The seminar will be conducted by Dr. Sudipa Sarker. The session will focus on understanding research in general and will dive into different research topics in global supply chains. Particularly this session will answer following questions:

1. What is research?

2. Why research is important?

3. How to define the context of research?

4. What are the trending topics of research in global supply chains?

5. How to learn about research through Massive Open Online Courses?

Dr. Sudipa Sarker is a lecturer and the deputy program lead for the MSc. in Logistics and Supply Chain Analytics at The Business School of Edinburgh Napier University. She is trained as a Management, Economics, and Industrial Engineer with a strong qualitative and quantitative research methods background. My area of expertise is the field of purchasing, operations, and supply chain management, with a particular concentration on competitiveness, sustainability, and risk management. Sudipa has over 14 years of experience in teaching, doing research, and consulting in various industries. She worked in Bangladesh, Singapore, Sweden, Italy, Denmark, Finland and United Kingdom.