Dr Erica Ballantyne
BSc, MSc, PhD
Management School
Senior Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management


+44 114 222 3378
Full contact details
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葫芦影业 University Management School
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葫芦影业
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- Profile
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Erica Ballantyne has lectured in Operations and Supply Chain Management since 2015 at the University of 葫芦影业 Management School (SUMS). She leads the Logistics & Supply Chain Management Research Theme within the Operations Management & Decision Sciences Research Centre.
Erica gained her PhD (EPSRC sponsored) at the Institute for Transport Studies (ITS), University of Leeds, and her thesis examined 鈥楾he Benefits of Integrating Freight Logistics into Urban Transport Demand Management Measures & Policy鈥. Graduating from Cardiff University with a BSc Hons in Business Administration & Transport Management, and an MSc (with distinction) in Logistics and Supply Chain Management from the University of Hull. She was successfully accepted on to a Graduate Management Scheme at a major European 3PL, and gained further industry experience working for ASDA and other leading supply chain contractors.
Prior to joining SUMS, Erica was employed at the University of Bolton (2012 鈥 2015), initially as a Lecturer then Senior Lecturer in a wide range of business subjects at undergraduate to MBA level. Erica was promoted to Academic Group Leader for Business, Accountancy and Law.
Erica holds a PG Certificate in Learning & Teaching in Higher Education and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. In 2014 she completed Advance HE鈥檚 (formerly The Leadership Foundation) Aurora Programme 鈥楧eveloping Future Leaders for Higher Education鈥 for women in leadership in HE.
Erica is a member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) and is an active committee member of the South Yorkshire CILT group.
- Research interests
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Principle areas of research interest include:
- Efficient and sustainable transport with electric vehicles and transport application for energy storage
- Reverse logistics and Retail Returns Management
- Transport planning and Management Decision Making
- Logistics and freight transport operations, with an emphasis on urban and last mile contexts
The applied and interdisciplinary nature of my research, and my belonging to a wide network of academics, logistics and retail practitioners, LA Transport Planners and policy makers, is integral to my work and research impact. This is demonstrated through my involvement with various funded collaborative research projects, for example time spent on secondment at Stockholm Stad. My research in Urban Freight Transport has been cited in government policy documents in the UK, Australia and New Zealand.
Erica鈥檚 involvement with national and international research projects includes:
- Joint Principal Investigator for 鈥淔leet energy optimisation in the 葫芦影业 City Region鈥, funded by EPSRC IAA (University of 葫芦影业 Knowledge Exchange Fund) (2019-2020).
- Co-Investigator for 鈥淢oVE (Mobilising Volunteers Effectively)鈥 a research project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council as part of the rapid response COVID-19 research programme (2020-2021).
- WP lead and Co-Investigator for 鈥淧romoting Sustainable Freight Transport in urban context: Policy & Decision-making Approaches (ProSFeT)鈥, funded by the EU H2020-MCSA-RISE-2016 Scheme (2017-2019).
- Principal Investigator for 鈥淭he Business of Location: Transport Planning for the Logistics workforce鈥, funded by the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport UK (2016-2018).
- Principal Investigator and Coordinator for 鈥淚nvestigating opportunities for sustainable freight transport (REINVEST)鈥, funded by the EU Commission, EU-India collaboration project (2015-2018).
- Publications
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Journal articles
Chapters
Conference proceedings papers
Reports
Posters
Presentations
Other
- Research group
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Operations Management and Decision Sciences (OMDS)
- Logistics and Supply Chain Management
- Sustainable Production and Consumption
- Teaching activities
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Erica has a range of teaching experience across UG, PG, and Executive Education portfolios, her research interests and industry experiences inform research-led teaching across all modules she is involved with.
Erica is currently leading and delivering:
- MGT6081 Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain Management (MSc Logistics and Supply Chain Management)
- Dissertation supervision for MSc LSCM and MSc Management
Since joining SUMS, Erica has developed and led the following modules:
- MGT6196 Process and Organisational Improvement (Executive MBA)
- MGT6224 Pathways to Decision making in Different Environments (PG Cert in Leadership & Management for Social Workers)
- MGT3013 Supply Chain Management (Degree Apprenticeship at AMRC)
- MGT253 Principles of Operations Management (BA Business Management)
In addition to internal posts, Erica holds a number of subject specialist External Examining roles.
- PhD Supervision
Erica is interested in supervising PhD students in the fields of:
- Logistics
- Freight Transport
- Sustainable Logistics
- Transport Applications
She currently supervises:
She has previously supervised:
Name Thesis title Year of completion Maria Nunez Munoz Localised Solar Energy Generation and Storage for EV Fleet Charging 2024 Are you interested in applying for a PhD?