BIOGRAPHY

• Associate Professor in International Business and Supply Chain Management, Bissett School of Business, since 07/01/2023

• Professor in Logistics Management (tenured), International University of Applied Sciences, Germany, 11/12/2018–09/30/2023

• Postdoctoral research, habilitation-candidate (non-tenure track), University of Bremen, Germany, 04/01/2016–11/11/2018

• Interim Professor in Business Administration, Maritime Business and Logistics (non-tenure track), University of Bremen, Germany, 04/01/2015 – 03/31/2016

• Research coordinator (non-tenure track), University of Bremen, Germany, 09/01/2010–03/31/2015

• Graduate research assistant, Institute of Maritime Business and Logistics (ISL), Germany, 11/01/2008–08/31/2010

• Undergraduate research assistant, Institute of Maritime Business and Logistics (ISL), Germany, 06/21/2007–10/31/2008

RESEARCH AND SCHOLARLY WORK

Dr. Dovbischuk research interests revolve around resilient and socially sustainable Global Value Chains (GVC). She amalgamates insights from supply chain and logistics management, international business, and regional and development studies to explore strategies for fostering social sustainability in GVCs, emphasizing information exchange mechanisms and factors that enhance GVC resilience in times of disruption.

Sample Publications
Dovbischuk, I.: Sustainability in logistics service quality: evidence from agri-food supply chain in Ukraine. Sustainability, Vol. 15 No. 4, 3534, https://doi.org/10.3390/su15043534, 2023.

Dovbischuk, I.: Innovation-oriented dynamic capabilities of logistics service providers, dynamic resilience and firm performance during the COVID-19 pandemic, Intern. Journal of Logistics Management, 33 (2), pp. 499-519, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLM-01-2021-0059, 2022.

Dovbischuk, I.: Investigating the interplays between supplier relationship management and the German Supply Chain Act for better sustainability in global value chains, International Journal of Management and Applied Science, 7 (10), pp. 28-32, 2021.

Dovbischuk, I.: Sustainable Firm Performance of Logistics Service Providers along Maritime Supply Chain. Sustainability, 13 (14), 8040, pp. 1-12, https://doi.org/10.3390/su13148040, 2021.

Editorial Activities
Antulov-Fantulin, B.; Campisi, T., Dovbischuk, I.; Slavuj, M. (guest editors): International Scientific Conference “The Science and Development of Transport – Znanost i razvitak prometa – ZIRP 2023”, Transportation Research Procedia, Vol.73, pp.1-344, 2023.

Petrović, M.; Dovbischuk, I.; Cunha, A. L. (Editors): International Scientific Conference “The Science and Development of Transport – Znanost i razvitak prometa – ZIRP 2022”, Transportation Research Procedia, 64 (2022), pp. 1-388, 2022.

Research Grants
Henan International Joint Laboratory for Smart Logistics, China
Role: key international member; Funding body: Henan Province, CAD 58,954, 2022–2026

Logistics Service Quality and Site Attractiveness of Decentralized Territorial Units, Ukraine
Role: collaborator; Funding body: Konrad Adenauer Foundation, CAD 14,778, 2021–2022

Energy Efficiency in Warehousing in Maritime Supply Chains, Germany 
Role: principal investigator, Funding body: German Aerospace Center, CAD 14,778, 2016

Regional and economic cooperation in Cambodia and Vietnam
Role: co-applicant, Funding body: German Agency for International Cooperation, CAD 103,849, 2014–2015

Building and implementing strategic roadmaps for demand-side policy measures to boost demand for industrial Innovations, Germany
Role: collaborator, Funding body: European Commission, CAD 219,367, 2014–2015

Research-based innovation in energy and environmental efficiency through cluster management in production and logistics, Germany
Role: coordinator, Funding body: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, CAD 609,465, 2010–2015

Towards an intermodal transport network through innovative research-driven clusters in regions of organized knowledge, Germany
Role: collaborator, Funding body: European Commission, CAD 2,322,656, 2012–2014

Grants for International Networking Events
Chinese-German symposium: Intelligence, innovation and sustainable development in logistics, Zhengzhou, China
Role: co-organizer, Funding body: German Research Foundation/National Natural Science Foundation of China, CAD 84,340, 10/29–31/2019

