Projects per year
Personal profile
Research Interests
I am passionate about both, research and teaching on supply chains, logistics, and operations. In particular, I am interested in creating knowledge on sustainable supply chains that are economically viable, environmentally friendly, socially responsible (in line with SDG12), as well as robust and resilient to an occurrence of unexpected events. My key research area is focused, but not limited to food supply chains and related industries.
By now, I have authored and co-authored several peer-reviewed articles published in international journals and book chapters.
Teaching
I joined Queen’s University Business School/Queen’s University Belfast in October 2012. Since then, I have taught logistics, supply chain and operations management courses in management undergraduate and postgraduate programmes (in line with PRME), coordinated research seminars for the Management Group and supervised post-graduate and PhD students. Furthermore, I taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the area of logistics, operations and supply chain management at the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering (Serbia) as well as in international, specialized, agri-food MBA programs.
Over the years in QMS, I was teaching following modules:
- MGT 7105 Global logistics and supply chains, which I upgraded in 2018 to Sustainable supply chains and networks, part of MSc International Business programme
- MGT 2005 Operations Management, UG module in BSc Business Management programme
- MGT 9202 Consultancy projects
- MFT 7106 Contemporary issues in operations and supply chains
To date I supervised more than 50 MS dissertations, consultancy projects and academic research projects.
In 2023/2024 I designed two new UG modules:
- Sustainable operations management
- Contemporary operations management
Particulars
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (FCILT)
Fellow of the Higher Education (FHEA)
Certification in Mentoring and Coaching (SEDA)
Keywords
- HD28 Management. Industrial Management
- Supply chain management
- Operations management
- Circular economy
- Logistics management
- TS Manufactures
- Production
- Operations performance
- Process
- Technology
- Digitalisation
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 2 Active
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R1726GFS: Transparency solutions for transforming the food system
Brereton, P. (PI), Gillan, C. (CoI), Hutchinson, G. (CoI), McCarthy, D. (CoI), Smyth, B. (CoI), Vlajic, J. (CoI) & Woodside, J. (CoI)
28/09/2022 → …
Project: Research
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R1690GFS: Sus-Health. Sustainable and Healthy diets for all
Brereton, P. (PI), Hutchinson, G. (CoI), Nugent, A. (CoI), Smyth, B. (CoI), Vlajic, J. (CoI) & Woodside, J. (CoI)
20/07/2022 → …
Project: Research
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Consumer preferences for simultaneous presentation of nutrition and environmental labelling. Evidence from a discrete choice experiment at UK scale
Fu, R., Jin, S., Areal, F., Brereton, P., Woodside, J. V., Vlajic, J., Smyth, B., Nugent, A. P., Livingstone, D., Hutchinson, G., Thomas, E. L., Lindberg, L. & Frewer, L. J., Sept 2026, In: Food quality and preference. 143, 14 p., 105932.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Consumer attitudes to combined sustainability and nutrition labelling of foods: an exploratory study
Collins, O., Higgins, K., Karbo, R. T., Clark, B., Sari, N., Raley, M., Fu, R., Areal , F., Thomas, E. L., Vlajic, J., Smyth, B., Livingstone, J., Lindberg, L., Hutchinson, G., Thompson, A., Woodside, J. V., Nugent, A. P., Brereton, P. & Frewer, L. J., 12 Nov 2025, In: International Journal of Consumer Studies. 49, 6, 19 p., e70139.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Developing the Sus-Health Index: a combined measure for describing environmental impact and nutritive value of foods and meals
Grigoriadis, V., Thomas, E. L., Brereton, P., Woodside, J. V., Nugent, A. P., Smyth, B., Hutchinson, W. G., Vlajic, J., Areal Borrego, F., Collins, O., Sari, N., Fu, R. & Frewer, L. J., 18 Sept 2025, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 380, 1935, 20240160.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ensuring robust and resilient industrial symbiosis network: a case of the dairy industry
Ramakrishnan, V., Vlajic, J. & Graham, B., 06 Apr 2025, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Logistics (ISL) 2025.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Integrating lean, green, and circular thinking in food and beverage supply chains
Vlajic, J., Oltra-Mestre, M. J. & Coughlan, P., 27 Mar 2025, p. 1-10. 10 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
Prizes
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Member of the Program Committee
Vlajic, J. (Recipient), 24 May 2019
Prize: National/international honour
Activities
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Sir Bernard Crossland Presentation & Poster Competition
McMullan, M. (Contributor), Vlajic, J. (Advisor), Soban, D. (Advisor), Yousif, M. (Advisor) & Smyth, B. (Advisor)
21 Jan 2026Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in Festival/Exhibition
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PRME Chapter UK & Ireland Annual Conference 2025
Steele, L. (Conference committee co-chair), Currie, D. (Conference committee co-chair), Tagg, K. (Conference committee co-chair), Bradley, L. (Member of the organising committee), Hanna, A. (Member of the organising committee), Graham, S. (Member of the organising committee), He, X. (Member of the organising committee), Melo, S. (Member of the organising committee), McClure, S. (Member of the organising committee), Mazzola, L. (Member of the organising committee), Schroeder-Altmann, H. (Member of the organising committee) & Vlajic, J. (Member of the organising committee)
18 Jun 2025 → 19 Jun 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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QBS Business Breakfast Insights - Sustainability 2030 and Beyond
McCandless, J. (Organiser), Steele, L. (Organiser), Graham, S. (Invited speaker), He, X. (Invited speaker), Mazzola, L. (Invited speaker), Stewart, E. (Invited speaker) & Vlajic, J. (Invited speaker)
13 Feb 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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The Sus-health index: composition, presentation and application to meals
Livingstone, J. (Speaker), Brereton, P. (Contributor), Smyth, B. (Contributor), Grigoriadis, V. (Contributor), Nugent, A. (Contributor), Woodside, J. (Contributor), Hutchinson, G. (Contributor), Thomas, E. L. (Contributor), Lindberg, L. (Contributor), Vlajic, J. (Contributor), Areal , F. (Contributor), sari, N. (Contributor), fu, R. (Contributor) & Frewer, L. (Contributor)
13 Nov 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Environmental LCA and nutritional data to support healthier consumer choices for people and planet
Smyth, B. (Speaker), Grigoriadis, V. (Contributor), Livingstone, J. (Contributor), Thomas, E. L. (Contributor), Brereton, P. (Contributor), Woodside, J. (Contributor), Nugent, A. (Contributor), Hutchinson, G. (Contributor), Vlajic, J. (Contributor), Areal , F. (Contributor), Collins, O. (Contributor), Sari, N. (Contributor) & Frewer, L. J. (Contributor)
08 Nov 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Press/Media
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Potential for the creation of international agri -food supply chains in the Western Balkan region. Developing circular economy to achieve economic, environmental and social sustainability
06/04/2022
1 item of Media coverage, 1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Jelena Vlajic, QUB - Risks and disturbance management in supply chains
16/05/2019
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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Women in the Spotlight: Researching the SMEs of Northern Ireland’s Food Sector
23/03/2017
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Why study international business?
15/06/2016
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities