About us

The ERS was initiated in 2006 by Professor Gammelgaard and the Council of Management Professionals (CSCMP) as an academic conference in conjunction with the annual European Conference of CSCMP. Over the years, ERS has built a strong connection to the Journal of Business Logistics (JBL).

It is co-chaired by Professor Durach, Professor de Leeuw, and Professor Wallenburg and is organized with the ERS scientific committee, the ERS organization committee, and the local CSCMP roundtables.

Conference Chairs

  • ESCP Business School, Germany

    Christian F. Durach is a full Professor and holds the Chair of Supply Chain and Operations Management at ESCP’s Berlin Campus. His academic journey includes earning his PhD and Habilitation from Technische Universität Berlin, as well as graduating from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Worcester, MA, USA) and Zurich University of Applied Sciences (Winterthur, CHE).

    At ESCP, Professor Durach instructs in Operations Management & Information Systems, (Sustainable) Supply Chain Management, and Research Methods across various academic levels.

    His research focuses on sustainability, supply chain risk management, and digitalization. He actively shapes the field as the European Co-Editor of the Journal of Business Logistics and serves in editorial roles for other journals. Beyond academia, he presents at conferences and is affiliated with academic organizations.

    Additionally, Christian serves as the academic director for all specialized master’s programs hosted by the ESCP Berlin Campus.

  • Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands

    Sander de Leeuw is a professor of operations research & logistics at Wageningen University & Research and a professor of supply chain management at Nottingham Trent University (UK). He has a specific interest in behavioral operations management, webshop logistics and humanitarian aid supply chains and has authored numerous articles on a variety of topics in supply chain management. He has extensive industrial experience as a management consultant at, among others, KPMG.

  • WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Germany

    Carl Marcus Wallenburg is a Professor of Supply Chain Management and holds the Chair of Logistics and Services Management at WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management. He studied Industrial Engineering and Management at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Before returning to WHU, he served as a chaired Professor of Logistics at the Berlin Institute of Technology and was a visiting scholar at Ohio State University in the USA.

    Professor Wallenburg is actively involved in the academic community. He serves as the European Editor of the Journal of Business Logistics and co-chairs the European Research Seminar on Logistics and SCM. His extensive research output includes six books, over ten management studies, and more than 100 articles. Notably, Professor Wallenburg received the German Logistics Research Award in 2004, the Best Reviewer Award from the Journal of Supply Chain Management in 2008, and five Emerald Outstanding Paper Awards from 2011 to 2016.

    Since May 1, 2023, Professor Wallenburg has taken on the role of Associate Dean of Graduate Programs.

Scientific Committee

Alexander Trautrims University of Nottingham, UK

Andreas Wieland Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

Angela Tumino Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Britta Gammelgaard Global Sustainable Production University of Southern Denmark

Davide Luzzini Eada Business School, Spain

Fredrik Nilsson Lund University, Sweden

Ivan Russo University of Verona, Italy

Mikaella Polyviou Arizona State University, USA

Riccardo Mangiaracina Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Robert Wiedmer Arizona State University, USA

Organizational Committee

Daniela Wempe-Jungemann WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Germany

Local Organizational Committee

CSCMP Benelux Roundtable