This event is part of a seminar series on Supply Chain Management for faculty members, PhD students and postdocs with a research focus on supply chain management.
Speaker: Jamile Teles Hamideh — PhD Student, Hanken School of Economics
Moderator: Ece Gülserliler (Tilburg University)
Format: 45-minute presentation + 15-minute moderated Q&A.
Purpose:
The study conceptualizes community participation in humanitarian supply chains during conflict as a dynamic phenomenon, identifying the factors that enable or constrain it over time.
Design/methodology/approach:
The escalation of the war in Ukraine (2022–2025) is examined as a qualitative case study, drawing on primary interview data with local staff and secondary data from international humanitarian organizations.
Findings:
Three distinct patterns of community participation were identified, depending on the stage of conflict and interactions with other actors. During the first three months, community actors were responsible for virtually all functions related to the distribution of humanitarian aid throughout the country. In the following months, the space for these actors was reduced as international organizations entered the humanitarian supply chain. Later, as funding and training became more accessible, community-based organizations and groups reassumed responsibility for selected functions, particularly at the last-mile and beneficiary-interface levels, operating alongside international actors rather than independently.
Research limitations:
The analysis focuses on a single conflict setting characterized by relatively high pre-existing community participation. Future research should examine other conflict and disaster contexts for comparison.
Practical implications:
Viewing community participation as dynamic can support the design of more inclusive humanitarian supply chains, advancing localization objectives while reducing costs and expanding reach.
Originality:
This is the first empirical paper to address community participation as a dynamic phenomenon, analyzing how local organizations act as agents within the Complex Adaptive System of the humanitarian supply chain during conflict.
We look forward to your participation and to a stimulating discussion.
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