The new common, 2021 (22-4-21)

Hein Fleuren is a Professor of Business Analytics and Operations Research (BA/OR) in Logistics at Tilburg University (The Netherlands) and is the Co-Founder and Director of the Zero Hunger Lab where Data Science helps to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 2 – Zero Hunger by 2030. In 2010, Hein changed his research focus to humanitarian supply chains because the same business analytics methods can be used with financial benefits for a company as well as for humanity as a whole. Together with his Master’s thesis students, Hein has initiated a research program at the United Nations – World Food Programme (WFP). This research has contributed a lot to the efficiency of the food supply chains of the WFP and the impact is huge. In 2012, Hein was part of the winning TNT Express team of the prestigious Franz Edelman award in Los Angeles with Tilburg University. In 2018, Hein, together with his Ph.D. researcher Koen Peters, won the DCHI Award for Humanitarian Innovation. He has previously worked for Philips Electronics, Deutsche Post AG, and TNT Express. Hein Fleuren’s main specialization is transport & distribution and in particular express networks.