About

I joined the University of Derby as the Senior Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management. Before joining the University of Derby, I had worked at different universities in the UK and Overseas. I am leading a range of modules on the undergraduate (BA Hons and BSc), postgraduate (MBA) and professional programmes. I hold a PhD from the University of Warwick where my research was focused on the efficiency measurement of business operations in financial institutions. My research interest lies at the intersection of Operations, Finance and Economics with a special focus on Sustainability in Supply Chains and Circular Economy.

Teaching responsibilities

I am the programme leader for the MBA Global block. I teach and manage a range of modules in the Operations and Supply Chain Management domain at Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels as module leader. I also teach Quantitative Research at level 8 to DBA students. In addition, I supervise students at postgraduate and doctoral Levels. 

Research interests

My areas of interest include:

• Efficiency measurement of operations 
• Optimization
• Sustainable and Regenerative supply chains
• Circular Economy and Eco Innovations

 I am willing to supervise new PhD students.

Qualifications

• Senior Fellow of Higher Education (SFHEA)
• PhD Operation Research and Management Sciences (ORMS)- Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, UK
• MSc Accounting and Finance - Northampton Business School, University of Northampton, UK
• Masters of Computer Sciences - University of the Punjab, Pakistan
• Masters of  Commerce (M.Com) - University of the Punjab, Pakistan
• Master of Economics - University of the Punjab, Pakistan        

Recent conferences

• 11th EurOMA Sustainable Operations and Supply Chain Forum, Kuehne Logistics University in Hamburg, Germany 4-5 March 2024
• POMS International conference 2023 PARIS, FRANCE 18–20 July 2023
• Logistics Research Network Annual Conference 2021 Cardiff University, UK 8th -10th September 2021
• Logistics Research Network Annual Conference 2020 Cardiff university, UK 9th -11th September 2020
• EurOMA Conference 2020 University of Warwick Monday 29th - Tuesday 30th June 2020
• Circular Economy symposium 2020, Harvard University 6^th March 2020
• 7th EurOMA Sustainable Operations and Supply Chain Forum University of Nottingham, UK 10th -12th February 2020

Recent publications

• Ishaq, S., Hoang, T. G., Tanveer, U., Hoang, T.-H. & Truong, H. Q. (2024). Transformative capabilities of MedTech organizations in driving circularity in the healthcare industry: Insights from multiple cases. Journal of Cleaner Production, 446, 141370
• Tanveer, U., Kremantzis, M. D., Roussinos, N., Ishaq, S., Kyrgiakos, L. S. & Vlontzos, G. (2023). A fuzzy TOPSIS model for selecting digital technologies in circular supply chains. Supply Chain Analytics, 4
• Tanveer, U., Ishaq, S. & Oqueli, T. (2023). An Insight into the Application of Gradations of Circularity in the Food Packaging Industry: A Systematic Literature Review and a Multiple Case Study. Sustainability, 15
• Tanveer, U., Ishaq, S., Gough, A (2021) ‘Circular Economy in Agri-Food Sector: Food Waste Management Perspective’ In Mor, Rahul S.,Panghal, Anupama, Kumar, Vikas. (Eds).Challenges and Opportunities of Circular Economy in Agri-Food Sector: Rethinking Waste. Springer: Singapore, pp. 55-75
• Machokoto, M.,Tanveer, U.,Ishaq, S & Areneke, G (2021) ‘Decreasing investment-cash flow sensitivity: Further UK evidence’, Finance Research Letters, Vol 38
• Koliousis, I.G.,Tanveer, U.&,Ishaq, S (2020) A conceptual information sharing framework to improve supply chain security collaboration’. International Journal of Value Chain Management (IJVCM) Vol 11, no 4