Research Seminar: Prof Jens Roehrich
Dear all,
Join us in welcoming Prof Jens Roehrich from the University of Bath to Trinity Business School on Wednesday, 25th of March 2026.
- The seminar will take place in room 436 and via Zoom between 10 - 11:30 am.
- Tea, coffee, and sandwiches will be provided in front of Café Jolt (Lower Ground Floor) at 11:30 am.
Please REGISTER HERE.
Seminar Title: Navigating the Publishing Journey: IJOPM Opportunities, Processes and Avoiding Desk Rejection
Abstract: In this interactive session, Professor Jens Roehrich (University of Bath, UK), co Editor in Chief of the Top 3 empirical operations and supply chain management journal, the International Journal of Operations & Production Management, offers a look behind the scenes of journal operations - from submission pipelines and key performance metrics to diverse publishing opportunities for scholars at all career stages. Participants will gain a clear understanding of the editorial process, including what happens after submission, how papers are evaluated and the most common reasons for desk rejection. The session also provides practical guidance on crafting manuscripts that resonate with editors and reviewers. It concludes with an open Q&A, giving attendees the opportunity to explore questions about publishing strategy, journal fit and scholarly development.
Bio: Professor Jens Roehrich is a Chair in Supply Chain Innovation at the School of Management, 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.
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 Imperial College Business School, Imperial College London, UK, before re-joining the University of Bath in 2011. Between 2017 and 2022, Jens was the Director of the HPC Supply Chain Innovation Lab, an exciting partnership between the University of Bath and the EDF, one of the largest energy providers in the world. This funded partnership advanced practice, policy and science concerning the management of complex supply chains and large projects.
Individual and collaborative research activities have emphasised a research focus on long-term inter-organisational relationship management across public and private organisations. Within this agenda, significant strands of research explore: (i) the interplay of contractual and relational governance mechanisms; (ii) procuring and managing complex capital projects such as public-private partnerships and megaprojects; (iii) how to deal with the dark side of relationships such as conflicts, coordination failure and trust breaches; and (iv) sustainable supply chain management. His award-winning research is multidisciplinary, drawing theoretical inspiration and methodological support from operations, supply chain and project management, strategy, innovation management, healthcare management and public management. Jens has used a variety of methods (with a particular focus on (longitudinal) case studies and experiments) and data sources (e.g. rich interviews, observations, site visits and workshops, experimental data, secondary and contract data).
The interdisciplinary nature of his research has resulted in publications in not only core operations, supply chain and project management journals, but also publications in leading general management, industrial marketing, policy/public management and healthcare management outlets. His research has been published 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 Management, Social Science & Medicine, Public Management Review, and California Management Review, among others.
Jens has acted as a visiting researcher and lecturer at leading institutions such as The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston, W.P. Carey Business School at Arizona State University, Politecnico di Milano, Trinity College Dublin and at numerous UK universities. He has carried out award-winning research, consultancy, executive education and competence development activities with a wide range of public and private sector organisations such as EDF, Environment Agency, GKN, NHS and Maersk. He has also won prizes for his reviewing and Associate Editor activities, and he currently acts an Associate Editor for the Journal of Operations Management, among others. His insights have been profiled in, for instance, Forbes, The Times – Raconteur, APM’s Project Magazine, CIPS’s Supply Management, The Conversation and Southwest Business Insider.
Photographs 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.