Diego Vega Bernal

Diego Vega is Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management and Social Responsibility, esp. Humanitarian Logistics at Hanken and Director of the HUMLOG Institute. Prior to joining Hanken and the Institute Diego was Assistant Professor of Logistics and Supply Chain Management and lastly, Head of Department of Information Systems, Supply Chain Management and Decision Making at NEOMA Business School, France. Diego completed his doctoral studies at the CRET-LOG Research Institute, Aix-Marseille University in France, in collaboration with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), France. He also followed MSF’s Préparation au Premier Départ Logistique (PPDL) training at CEFORLOG. Diego has over 12 years of experience conducting research in the humanitarian context and over 10 years of experience in teaching and curriculum design. At HUMLOG, some of his recent research projects include the analysis of MSF’s intersectional response to Covid-19 during ongoing operations (PI), and the creation of a common data standard for humanitarian organizations for the Frontline Humanitarian Logistics initiative. He is also the creator and lead educator of the first Introduction to Humanitarian Logistics MOOC, and main examiner for the Humanitarian Logistics course at Hanken. His lectures in humanitarian logistics have been taught In several Universities including Aalto University, Jönköping International Business School, Tampere University and the International University of Catalunya. He is Associate Editor of the Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management, and sits at the Editorial Advisory board of the International Journal of Logistics Management. Diego’s current research interests include logistics services in humanitarian operations, modularity, emergency relief logistics, temporary settlements, and competence-based strategic management for humanitarian organizations.