Dr Munim a is Professor of Shipping and Logistics at the University of South-Eastern Norway. His main research interests include Maritime Logistics, Autonomous Ships, Supply Chain Management, Machine Learning, and Learning Analytics. He received the Palgrave Macmillan Best Paper Award at the IAME 2016 Conference in Hamburg and, the KLU Young Researcher Best Paper Award at the IAME 2018 Conference in Mombasa. Dr Munim pursued PhD in International Management at the University of Agder, Norway (concentration in Maritime Economics and Logistics), and MSc in Supply Chain Management at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria (specializations in Transport and Logistics, and Transport Geography Modeling). Apart from that, he holds a Bachelor in Business Administration degree (specialization in Finance) from the Eastern University, Bangladesh. Furthermore, he completed two modules of the Global Challenges in Transport programme at the University of Oxford. He has extensive training in 'Structural Equation Modelling' (SEM) from the University of Oslo and the University of Cambridge. Recently, he served Transport Canada as an external consultant.
Ansvarsområder
Teaching
- Supply Chain Management (SCM2000)
- Introduction to Logistics (ILO 1000), Co-instructor
- Maritime Economics (MEC4001)
Kompetanse
Education
- 2015-2018, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Maritime Logistics, School of Business and Law, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway (AACSB Accredited). Thesis: Essays on Port Competitiveness: Port Efficiency, Governance and Intermodal Transhipment
- 2013-2015, Master of Science in Supply Chain Management (MSc), with Honors, Specialization in Transport Geography Modelling, Transport and Logistics, Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), Vienna, Austria, (AACSB, EQUIS, and AMBA Accredited). Thesis: Analysis of Container Shipping Industry and Forecasting Freight Rates for FE-EU Route
- 2023-2025, Master of Engineering in Autonomous Maritime Operations (MEng), Novia University of Applied Sciences, Turku, Finland. Thesis: Artificial intelligence driven accident risk assessment for autonomous maritime operations.
- 2007-2011, Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), CGPA 3.83/4.00, Major in Finance, Eastern University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Thesis: Financial Performance Analysis of Chittagong Port Authority.
Research Interests
- Autonomous shipping
- Maritime economics
- Maritime logistics
- Green port management
- Supply chian management
- Artificial intelligence, machine learning
- Learning analytics
Methods
- Structural equation modeling
- Linear programming, mixed integer programming
- Bibliometric analysis
- Time series modelling
- Multi-criteria decision-making