Dr. Sinéad Roden

Biography

Dr. Sinéad Roden is an Associate Professor in Logistics and Supply Management at Trinity Business School. She founded the Masters in Operations and Supply Chain Management and is currently Programme Director. Sinéad previously held the position of Director of Postgraduate Teaching and Learning for Trinity Business School. Before joining Trinity, Sinéad was a Senior Lecturer at Bayes Business School (formerly Cass) in London and a Lecturer at the University of Bath. She holds a Ph.D. in Supply Chain Management from Queen's University Belfast. Sinéad's research coalesces around a number of streams. First, the study of strategic inter-organisational relationships, where she is interested in the governance and development of strategic buyer-supplier relationships and networks, and the role of geopolitical factors and technology. The second stream of research coalesces around the area of risk management and supplier crises, specifically the mitigation of supply chain risk and the impact of supply base characteristics on supply chain disruption recovery. Sinéad's research has been published in a range of leading journals in the field, including Journal of Operations Management, Journal of Supply Chain Management, International Journal of Operations & Production Management, and International Journal of Production Economics. Her paper, "Radical innovations as supply chain disruptions? A paradox between change and stability" was recognised as a top-cited paper in the Journal of Supply Chain Management for papers published in 2022 " 2023. Sinéad is an Associate Editor at the Journal of Supply Chain Management and the International Journal of Operations & Production Management. She also serves as a reviewer for other journals in the area: Journal of Operations Management; Production Planning and Control; Supply Chain Management: An Internal Journal; and, R&D Management. Sinéad has been involved in the delivery of a range of modules at undergraduate, masters, MBA, and Executive levels and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Sinéad is also a visiting lecturer at Bologna Business School.