Profile

Jiayao Hu joined Newcastle University Business School in September 2020 as a Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management. He is an active researcher in sustainable supply chain, circular economy, and operations strategy. His works have been published and presented at world-leading journals and prestige conferences. Dr Jiayao serves as an Editorial Review Board member for the International Journal of Logistics: Research and Application. He also acts as a reviewer for the International Journal of Operations and Production Management, International Journal of Production Economics, Transportation Research Part E, Resources, Conservation & Recycling, and other journals. Before joining Newcastle University, Dr Jiayao Hu worked at Coventry University as a lecturer and an associate member of the Centre for Business in Society. 

Qualifications

• 2018 Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
• 2018 PGcert in Learning and Teaching in HE
• 2017 PhD in Business and Management, University of Nottingham 
• 2012 MSc in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, University of Nottingham
• 2011 BBA in Asia Pacific Management, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University

Roles and Membership

• DPD: 5154F MSc Operations, Logistics & Supply Chain Management
• Deputy DPD: 4120F MSc Operations Management (Dual Awards)
• Stage 2 Coordinator: NN52 Marketing and Management BSc Honours
• FHEA
• Editorial Advisory Board: International Journal of Logistics: Research and Application
• Editorial Board: World Review of Intermodal Transportation Research 

Research Interests

• Sustainable Supply Chain
• Circular Economy
• Healthcare Supply Chain
• Supply Chain Quality
• Vehicle Routing Problem

Awards

• Excellent Presentation Award: The 10th International Conference on Systematic Innovation (2019)
• Best Paper: The 10th International Conference on Operations and Supply Chain Management (2016)

PhD Supervision

Dr Jiayao Hu encourages queries and applications in his research areas. 

Undergraduate Teaching

BUS2029/2129/2032/2034 Operations Strategy and Management 

MKT1999 Academic Tutoring 

Postgraduate Teaching

NBS8062/8269/8372/8901 Research Methods

NBS8300 Dissertation (OLSCM)

NBS8399 Dissertation (Dual Awards)

NBS8342 Sustainable Supply Chain Management

NBS8976 Strategic Marketing, Operations and Supply Chain

• Articles

  • Zhu H, Hu J, Yang Y. Towards a circular supply chain for retired electric vehicle batteries: A systematic literature review. International Journal of Production Economics 2025, 282, 109556.
  • Lee SY, Hu J, Lim MK. Revisiting circular economy indicators: A circular supply chain perspective. Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management 2024, 30(4), 100941.
  • Chang H-L, Liu Y-L, Keng C-J, Jiang H-L, Hu J. Challenges of industrial wastewater treatment: utilizing Membrane bioreactors (MBRs) in conjunction with artificial intelligence (AI) technology. Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering 2024, 41(5), 422-427.
  • Lee SY, Hu J, Lim MK. Maximising the circular economy and sustainability outcomes: An end-of-life tyre recycling outlets selection model. International Journal of Production Economics 2021, 232, 107965.
  • Zhan Y, Han R, Tse YK, Ali MH, Hu J. A Social Media Analytic Framework for Improving Operations and Service Management: A Study of theRetail Pharmacy Industry. Technological Forecasting and Social Change 2021, 163, 120504.
  • Liu G, Hu J, Yang Y, Xia S, Lim MK. Vehicle Routing Problem in Cold Chain Logistics: a Joint Distribution Model with Carbon Trading Mechanisms. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 2020, 156, 104715.
  • Jen CT, Hu J, Zheng J, Xiao LL. The Impacts of Corporate Governance Mechanisms on Knowledge Sharing and Supply Chain Performance. International Journal of Logistics: Research and Applications 2020, 23(4), 337-353.
  • Tsai FM, Bui T, Tseng ML, Lim MK, Hu J. Municipal solid waste management in a circular economy: A data-driven bibliometric analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production 2020, 275, 124132.
  • Li Y, Lim MK, Hu J, Tseng M. Investigating the Effect of Carbon Tax and Carbon Quota Policy to Achieve Low Carbon Logistics Operations. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 2020, 154, 104535.
  • Hu J, Liu Y, Yuen T, Lim MK, Hu J. Do Green Practices Really Attract Customers? The Sharing Economy from the Sustainable Supply Chain Management Perspective. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 2019, 149, 177-187.
  • Tseng ML, Wu KJ, Hu J, Wang CH. Decision-Making Model on Sustainable Supply Chain Finance under Uncertainties. International Journal of Production Economics 2018, 205, 30-36.
  • Wu KJ, Liao CJ, Tseng ML, Hu J, Lim MK, Tan K. Toward Sustainability: Using Big Data to Explore Decisive Supply Chain Risk Factors Under Uncertainty. Journal of Cleaner Production 2017, 142(Part 2), 663-676.
  • Lin MH, Hu J, Tseng ML, Chiu ASF, Lin CY. Sustainable Development in Technological and Vocational Higher Education: Balanced Scorecard Measures with Uncertainty. Journal of Cleaner Production 2016, 120, 1-12.

• Book Chapters

  • Hu J, Lim MK, Tan KH, Tseng ML. Big Data Application in Sustainable Supply Chains: A Transportation Industry Case. In: Sarkis J, ed. Handbook on the Sustainable Supply Chain. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019, pp.429-443.
  • Wu KJ, Cui L, Tseng ML, Hu J, Huy PM. Applying Big Data with fuzzy DEMATEL to discover the critical factors for employee engagement in developing sustainability for the hospitality industry: Multi-Criteria Decision Making/Group Decision Making. In: Chan,HK;Subramanian,N;Abdulrahman,MD, ed. Supply Chain Management in the Big Data Era. IGI Global, 2017, pp.218-253.