Upcoming Events

First POMS Mini-Conference on Humanitarian Operations & Crisis Management

04/19/2012

Three researchers from the Humanitarian and Non-Profit Logistics Initiative at NU will be in attendance at the inaugural Production and Operations Management College Conference on humanitarian operations.

Social Media in Emergency Management: Transforming the Response Enterprise (WEBCAST)

11/10/2011

The Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars featured Prof. Smilowitz in this panel discussion. Click to watch the full webcast.

Recent News

CCITT Final Report published

03/10/2013

The final report for our 2011-2012 project, "Integration of Real-Time Mapping Technology in Disaster Relief Distribution," is now available.

IEMS Senior Design Team Earns Honorable Mention for National Award

10/31/2012

Recent IE graduates Alex Ma, Alex Huang, Sara Schmidt, Nancy Xu, and Brandon Zhang received an honorable mention for their senior design project, "Integration of Real Time Data in Urban Search and Rescue."

Introduction

Humanitarian logistics involves the coordination of people, organizations, and materials to deliver goods and services to people in need. Non-profit logistics focuses on the operations of non-profit organizations at local, regional and national levels.

At Northwestern University, researchers are actively engaging in many areas of humanitarian and non-profit logistics, including disaster relief, emergency response, hunger relief, and mobile health clinics. Projects focus on approaches to develop and apply modeling and solution technology to promote welfare and equity through the efficient delivery of goods and services. This work involves close partnerships with organizations in the field to solve the complex problems that arise in humanitarian and non-profit logistics.

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