Green freight: Traveling conference to China, South Korea, and the Philippines
Role: Organizer; Funding body: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, CAD 36,619, 10/09–13/2017

Urban mobility: Traveling conference to Malaysia, Vietnam, and Thailand
Role: organizer, Funding body: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, CAD 51,306, 02/13–17/2017

Chinese-German symposium: Sino-Euro Logistics Network and its Evolution under the Background of Maritime Silk Road, Dalian, China
Role: co-organizer, Funding body: German Research Foundation/National Natural Science Foundation of China, CAD 34,905, 03/20–23/2016

Sustainable regional development in urban logistics regions: Traveling conference to Vietnam, the Philippines, and Indonesia
Role: organizer; Funding body: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, CAD 52,773, 11/14–25/2015

Chinese-German symposium: Innovative Logistics Management, Bremen, Germany
Role: organizer, Funding body: German Research Foundation/National Natural Science Foundation of China, CAD 84,427, 11/26–28/2014

Reliable hinterland and efficient seaports: Traveling conference to China and Vietnam
Role: organizer; Funding body: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, CAD 72,267, 02/17–24/2014

Chinese-German symposium: Sustainable growth through green and secure logistics, Shanghai, China
Role: co-organizer, Funding body: German Research Foundation/National Natural Science Foundation of China, CAD 29,059, 11/01–03/2012

PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Sample Teaching Experience 
Global Business Environment (INBU 3301)
Global Supply Chain Management (INBU 3304)
Operations Management (LSCM 3403)

Germany
Introduction to Internet of Things (International University of Applied Sciences)
Industrial Supply Chain Management: procurement and distribution (International University of Applied Sciences)
Logistics and production management (International University of Applied Sciences)
Transportation, transhipment and storage technologies (International University of Applied Sciences)
Logistics forecasting and planing (International University of Applied Sciences)
International transport (Bremen City University of Applied Sciences)
Global logistics (University of Bremen)
Transport economics (University of Bremen)
Sustainable value-added processes (University of Bremen)

Other Countries
Strategic Supply Chain Management (University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain)
Transport economics (Dalian Maritime University, China)
Global logistics (Kyiv National Economic University, Ukraine)
Global logistics (National Economic University, Vietnam)

Visiting Professorships
Kyiv National Economic University, Ukraine (12/01/2017–11/12/2018; since 09/09/2019)
Uman National University of Horticulture (since 10/08/2020)

Curriculum Design
Bachelor’s Degree in Management, Major Logistics & Supply Chain Management, Zhongyuan University of Technology, China
Role: co-applicant; Funding body: German Academic Exchange Service, CAD 295,568, 2020–2023

Master’s Degree in Logistics, Kyiv National Economic University, Ukraine
Master’s Degree in Logistics Management, Uman National University of Horticulture, Ukraine
Role: collaborator; Funding body: German Academic Exchange Service, CAD 295,568, 2016–2019

Bachelor’s Degree in Transport and Logistics Management, University of Ngaoundéré, Cameroon
Role: collaborator; Funding body: German Academic Exchange Service, CAD 277,262, 2014–2017

Fact Finding Missions for Joint Educational Projects
Supply Chain Finance, Vietnam & China
Role: collaborator, Funding body: German Academic Exchange Service, CAD 18,158, 12/2018

Green Economy and Sustainable Development, Pakistan & Sri Lanka
Role: co-applicant, Funding body: German Academic Exchange Service, CAD 18,637, 12/2016

Collaboration in science & joint educational projects, Ukraine
Role: principal investigator, self-funded by the University of Bremen, Germany, 05/2015

Green Economy and Sustainable Development, Cameroon
Role: collaborator, Funding body: German Academic Exchange Service, CAD 16,230, 07/2013

University Service
Faculty’s Tenure Committee, 2024–2025
Faculty's Promotion Committee, 2024–2027
MRFA’s Executive Board Member & EDI Officer, 11/26/2024–06/30/2025
MRFA’s Audit and Finance Committee, 2024–2026
MRFA's Rotating Alternate / Member of the Bargaining Committee, 2023–until Agreement ratification

Service to Academic Field of Study
Co-founder, managing director, Asian-German Knowledge Network for Transport and Logistics e.V., Germany, since 11/26/2014
Organizer of multiple international conferences and fact finding missions

Last updated: 01/20/2025