Joe Miemczyk is a full professor in sustainability and supply chain management. His research interests include the implementation of circular economy practices in supply chains and networks, sustainable sourcing and supply chains, measuring sustainability performance, as well as the broader challenges of embedding sustainability imperatives into today’s business. Based in London, he teaches these topics as well as operations management across several programmes in the school, from masters to executive education.

Professor Miemczyk has published in numerous international journals, including the International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Production and Operations Management, Journal of Business Ethics, International Journal of Production Research, Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, and many others. He is also a co-author of the book Purchasing and Supply Chain Management: A Sustainability Perspective published by Routledge.

He previously worked at Audencia Business School in Nantes, France, and was a Global Visiting Scholar at Virginia Commonwealth University, USA. He started his academic career at the University of Bath School of Management in the UK, where he took his PhD, researching sustainability and responsive supply chains in the automotive sector. Before academia, he was a business process engineer implementing environmental management systems (ISO14001) in Unipart Group of Companies in the UK and has degrees in environmental science and management.