Dr Hannan Mahdiraji

Dr Hannan Mahdiraji

Department of Management
Associate Professor in Business Analytics

Contact details

Address
University House
University Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Hannan Amoozad Mahdiraji, PhD-SFHEA, is an Associate Professor in Business Analytics and the Programme Director of the Undergraduate Business and Management programme at Birmingham Business School, University Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡.  He previously served as an Assistant Professor in Strategy and Business Analytics and Programme Leader for MSc IB at the University of Leicester. His prior roles include Senior Lecturer in Business and Management at De Montfort University, Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management at Coventry University, and Assistant Professor in Management Science at the University of Tehran.

Dr. Mahdiraji earned his PhD in Management Science in 2012 and specializes in multiple-criteria decision-making, business analytics, game theory, and supply chain management. Since 2011, he has published extensively in leading international journals such as the British Journal of Management, Risk Analysis, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Annals of Operations Research, Transportation Research, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, and Journal of Business Research. He has also presented his research at renowned conferences, including the Academy of Management and the Academy of International Business.

Qualifications

2012, Management Science (Operations Management), PhD

2008, Management Science (Operations Research), MSc

2005, Management Science, BA (Hons) 

2024, Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, SFHEA

Teaching

Data Analytics and Predictive Modelling (PG)

Managing Global Operations (PG)

Digital Business and Business Analytics (PG-SIM)

Postgraduate supervision

Hannan Amoozad Mahdiraji has supervised many PG dissertations (over 100) and PhD thesis (over 15 completions). Hannan Amoozad Mahdiraji is eager to participate in PhD application in the following topics:

1)    Game Theory in Business and Management

2)    Decision Making in Business and management

3)    Sustainable Logistics and Global Supply Chains

Research

  • Game Theory in Business and Management
  • Decision Making in Business and management
  • Sustainable Logistics and Global Supply Chains

Other activities

  • Member of the Academy of Management (AOM) (ID 167831).
  • Member of the Academy of International Business (AIB) (ID 53392).

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Amoozad Mahdiraji, H, Sharifpour Arabi, H, Duan, K & Vrontis, D 2025, '', Journal of Business Research, vol. 190, 115180.

Pasha, N, Amoozad Mahdiraji, H, Razavi Hajiagha, SH, Garza-Reyes, JA & Joshi, R 2024, '', Operations Management Research, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 135–151.

Beheshti, M, ZareRavasan, A, Amoozad Mahdiraji, H, Jafari-Sadeghi, V & Sakka, G 2024, '', Journal of Consumer Behaviour, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 372-388.

Reyhani Yamchi, H, Jabarzadeh, Y, Govindan, K & Amoozad Mahdiraji, H 2024, '', Journal of the Operational Research Society, vol. 75, no. 10, pp. 1925–1948.

Amoozad Mahdiraji, H, Yaftiyan, F, Garza-Reyes, JA, Razavi Hajiagha, SH & Kazancoglu , Y 2024, '', Annals of Operations Research.

Aghazadeh, H, Zandi, F, Amoozad Mahdiraji, H & Sadraei, R 2024, '', Journal of Enterprise Information Management, vol. 37, no. 5, pp. 1499-1526.

Amoozad Mahdiraji, H, Yaftiyan, F, Abbasi-Kamardi, A, Vrontis, D & Gong, Y 2024, '', Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, vol. 186, 104151.

Ghobakhloo, M, Amoozad Mahdiraji, H, Iranmanesh, M & Jafari-Sadeghi, V 2024, '', Information Systems Frontiers.

Amoozad Mahdiraji, H, Yaftiyan, F, Jafari-Sadeghi, V & Vrontis, D 2024, '', European Management Review.

Amoozad Mahdiraji, H, Abbasi-Kamardi, A, Jafari-Sadeghi, V, Razavi Hajiagha, SH & Castellano , S 2024, '', International Marketing Review, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 411-439.

Amoozad Mahdiraji, H, Sharifpour Arabi, H, Garza-Reyes, JA & Jabbar, A 2024, '', Total Quality Management Journal, vol. 36, no. 6, pp. 1420-1441.

Zirar, A, Jabbar, A, Tchouamou Njoya, E & Amoozad Mahdiraji, H 2024, '', Journal of Enterprise Information Management, vol. 37, no. 5, pp. 1527-1550.

Literature review

Lagzi, MD, Farkhondeh, F, Amoozad Mahdiraji, H & Sakka, G 2025, '', EuroMed Journal of Business.

Paper

Ambituuni, A & Amoozad Mahdiraji, H 2024, '', Paper presented at 38th British Academy of Management (BAM) Conference, Notthingham, United Kingdom, 2/09/24 - 6/09/24.

Ambituuni, A, Amoozad Mahdiraji, H & Enang, I 2024, '', Paper presented at EURAM Annual Conference 2024, Bath, United Kingdom, 25/06/24 - 28/06/24.