Manoj Dora

Professor Manoj Dora is a distinguished academic at Anglia Ruskin University, serving as Professor in Sustainable Production and Consumption and Director of the Centre for Intelligent Supply Chains within the Faculty of Business and Law. His interdisciplinary research bridges operations and supply chain management with environmental sciences and applied economics, creating significant impact on policy and business practices globally.

With core expertise in sustainable management, circular economy, and food supply chains, Professor Dora's work focuses on transitioning from linear industrial models to circular systems. His research demonstrates how operational excellence tools combined with Industry 4.0 technologies can create connected supply chains that achieve zero-waste objectives. He has particular interest in lean operations, data-driven supply chains, and participatory methods for value chain analysis.

Professor Dora's research portfolio reveals a clear trend toward integrating digital technologies with sustainability goals across supply chains. His work increasingly focuses on blockchain implementation, artificial intelligence adoption, and big data analytics as enablers of circular economy practices. The publications span food systems, healthcare, humanitarian logistics, and manufacturing, demonstrating his cross-sectoral approach to sustainable operations.

• Consulting Editor, International Journal of Management Reviews
• Member, British Academy of Management
• Recipient of multiple student-led best lecturer/supervisor awards

Professor Dora actively supervises research in lean management, sustainable supply chains, modern slavery, circular economy, and Industry 4.0. His significant research funding includes projects with CGIAR ($200,000), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ($981,054), UKRI-BBSRC (£5 million), and multiple British Council Newton Fund grants addressing food security, blockchain implementation, and lean humanitarian logistics across the UK, Asia, Latin America, and Africa.

He leads the Centre for Intelligent Supply Chains, which fosters collaborative research co-designed with challenge owners and multi-stakeholders to address real-world problems. His work with the Wohl Clean Growth Alliance focuses on developing circular pathways for sustainable food economies in Israel and the UK.