Alfonso Pedraza-Martinez
Greg and Patty Fox Collegiate Professor of IT, Analytics, and Operations
IT, Analytics, and Operations
574-631-8734
350 Mendoza College of Business
- Biography
- Background
- Publications
- Books
- Presentations
- Awards
Alfonso Pedraza-Martinez, PhD (INSEAD, 2011), directs HOPE - Humanitarian Operations Lab at Notre Dame. He teaches humanitarian operations analytics at the MBA and PhD levels and enjoys advising undergraduate research projects. His pioneer research has informed humanitarian and faith-based relief organizations. Alfonso has received multiple academic recognitions, including the 2022 Luk Van Wassenhove Career Award from the European Working Group on Humanitarian Operations. He has edited special issues in three flagship journals: Production and Operations Management, the Journal of Operations Management, and the European Journal of Operational Research. Professor Pedraza-Martinez is a former president of the College of Humanitarian Operations and Crisis Management at the Production and Operations Management Society.
Education
Ph D, INSEAD
MS, INSEAD
MS, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
BS, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
Areas of Expertise
Humanitarian Operations Analytics
Disaster Management
Nonprofit Operations
Sustainability
Editorial Boards
Associate Editor
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
January 1, 2021
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
January 1, 2021
Associate Editor
Decision Sciences
August 1, 2020
Decision Sciences
August 1, 2020
Senior Editor
Production and Operations Management
August 1, 2015
Production and Operations Management
August 1, 2015
"Speak with One Voice? Examining Content Coordination and Social Media Engagement during Disasters", (With Changseung Yoo, Eunae Yoo, Lucy Yan), Information Systems Research, 35, 2024
"Navigating the Digital Terrain of Prosocial Announcements and Likability", (With Xue Tan, Lu (Lucy) Yan), MIS Quarterly, 48, 2024
"Competition and Collaboration on Fundraising for Short-Term Disaster Response: The Impact on Earmarking and Performance", (With Arian Aflaki), Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 25, 2023
"Improving Drinking Water Access and Equity in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa", (With Chengcheng Zhai, Kurt Bretthauer, Jorge Mejia), Production and Operations Management, 32, 2023
"Allocation of Nonprofit Funds Among Program, Fundraising, and Administration", (With Telesilla Kotsi, Arian Aflaki, Goker Aydin), Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 25, 2023
"Sustainable Humanitarian Operations: An Integrated Perspective", (With Charles Corbett, Luk Van Wassenhove), Production and Operations Management, 31, 2022
"Donations for Refugee Crises: In-kind Versus Cash Assistance", (With Telesilla Kotsi, Owen Wu), Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 24, 2022
"Humanitarian Operations and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.", (With Maria Besiou, Luk Van Wassenhove), Production and Operations Management, 30, 2021
"On the Connection between Disaster Mitigation and Disaster Preparedness: The case of Aceh Province, Indonesia", (With James Rayawan, Vinit Tipnis), Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management, 11, 2021
"Fleet Coordination in Decentralized Humanitarian Operations Funded by Earmarked Donations", (With Sameer Hasija, Luk Van Wassenhove), Operations Research, 68, 2020
"Social Media for Disaster Management: Operational Value of the Social Conversation", (With Lucy Yan), Production and Operations Management, 28, 2019
"Volunteer Management in Charity Storehouses: Experience, Congestion and Operational Performance.", (With Gloria Urrea, Maria Besiou), Production and Operations Management, 28, 2019
"Operational Transparency in Crowdfunding Platforms: Effect on Donations for Emergency Response.", (With Jorge Mejia, Gloria Urrea), Production and Operations Management, 28, 2019
"OR Applied to Humanitarian Operations", (With Maria Besiou, Luk Van Wassenhove), European Journal of Operational Research, 269, 2018
"Asset Supply Networks in Humanitarian Operations: A Combined Empirical-Simulation Approach. Journal of Operations Management", (With J Stauffer, L Yan, L Van Wassenhove), Journal of Operations Management, 63, 2018
