Fixed-term tenure-track assistant professor
Department of Management and Production Engineering (DIGEP)
Profile
Research interests
Biography
I am an Assistant Professor at Politecnico di Torino (Italy), Department of Management and Production Engineering. My research focuses on sustainable supply chain management adopting a mix of qualitative and quantitative methods, looking primarily at green supply chains, circular economy, reverse logistics, performance measurement, food supply chains, food distribution and logistics.
Scientific branch
(Area 0009 - Industrial and information engineering)
Research topics
- Advancement of the strategic framing of Weir’s sourcing and circular economy (CE) approach /// The project aims to significantly enhance WEIR’s sustainability and its capability for a more circular business approach, by identifying options to reduce embedded CO2 emissions of sourced materials and products as well as by analyzing circular business models’ options for end-of-life WEIR products within the mining industry. /// Main areas of research interest: supply chain management, circular economy, reverse logistics, environmental sustainability, performance measurement. /// Research methodologies: single case study.
- An eco-intensity based method to assess environmental sustainability performance of multi-tier supply chains /// The project aimed to develop a method to assess the environmental sustainability of multi-tier supply chains thanks to a number of eco-intensity indicators that relate the environmental performance of the supply chain to its economic output. The method is the first to allow assessing the environmental sustainability performance of multi-tier supply chains using primary data sourced from actual practice, while respecting the multiple-organisation nature and non-collaborative characteristics of the majority of real-life supply chains. The method has been operationalised and validated in two different supply chains, from the food and the machineries sector /// Main areas of research interest: supply chain management & logistics, sustainable (environmental) supply chain management, performance measurement /// Research methodologies: systematic literature review, conceptual and mathematical modelling, semi-structured interviews, multiple case studies.
- Large scale demonstration of new circular economy value-chains based on the reuse of end-of-life fiber reinforced composites /// The H2020 FiberEUse research project aims at integrating in a holistic approach different innovation actions aimed at enhancing the profitability of composite recycling and reuse in value-added products. The specific task aims to evaluate the robustness of the innovative circular economy business models, including a probability and risk assessment /// Main areas of research interest: supply chain management, circular economy, circular business models, reverse logistics, environmental sustainability, risk assessment. /// Research methodologies: survey, fuzzy sets, scenario tree analysis, multiple case studies.
- Supporting vulnerable small local farmers in Brazil distribute their products and improve their standard of living /// The research project aimed to support the vulnerable family farmers of Canudos settlement in Brazil to distribute their products through the governmental National School Feeding Program by providing them training on logistical and distribution methods and developing costing tools to support them in the decisions related to their production as well as to their distribution network. /// Main areas of research interest: supply chain management, distribution & logistics, supply chain management for social sustainability, solidarity economy, agro-food supply chains. /// Research methodologies: survey, mathematical programming, single case study.
- Understanding the challenges smallholder farmers are facing towards commercialisation of their produce in developing countries: the case of Malawi /// The research project aimed to gain a deeper understanding of the challenges faced by smallholder Malawian farmers to distribute and commercialise their produce as well as of their root causes, in order to move from a subsistence style of agriculture towards commercial agriculture /// Main areas of research interest: supply chain management, distribution & logistics, supply chain management for social sustainability, solidarity economy, agro-food supply chains. /// Research methodologies: survey, interpretive structural modelling (ISM), single case study.
