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Biography
Annika Mies is an Assistant Professor in Operations and Sustainable Systems at Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin. Before joining Trinity, she was an associate researcher at the University of Kassel, Germany, where she completed her PhD on social sustainability and unintended consequences in transformation processes within circular economy contexts. She holds an MSc in Sustainable Economics and Management from the University of Kassel and a BA in Business and Cultural Studies from the University of Duisburg-Essen.
Annika's research examines the complex social and systemic dynamics that emerge in efforts to make operations and supply chains more sustainable. Situated at the intersection of operations management and sustainability, her work focusses on sustainable supply chain management, social sustainability, and sustainability transformations, with particular attention to tensions, unintended consequences and systemic interdependencies. Drawing on qualitative and systems-oriented approaches, her research spans various contexts, including circular economy initiatives, manufacturing transformations, transport and logistics systems and human-technology interactions.
Her work has been published in leading journals, including the Journal of Business Ethics and Business Strategy and the Environment. She is an active member of the academic community, including the European Operations Management Association (EurOMA) and the Academy of Management (AoM). She regularly presents her research at international conferences and serves as a reviewer for journals in operations and supply chain management and business ethics.
At Trinity, Annika teaches Introduction to Operations Management, Global Supply Chain Management and Sustainability Tensions in OSCM. Her teaching is grounded in contemporary research and fosters critical engagement with the complexities and challenges of sustainable operations and supply chain management.
Publications and Further Research Outputs
- Mies A., Bichler-Riedl W., Langer T., Gold S., You Are What You Wear: Sustainability and Profit in the Garment Industry, 2023Case Study, 2023, DOI
- Mies A., Gold S., Mapping the social dimension of the circular economy, Journal of Cleaner Production, 321, 2021, p128960Journal Article, 2021, DOI
- Gruchmann T., Mies A., Neukirchen T., Gold S., Tensions in sustainable warehousing: including the blue-collar perspective on automation and ergonomic workplace design, Journal of Business Economics, 91, (2), 2021, p151--178Journal Article, 2021, DOI
- Bottle collectors between societal exclusion and inclusion in affluent countries in, editor(s)Gold S., Arnold M., Muthuri J.N., Rueda X. , Base of the Pyramid Markets in Affluent Countries, Routledge, 2021, pp63-88 , [Bichler-Riedl W., Mies A., Gold S.]Book Chapter, 2021, URL
- Mies A., Gold S., Transforming the Manufacturing Sector Towards Circular Economy: A Configurational Approach, Business Strategy and the Environment, 34, (8), 2025Journal Article, 2025, DOI
- Mies A., Gruchmann T., Gold S., Conceptualising the Socio-material Context: An Ethical Enquiry into the Contextual Materialisation of Paradoxes in Transport Logistics, Journal of Business Ethics, 203, 2026, p107 - 139Journal Article, 2026, DOI
- Mies A., Transforming towards a sustainable circular economy: exploring the social dimension, actor contribution and emerging paradoxes, University of Kassel, Gemany, 2023Thesis, 2023
- Mies A., Tensions in Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration for Institutionalising Circular Economy, Academy of Management, 2025Conference Paper, 2025, URL
Research Expertise
Corporate social responsibility, Production and operations management, Economics and Business Administration, Business systems in context, Political economy and social change, Transportation, logistics and supply chains,
Recognition
- Outstanding Dissertation Award, University of Kassel, Germany 2023
- Academy of Management (AOM)
- European Operations Management Association (EurOMA)
- Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport Ireland (CILT)
- Reviewer for the Journal of Supply Chain Management, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Journal of Business Ethics, Business Strategy and the Environment, British Journal of Management as well as for the annual EurOMA conferences.