"Multi-Criteria Optimization for Last Mile Distribution of Disaster Relief Aid: Test Cases and Applications.", (With Jose Ferrer, Jose Martin, Maria Ortuno, Gregorio Tirado, Begona Vitoriano), European Journal of Operational Research, 269, 2018
"Humanitarian Funding in a Multi-Donor Market with Donation Uncertainty", (With Arian Aflaki), Production and Operations Management, 25, 2016
"Effect of Armed Conflicts on Humanitarian Operations: Total Factor Productivity and Efficiency of Rural Hospitals. Journal of Operations Management", (With Andres Jola-Sanchez, Kurt Bretthauer, Rodrigo Britto), Journal of Operations Management, 45, 2016
"Temporary Hubs for the Global Vehicle Supply Chain in Humanitarian Operations", (With Jon Stauffer, Luk Van Wassenhove), Production and Operations Management, 25, 2016
"Empirically-Grounded Research in Humanitarian Operations Management: the Way Forward", (With Luk Van Wassenhove), Journal of Operations Management, 45, 2016
"Vehicle Supply Chains in Humanitarian Operations: Decentralization, Operational Mix and Earmarked Funding", (With Maria Besiou, Luk Van Wassenhove), Production and Operations Management, 23, 2014
"Vehicle Replacement in the International Committee of the Red Cross", (With Luk Van Wassenhove), Production and Operations Management, 22, 2013
"On the Use of Evidence in Humanitarian Logistics Research", (With Orla Stapleton, Luk Van Wassenhove), Disasters, 37, 2013
"Transportation and Vehicle Fleet Management in Humanitarian Logistics: Challenges for Future Research", (With Luk Van Wassenhove), EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics, 1, 2012
"Using OR to Adapt Supply Chain Management Best Practices to Humanitarian Logistics", (With Luk Van Wassenhove), International Transactions in Operational Research, 19, 2012
"Field Vehicle Fleet Management in Humanitarian Operations: A Case-Study Based Approach", (With Orla Stapleton, Luk Van Wassenhove), Journal of Operations Management, 29, 2011
"Humanitarian Operations and Earmarked Funding", INFORMS TutORials in Operations Research, 1, 2024
"A Research Framework on Digital Platforms and Humanitarian Supply Chain Management", (With Lu (Lucy) Yan), Springer Series in Supply Chain Management - Accepted (awaiting publication)
"Private Donations and the Disaster Management Cycle", Springer, 1, 2018
"On the Use of Information in Humanitarian Operations", Atlantis Computational Intelligence Systems, 7, 2013
"The Armenia Earthquake: Grinding Out an Effective Disaster Response in Colombia's Coffee Region", Pearson Education, 1, 2013
"Sustainable Humanitarian Response", Diploma in Climate Medicine, University of Colorado, School of Medicine, 2025
"Panelist - Modeling and Optimization: Shaping an Equitable Future", INFORMS, 2024
"TutORials in Operations Research: Humanitarian Operations and Earmarked Funding", INFORMS, 2024
"Balancing Act: How NPOs Can Use Cause Marketing For Effective Fundraising.", EURO-HOpe Mini Conference, Madrid, Spain., 2024
"Panel on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion", Production and Operations Management Society Conference, 2024
"Information Management for Disaster Response: The Role of Operational Updates and Crew Experience.", Wilfrid Laurier University, 2024
"Information Management for Disaster Response: The Role of Operational Updates and Crew Experience.", INFORMS, 2023
"Introducing the winner of the Luk Van Wassenhove Career Award", EURO-HOpe Mini Conference, 2023
"Information Management for Disaster Response: The Role of Operational Updates and Crew Experience", Informs Healthcare, 2023
"PhD Tutorial on Mixed-Methods in Disaster Management Research.", Second Bi-Annual EURO HOpe Summer School in Humanitarian Logistics, 2023
"Competition and Collaboration on Fundraising for Short-Term Disaster Response: The Impact on Earmarking and Performance.", Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder, CO, USA, 2023
"Discussant of Business Model Innovation for Ambulance Systems in Developing Economies: Coordination and Competition'' by Gernert et al", Early-Career Sustainable Operations Workshop, UMASS Amherst., 2023
"Improving Drinking Water Access and Equity in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa", INFORMS, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, 2022
"Competition and Collaboration on Fundraising for Short-Term Disaster Response: The Impact on Earmarking and Performance", Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Tech. Blacksburg, VA, USA, 2022
