Patrick Hirsch

Patrick Hirsch is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Production and Logistics, part of the Department of Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna. He serves as Head of the Institute of Production and Logistics since 2025 and has coordinated doctoral programs in Social and Economic Sciences since 2017.

His research focuses on Sustainable Logistics, Operations Research, and Disaster Management, with specializations in

• Health Care Logistics
• Humanitarian Supply Chains
• Urban Mobility
• Food Security
• Cybersecurity in Logistics
• Green Logistics

Recent publications highlight his work in 2025-2023 on:

• Cloud Resource Optimization
• Disaster Response Logistics
• Container Terminal Storage
• Cyberattack Resilience
• Home Health Care Scheduling

His team also explores deep learning for cargo inspection and hybrid simulation modeling for pandemic and climate-related disruptions.

Scientific awards include:

• BOKU Best Paper Award (2024)
• ITOR runner-up Best Paper (2023)
• Raiffeisen Science Award (2014)
• Multiple Early-Career Prizes

Dr. Hirsch leads 13 active research projects funded by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency and Oesterreichische Nationalbank, including initiatives on food supply resilience, internet outage cascading effects, and blockchain in logistics security. He supervises collaborative theses and contributes to policy development through institutions like the ITA - Institut für Technikfolgen-Abschätzung.