Skills
ERC sectors
SDG
Open badges
- Learning to Teach (L2T)
Issued by Politecnico di Torino on 16-02-2023
Awards and Honors
- EURO Prize for OR for the Common Good conferred by EURO - The Association of European Operational Research Societies (2022)
- EURO Prize for OR for the Common Good conferred by EURO - The Association of European Operational Research Societies (2022)
Other research or teaching roles outside Politecnico
- Ricercatore, presso University of Strathclyde (1/12/2019-31/3/2022)
- Ricercatore, presso University of Strathclyde (1/4/2018-30/11/2019)
Teaching
Collegi of the degree programmes
- Collegio di Ingegneria Gestionale e della Produzione. Componente invitato
Teachings
PhD
- Research design and methodologies in management engineering. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE E DELLA PRODUZIONE. Teaching assistant
Master of Science
- Sustainable business management. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE (ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT). Collaboratore del corso
- Sustainable business management. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE (ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT). Collaboratore del corso
- Sustainable business management. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE (ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT). Collaboratore del corso
Bachelor of Science
- Logistica di distribuzione. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE. Collaboratore del corso
- Logistica di distribuzione. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE. Collaboratore del corso
- Logistica di distribuzione. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE. Collaboratore del corso
Research
Research projects
Projects funded by commercial contracts
- “CIRCULAR ECONOMY FRAMEWORK FOR WEIR GROUP EQUIPMENT”, (2024-2024) - Responsabile Scientifico
Consulting
Publications
Latest publications View all publications in Porto@Iris
- Tuni, A.; Gutteridge, F.; Ijomah, W. L.; Mirpourian, M. (2024)
Risks in circular business models innovation: A cross-industrial case study for composite materials. In: BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, vol. 33, pp. 2771-2787. ISSN 0964-4733
Contributo su Rivista - Olivero, Francesco; Tuni, Andrea; Priarone, Paolo C.; Morandi, Fabiana; Bassani, Giorgia (2024)
A methodology to assess social sustainability of multi-tier supply chains in the textile industry. In: 14th EDSI Annual Conference, Venezia (Italia), 3 - 5 Giugno 2024
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Cicerelli, Flavia; Paolucci, Emilio; Ravetti, Chiara; Tuni, Andrea (2023)
Innovations for decarbonization under weak regulatory constraints. In: 24th CINet Conference "Taking care of our future: Foresight and innovation for a sustainable world”, Linz (Austria), 17-19 September 2023, pp. 110-121. ISBN: 978-90-77360-26-2
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Cicerelli, Flavia; Paolucci, Emilio; Ravetti, Chiara; Tuni, Andrea (2023)
The role of power asymmetries in implementing multi-tier sustainable supply chains initiatives. In: 30th EurOMA Conference, Leuven, Belgio, 3-5 Luglio 2023
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Tuni, Andrea; Ijomah, Winifred L.; Gutteridge, Fiona; Mirpourian, Maryam; Pfeifer, ... (2023)
Risk assessment for circular business models: A fuzzy Delphi study application for composite materials. In: JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, vol. 389. ISSN 1879-1786
Contributo su Rivista - Tuni, Andrea; Rentizelas, Athanasios (2022)
Improving environmental sustainability in agri-food supply chains: Evidence from an eco-intensity-based method application. In: CLEANER LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN, vol. 5. ISSN 2772-3909
Contributo su Rivista - Tuni, A.; Rentizelas, A.; Chipula, G. (2022)
Barriers to commercialise produce for smallholder farmers in Malawi: An interpretive structural modelling approach. In: JOURNAL OF RURAL STUDIES, vol. 93, pp. 1-17. ISSN 0743-0167
Contributo su Rivista - Ijomah, Winifred L.; Trivyza, Nikoletta L.; Tuni, Andrea; Rentizelas, Athanasios; ... (2022)
Economic and Risk Assessment of New Circular Economy Business Models. In: Systemic Circular Economy Solutions for Fiber Reinforced Composites / S.N., S.L., Springer, pp. 417-443
Contributo in Volume - Tuni, A.; Rentizelas, A.; Chinese, D. (2020)
An integrative approach to assess environmental and economic sustainability in multi-tier supply chains. In: PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL, vol. 31, pp. 861-882. ISSN 0953-7287
Contributo su Rivista - Tuni, Andrea; Rentizelas, Athanasios (2019)
An innovative eco-intensity based method for assessing extended supply chain environmental sustainability. In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS, vol. 217, pp. 126-142. ISSN 0925-5273
Contributo su Rivista