"Data Analytics for Disaster Management: Research Opportunities and Challenges", POMS, 2022, Online, 2022
"Creating a Co-author Network in Operations and Supply Chain Management", POMS, Online, 2022
"Panel. Humanitarian Supply Chain and Sustainable Innovation: Exploring Ways Forward for Practice and Academia", Decision Sciences Annual Conference. Online, 2021
"Sustainable Humanitarian Operations: A Forward-Looking Perspective.", Decision Sciences Institute (DSI), Professional Development Workshop on Equity, Inclusion, and Sustainability. Online, 2021
"Panel. Meeting Rigor with Relevance in Humanitarian Operations", Decision Sciences Institute Annual Conference. Online, 2021
"Data Analytics for Disaster Management: Research Opportunities and Challenges", INFORMS, Online, 2021
"Earmarked Donations for Disaster Response: Competition vs. Joint Fundraising.", Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame. Notre Dame, IN, USA, 2021
"Communities in the Crossfire: How Companies Can Do Well by Doing Good.", INFORMS, Online, 2020
"Fleet Composition Management in Response to Natural Disasters and Armed Conflicts", INFORMS, Seattle, WA, USA, 2019
"Discussant of ``Post-Disaster Humanitarian Logistics Planning: A Time-to-Survive Framework'' by Y. Gao et al.", Singapore Management University. Singapore. Operations Management Summer Camp 2019., 2019
"Funding-Based Competition in Humanitarian Operations", EURO, Dublin, Ireland, 2019
Award
"Best Paper Award, 2024 Service Science Cluster", Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), 2024
"Runner-Up, Junior Scholar Paper Competition (Vinit Tipnis is the junior scholar I coauthored with), College of Behavior in Operations Management", Production and Operations Management Society (POMS), 2024
"Best Associate Editor Award, Decision Sciences Journal", Decision Sciences Institute, 2023
"Finalist, Best Paper Competition, Humanitarian Operations Track", Production and Operations Management Society (POMS), 2023
"Luk Van Wassenhove Career Award", European Working Group on Humanitarian Operations (EURO HOpe), 2022
"Finalist, MSOM Best Student Paper Competition", Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Society (MSOM), 2022
"Finalist, Public Sector Operations Research Best Paper Award", Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), 2022
"Finalist, Best Paper Competition, Humanitarian Operations Track", Production and Operations Management Society (POMS), 2022
"Top Downloaded Article among Work Published in an Issue in Production and Operations Management, January 2021 - 31 December 2021", Wiley, 2021
"PhD student honor: Doctoral dissertation of Telesilla Kotsi won the 2021 Elwood Buffa Dissertation Award, at Decision Sciences Institute", Decision Science Institute , 2021
"John & Esther Reese Professorship", Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, 2021
"Finalist, Best Paper Competition, Humanitarian Operations Track", Production and Operations Management Society, 2021
"Meritorious Service Award", M&SOM, 2020
"Grainger Faculty Fellowship", Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, 2019
"Best Paper Runner-Up, Humanitarian Operations Track", Production and Operations Management Society (POMS), 2019
"Runner-up, Best Paper Competition, Humanitarian Operations Track", Production and Operations Management Society, 2016
"Exemplary Contribution cited in ``Notes from the Editors: Restructuring the Journal of Operations Management,'' V.D.R. Guide Jr., M. Ketokivi.", Journal of Operations Management, 2015, 38, v-x, 2015
"Best Paper Award, Humanitarian Operations Track", Production and Operations Management society, 2014
"Undergraduate student honor: Research of Laura Hoover won the Kate Hevner Mueller Outstanding Senior Class of 2013 Award, Indiana University", Indiana University, 2013
"Best Paper Award, Humanitarian Operations Track", Production and Operations Management society, 2012
"Best Paper Award. Decision Sciences and Operations Management Track, Trans-Atlantic Doctoral Conference", London Business School, 2009
"Undergraduate student honor: Research of Soraya Zoque and Angelica Patino was published at the Best Thesis Monograph Series, Universidad de los Andes, 2008", Universidad de los Andes, 2008
"Undergraduate student honor: Research of Diego Martinez Quinonez was published at the Best Thesis Monograph Series, Universidad de los Andes, 2007", Universidad de los Andes, Colombia, 2007