teaches operations and supply chain related topics for undergraduate and postgraduate students. She also supervises dissertation projects and Ph.D students. 

• NBS8325: Digitalization in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, PG

• Articles

  • Zhou X, Lu H, Kumar Mangla S. The impact of digital traceability on sustainability performance: investigating the roles of sustainability-oriented innovation and supply chain learning. Supply Chain Management 2024, 290(3), 497-522.
  • Lu H, Zhao G, Liu S. Integrating circular economy and industry 4.0 for sustainable supply chain management: a dynamic capability view. Production Planning and Control 2024, 35(2), 170-186.
  • Huang S, Lu H, Lin J, Ponte B. On the dynamics of return collection in closed-loop supply chains. International Journal of Production Research 2023, 62(3), 909-932.
  • Zhou X, Lu H, Xu Z. A balance of economic advancement and social needs via improving supply chain traceability for future food sustainability: an empirical study from China. Production Planning and Control 2023, epub ahead of print.
  • Lu H, Mangla S, Elgueta S, Zhao G, Liu S, Hunter L. Key operational and institutional factors for improving food safety: a case study from Chile. Production Planning & Control 2021, 32(14), 1248-1264.
  • Zhao G, Liu S, Lopez C, Chen H, Lu H, Mangla S, Elgueta S. Risk analysis of the agri-food supply chain: A multi-method approach. International Journal of Production Research 2020, 58(16), 4851-4876.
  • Nie H, Zhou N, Lu H, Zhou S. Evaluation of the efficiency of Chinese energy-saving household appliance subsidy policy: An economic benefit perspective. Energy Policy 2020, 149, 112059.
  • Elgueta S, Fuentes M, Valenzuela M, Zhao G, Liu S, Lu H, Correa Q. Pesticide residues in ready-to-eat leafy vegetables from markets of Santiago, Chile, and consumer’s risk. Food Additives & Contaminants: Part B - Surveillance Communications 2019, 12(4), 259-267.
  • Zhao G, Boshkoka MB, Lu H, Chen H, Lopez C, Liu S, Elgueta S. Blockchain technology in agri-food value chain management: A synthesis of applications, challenges and future research directions. Computers in Industry 2019, 109, 83-99.
  • Lu H, Potter A, Rodrigues SV, Walker H. Exploring sustainable supply chain management: A social network perspective. Supply Chain Management 2018, 23(4), 257-277.
  • Zhao G, Liu S, Lu H, Lopez C, Elgueta S. Building theory of agri-food supply chain resilience using Total Interpretive Structural Modelling and MICMAC analysis. International Journal of Sustainable Agricultural Management and Informatics 2018, 4(3/4), 235-257.
  • Gao D, Xu Z, Ruan ZY, Lu H. From a Systematic Literature Review to Integrated Definition for Sustainable Supply Chain Innovation (SSCI). Journal of Cleaner Production 2017, 142(4), 1518-1538.