Dr Ali Esfahbodi SFHEA, PhD, MSc, BEng, PGCHE

Dr Ali Esfahbodi

Department of Management
Associate Professor in Operations Management and Sustainability
School Director of Postgraduate Programmes UK, Dubai, Singapore

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 8304
Email
a.esfahbodi@bham.ac.uk
Address
Department of Management
Birmingham Business School
University 麻豆精选
Edgbaston, Birmingham
B15 2TT

Dr Ali Esfahbodi is an Associate Professor in Operations Management and Sustainability, a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), Business School Director of MSc Programmes at the University 麻豆精选, and an Associate of the Centre of Responsible Business. Ali’s research lies primarily in sustainable and circular economy supply chains, digitalisation and SCM 4.0, and the exploration of new technologies in manufacturing such as Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet-of-Things (IoT), Digital Twin, and GS1 standards and their impacts on the sustainability performance.

His work aims to help companies with successful undertakings of emerging technologies and offer opportunities to achieve better economic performance and greater environmental protection. Ali has a wide portfolio of teaching expertise in Operations and SCM at various levels of Higher Education (Undergraduate, Masters, MBA, and PhD). He has consulted with many firms, presented at national and international academic and practitioner conferences, published many peer-reviewed articles in top-tier journals, and won several awards for research excellence.

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Qualifications

  • Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
  • PhD in Management
  • MSc in Engineering Management
  • Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCHE)
  • BSc in Mechanical Engineering 

Teaching

Undergraduate

  • Introduction to Business Strategy and Supply Chain Management (Year 1)

Postgraduate

  • Operations Management (GDBA)
  • Strategic Purchasing and Supply Management (GDBA)
  • Quantitative Management Techniques (GDBA)
  • Value Chains, Outsourcing and Procurement (MSc Management)
  • Value Chains, Outsourcing and Procurement (MSc IB Singapore)
  • Organisational and Operations Management (MSc Advanced Engineering Management UK)
  • Organisational and Operations Management (MSc Construction Management Dubai & Advanced Engineering Management Dubai)

Postgraduate supervision

Operations and supply chain management
Sustainable supply chain management
Sustainable manufacturing and performance management
Supply chain innovation capabilities
Green ICT and supply chain
Competitive advantage and sustainable supply chain: resource-based view (RBV) perspective

Other activities

Ali serves as an Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Production Economics, Journal of Cleaner Production, Sustainability, International Journal of Supply and Operations Management, and International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development. He is also a member of the European Operations Management Association (EUROMA), Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS), and the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP).

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Ambituuni, A, Oyinlola, M, Ajala, O, Sule, H, Esfahbodi, A & Barrow, D 2025, '', Business Strategy and the Environment, pp. 1-18.

Lonsdale, C, Sanderson, J & Esfahbodi, A 2024, '', Supply Chain Management: An International Journal.

Li, X, Esfahbodi, A & Zhang, Y 2024, '', Sustainability, vol. 16, no. 5, 1848.

Esfahbodi, A, Zhang, Y, Liu, Y & Geng, D 2023, '', International Journal of Production Economics, vol. 255, 108703.

Esfahbodi, A, Pang, G & Peng, L 2022, '', Journal of Digital Economy, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 89-101.

Mousapour Mamoudan, M, Mohammadnazari, Z, Ostadi, A & Esfahbodi, A 2022, '', International Journal of Production Research.

Sanderson, J, Esfahbodi, A & Lonsdale, C 2022, '', International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, vol. 52, no. 5-6, pp. 393-413.

Esfahbodi, A, Zhang, Y, Watson, G & Zhang, T 2017, '', Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 155, pp. 66-78.

Esfahbodi, A, Zhang, Y & Watson, G 2016, '', International Journal of Production Economics, vol. 181, pp. 350-366.

Chapter (peer-reviewed)

Esfahbodi, A & Zhang, Y 2020, . in European Operations Management Association: EurOMA 27. vol. 1, pp. 592-602.

Esfahbodi, A & Zhang, Y 2020, . in S Hashmi & IA Choudhury (eds), Encyclopedia of Renewable and Sustainable Materials. 1st edn, vol. 5, Elsevier, pp. 537-549.

Conference contribution

Esfahbodi, A, Zhang, Y & Watson, G 2013, . in Global Manufacturing Conference 2013.

Esfahbodi, A, Zhang, Y & Watson, G 2012, . in The Cambridge International Manufacturing Symposium.

Review article

Zhang, Y, Lin, Y & Esfahbodi, A 2025, '', Journal of Digital Economy.