BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Dublin BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20251026T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:GMT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20260329T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:IST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260501T191933Z UID:vMVPdg DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260325T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260325T113000 CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20260223T114008 DESCRIPTION: Seminar Title: Navigating the Publishing Journey: IJOPM Opport unities\, Processes and Avoiding Desk Rejection \n\n Abstract: In this int eractive session\, Professor Jens Roehrich (University of Bath\, UK)\, co Editor in Chief of the Top 3 empirical operations and supply chain managem ent journal\, the International Journal of Operations &\; Production Ma nagement\, offers a look behind the scenes of journal operations - from su bmission pipelines and key performance metrics to diverse publishing oppor tunities for scholars at all career stages. Participants will gain a clear understanding of the editorial process\, including what happens after sub mission\, how papers are evaluated and the most common reasons for desk re jection. The session also provides practical guidance on crafting manuscri pts that resonate with editors and reviewers. It concludes with an open Q& amp\;A\, giving attendees the opportunity to explore questions about publi shing strategy\, journal fit and scholarly development. \n\n Bio: Professo r Jens Roehrich is a Chair in Supply Chain Innovation at the School of Man agement\, University of Bath\, UK. He is also a Visiting Academic at Bayes Business School (UK)\, Politecnico di Milano (POLIMI\; Italy) and Trinity College Dublin (TCD\; Ireland). He is a Co-Editor-in-Chief (EiC) for the International Journal of Operations &\; Production Management (IJOPM)\, an ABS4-ranked empirical operations and supply chain management journal. \n\n Jens grew up in Germany and is an engineer by first degree. He moved to the UK in 2004 and obtained his MSc and PhD degrees from the School of Management\, University of Bath. Subsequently\, he was a researcher at Imp erial College Business School\, Imperial College London\, UK\, before re-j oining the University of Bath in 2011. Between 2017 and 2022\, Jens was th e Director of the HPC Supply Chain Innovation Lab\, an exciting partnershi p between the University of Bath and the EDF\, one of the largest energy p roviders in the world. This funded partnership advanced practice\, policy and science concerning the management of complex supply chains and large p rojects. \n\n Individual and collaborative research activities have emphas ised a research focus on long-term inter-organisational relationship manag ement across public and private organisations. Within this agenda\, signif icant strands of research explore: (i) the interplay of contractual and re lational governance mechanisms\; (ii) procuring and managing complex capit al projects such as public-private partnerships and megaprojects\; (iii) h ow to deal with the dark side of relationships such as conflicts\, coordin ation failure and trust breaches\; and (iv) sustainable supply chain manag ement. His award-winning research is multidisciplinary\, drawing theoretic al inspiration and methodological support from operations\, supply chain a nd project management\, strategy\, innovation management\, healthcare mana gement and public management. Jens has used a variety of methods (with a p articular focus on (longitudinal) case studies and experiments) and data s ources (e.g. rich interviews\, observations\, site visits and workshops\, experimental data\, secondary and contract data). \n\n The interdisciplina ry nature of his research has resulted in publications in not only core op erations\, supply chain and project management journals\, but also publica tions in leading general management\, industrial marketing\, policy/public management and healthcare management outlets. His research has been publi shed in journals such as the Journal of Operations Management\, Production and Operations Management\, Journal of Management Studies\, International Journal of Operations &\; Production Management\, British Journal of M anagement\, Social Science &\; Medicine\, Public Management Review\, an d California Management Review\, among others. \n\n Jens has acted as a vi siting researcher and lecturer at leading institutions such as The Wharton School\, University of Pennsylvania\, Massachusetts Institute of Technolo gy (MIT) in Boston\, W.P. Carey Business School at Arizona State Universit y\, Politecnico di Milano\, Trinity College Dublin and at numerous UK univ ersities. He has carried out award-winning research\, consultancy\, execut ive education and competence development activities with a wide range of p ublic and private sector organisations such as EDF\, Environment Agency\, GKN\, NHS and Maersk. He has also won prizes for his reviewing and Associa te Editor activities\, and he currently acts an Associate Editor for the J ournal of Operations Management\, among others. His insights have been pro filed in\, for instance\, Forbes\, The Times – Raconteur\, APM’s Proje ct Magazine\, CIPS’s Supply Management\, The Conversation and Southwest Business Insider. \n\n Note: Tea\, coffee\, and sandwiches will be provide d in front of Café Jolt (Lower Ground Floor) at 11:30 am. \n\n Photograph s will be taken during this seminar and may be shared on social media. If you do not wish to appear\, please notify tbs.research@tcd.ie. \n LAST-MODIFIED:20260325T134637 LOCATION:Room 436 & via Zoom ORGANIZER:mailto:TBS.Research@tcd.ie SUMMARY:Research Seminar: Prof Jens Roehrich URL;VALUE=URI:https://ti.to/trinity-business-school/research-seminar-jens-r oehrich URL;VALUE=URI:https://ti.to/trinity-business-school/research-seminar-jens-r oehrich END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR