Nettelbosje 2 9747 AV Groningen Netherlands • tri.tran@rug.nl
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tritrantt/ • ORCID: 0000-0003-1356-0659
Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen
Achievements:
Career progression: tenured (April 2022), promoted to the second stage of assistant professorship (July 2024)
Professionalization: University Teaching Qualification (ca. 60 ECTS) (July 2022), Senior Teaching Qualification (ca. 60 ECTS) (December 2025), PhD Supervision Training (EUROMA 2023)
Teaching recognition: top 5 most valued lecturers (out of ca. 300 lecturers, 2023), top 5 most valued courses (2023), teaching innovation grant (2023)
Research recognition: associate research fellowship (2023), (full) research fellowship (2024)
Service recognition: formal recognition from the faculty board for exceptional contribution (2024)
Leadership: Chair of the university-wide Community of Practice: AI in Education (from 10/2023), course coordinator for four courses per year
WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria
Teaching: (i) incorporate a strategic supply chain simulation into the course design and (ii) run role-play board meetings as an AI-resistant evaluation method
Research: initiated a research project on the resilience benefits of supply chain sustainability with Katja Wölfl
Aalto University School of Business, Espoo, Finland
Redesigned more than 50% of the course Logistics Systems and Analytics
Incorporated a strategic supply chain simulation into the course design
Aalto University School of Business, Espoo, Finland
Teaching and research: Faculty Assistant Scholarship recipient (2016), teaching assistance across 7+ courses (multiple iterations), supervision of two master's theses (2018), organization of PhD research seminars (2017-2020)
Administrative service: Coordination of the campus relocation from Helsinki to Espoo (2018)
Flovio Ltd., Espoo, Finland
The Finnish Defense Research Agency, Finland
CGI Business Consulting Finland
CET Academic Programs, Washington D.C. and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Aalto University School of Business, Espoo, Finland
Dissertation title: In the pursuit of Operational Excellence - Challenges with performance measures and performance estimates (Defense date: 16 April 2021)
Military service break: July 2019 - April 2020
GPA: 5.0/5 (excellent)
Achievements: early graduation despite taking one academic year for the military service and extensive teaching assistance (7 courses)
Aalto University School of Business, Helsinki, Finland
Thesis title: Bayesian-adjusted estimates in project selection - a comparison study of Bayesian and non-Bayesian decision makers with empirical evidence from the pharmaceutical industry
Thesis grade: 5.0/5 (excellent)
GPA: 5.0/5 (excellent, valedictorian)
Achievements: Dean’s List, early graduation by 0.5 years, an extra 30 ECTS with a GPA of 5.0/5.
Aalto University School of Business (Finland) and Ivey Business School, Western University (Canada)
Business project: Cybersecurity
CEMS languages: English (C2.2), Vietnamese (native), Finnish (B1, YKI 3)
Aalto University School of Business
Thesis title: Waiting line management in the service economy
Thesis grade: 5.0/5 (excellent)
GPA: 4.3/5 (good)
Tran, T.M., van Donk, D.P., de Vries, T.A., & Wiengarten, F. (forthcoming). Revisiting the Dark Side of Buyer-Supplier Relationships: Is there light on the other side? Journal of Supply Chain Management (ABS 4, JUFO 3, ABDC: A, SCM List). Accepted Registered Report.
Baars, L. A., Tran, T. M. [1], & Vis, I. F. (2026). Toward Business-to-Business Sharing Economy: Drivers of and Barriers to Sharing Resources of Container Terminals. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management (ABS 3, ABDC: A), 73, 1472 - 1484.
Tran, T. M., Bakajic, M., & Pullman, M. (2025). Teacher’s pet or rebel? Practitioners’ perspectives on the impacts of ChatGPT on course design. Higher Education (JUFO 3), 90, 777-800.
Heeres, T. J., Tran, T. M., & Noort, B. A. (2023). Drivers and barriers to implementing the internet of things in the health care supply chain: Mixed methods multicase study. Journal of Medical Internet Research (Top Healthcare Journal), 25, e48730.
Tran, T., & Kuula, M. (2023). Juggling quality labels with centralised analytics: How the first Nordic triple-crowned business school does it. Studies in Higher Education (ABS 3, JUFO 3), 48(6), 845-863.
[1] Co-first-authors with equal contributions
Meissner, C. & Tran, T.M. (Eds.) (2025). Navigating Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Education: Pathways to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Published.
Designed and led a one-week summer school on AI in Higher Education (7–11 July 2025), in collaboration with Educational Support and Innovation (ESI) and the Jantina Tammes School of Digital Society, Technology & AI
Program attracted educators from Europe, Asia, and South America
Lead a university-wide community of 100+ members across faculties and stakeholder groups, including educators, policymakers, educational experts, and program directors
Initiate and coordinate university-level initiatives addressing strategic and operational challenges related to AI in education
Contributed to institutional and regional policy development on AI and large language models in higher education
AI in Thesis (December 2025): University-wide event for program directors, thesis coordinators, and supervisors
AI Impacts on Education (December 2025): Training session for Honours College students
Legitimacy of Higher Education in the AI Era (October 2025): Training session within the Educational Leadership Program (University of Twente & University of Groningen)
Educational Quality in the AI Era (October 2024): Two training sessions for educators at Uppsala University
Future Roles of Teachers in Higher Education: Invited session within the Mammoth project (Centre for Learning and Teaching, Faculty of Science and Engineering)
AI for Beginners (November-December 2023): Four training sessions for educators, Faculty of Arts, University of Groningen
Education Festival (2023-2026): Recurrent invited sessions on AI in education
2024 Research Fellowship, FEBRI Research School, University of Groningen (RuG)
2023 Associate Research Fellowship, FEBRI Research School, RuG
2023 Top 5 most valued lecturers, Faculty of Economics and Business, RuG
2023 Top 5 best courses, Faculty of Economics and Business, RuG
2023 Appointed Leader of the Community of Practice: AI in Education, Teaching Academy of Groningen, RuG
2017 Dean’s List Scholarship, Aalto University School of Business
2026-2027 Network Grant for AI in Education, Role: Co-PI, ENLIGHT Alliance, €200,000
2025-2026 Building resilience in humanitarian supply chain management through non-probabilistic decision making, Role: Co-PI, British Academy, €11,500
2024-2025 Resilient Healthcare Supply Chain Management through Risk-Seeking Decision-Making: A Multi-Method Research Project, Role: Co-PI, British Academy, €11,500
2022, Teaching Innovation Grant: Incorporating Sustainability and Research Ethics into Research Methods for Supply Chain Management, Role: PI, University of Groningen, €3,000
2019-2021, The Linkages between Safety and Operational Performance in Manufacturing Firms, Role: PI, Marcus Wallenberg Foundation, €24,000
2018-2019 The Linkages between Safety and Operational Performance in Manufacturing Firms, Role: PI, Helsinki School of Economics, €10,940
2017-2018, The Linkages between Safety and Operational Performance in Manufacturing Firms, Role: PI, Foundation for Economics Education, €10,925
WU Vienna (Vienna University of Economics and Business)
Supply Chain Strategy (master’s)
Class size: ca. 80
Delivery methods: lectures and synchronous virtual classroom
Sessions taught: 2 online lectures and 2 role-play boardroom presentations (F2025), 2 lectures (F2024), 2 online lectures (F2023)
Department of Information and Service Management
Aalto University School of Business
Logistics Systems and Analytics (master’s)
Class size: ca. 30
Delivery methods: lectures and discussions
Sessions taught: 10 (F2023)
Process Analysis and Management (bachelor’s)
Class size: ca. 50
Delivery methods: synchronous virtual classroom
Sessions taught: 10 (F2020)
Enterprise Applications (bachelor’s)
Class size: ca. 100
Delivery methods: lectures, computer tutorials
Sessions taught: 5 (F2016, S2017)
Department of Operations
Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen
Supply Chain Management Fundamentals (master’s)
Class size: ca. 120 (Fall) and ca. 50 (Spring)
Delivery methods: asynchronous video, lectures, role-play boardroom meetings
Sessions taught: 1 asynchronous video, 6 tutorials (F2024), 4 tutorials (S2025), 19 team meetings (F2024), 9 team meetings (S2025)
Logistics and Supply Chain Operations (master’s)
Class size: ca. 120
Delivery methods: lectures and computer tutorials
Sessions taught: 4x5 (F2021, F2022, F2023)
Strategic Supply Chain Management (master’s)
Class size: ca. 120 (Fall) and 80 (Spring)
Delivery methods: lectures, simulation, role-play boardroom meetings
Sessions taught: 6 (F2021, S2022, F2022, S2023, F2023, S2024)
Research Methods for Supply Chain Management (master’s)
Class size: ca. 120 (Fall) and 50 (Spring)
Delivery methods: lectures
Sessions taught: 12 (F2021, F2022, F2023, F2024), 9 (S2022, S2023), 6 (S2024)
Research Proposal for Supply Chain Management (master’s)
Class size: ca. 120 (Fall) and 50 (Spring)
Delivery methods: lectures, tutorials, asynchronous videos and podcasts
Sessions taught: 6 (F2021, S2022, F2022, S2023, F2023, S2024, F2024, S2025)
Humanitarian Supply Chain Management (master’s)
Class size: ca. 25
Delivery methods: lectures and discussions
Sessions taught: 3 (S2022, S2023), 10 (S2024, S2025)
Operations and Logistics Management (bachelor’s)
Class size: ca. 200
Delivery methods: lectures, tutorials, computer practicals
Sessions taught: 13 (F2025)
Global Supply Chain Management (bachelor’s)
Class size: ca. 150
Delivery methods: lectures
Sessions taught: 18 (F2021), 9 (F2022)
Operations and Logistics Management (bachelor’s)
Class size: ca. 200
Delivery methods: lectures
Sessions taught: 12 (F2025)
Organization Committee, EurOMA Conference 2019 in Helsinki, Finland
International Journal of Operations & Production Management
IEEE Engineering Management Review
EurOMA Conference 2026
EurOMA Conference 2022
EurOMA Conference 2019