Revenue Management / Supply Chain Management PhD Fellowships awarded each academic year by the Department of Management Science
Dr Joern Meissner, Department of Management Science, Lancaster University

Dr Joern Meissner at Lancaster University Management School (UK) is looking to recruit excellent doctoral students with a strong background in mathematics, statistics or computer science. Entry requirement for the program is a university degree with a substantial quantitative component, ideally a degree in a mathematical or statistical subject. A preparedness to develop computer-programming skills is essential and training will be given as necessary.

Potential Research Topics
Dr Joern Meissner’s research group is primarily interested in optimal policies, coordination and equilibria in the area of Revenue Management and Supply Chain Management (SCM). A potential topic in Revenue Management could be to evaluate the impact of the Fare Structure on Revenue Management problems. A potential research in the area of Supply Chain Management could, for example, focus on mathematical models to determine the benefit of collaboration between producer and distributor to improve Supply Chain performance. Please keep in mind that these are just examples, we are regularly asked by our industrial collaboration partners to help them solve operational problems, which has proven to be a good source for interesting research of high impact. While most dissertation topics are inspired by joint projects with our industrial partners, please feel free to suggest any other topic of your interest within the realm of Supply Chain and Revenue Management (see how to proceed below).

Compensation
Accepted candidates will receive a tuition waiver and a scholarship of around £12,000 per annum (tax free!).

Advantages
Compared to equivalent positions in other countries, the administrative workload for doctoral candidates is relatively less demanding in the UK. Students are required to work only 200 hours per year for the department (that’s not a typo – it’s only around 4 hours per week!). The intention is that doctoral students should really focus on their research rather than spending time in administration and teaching. Further, the academic system in the UK gives strong incentives to academic institutions to graduate PhD students within 3 years of studying. There are financial penalties for the department for every student who stays longer! This means everybody is very committed to providing you with the resources you need and to helping you to finish within that time frame.

About the department
The Department of Management Science at Lancaster University Management School is one of the largest Operational Research and Systems groups in Europe. It has a worldwide reputation as an international center of excellence, with students from many countries undertaking research on the Doctoral Program.

About the school
Lancaster University Management School is one of only two Management Schools in the United Kingdom whose research output is rated 6 star by the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), the only government-sponsored ranking of research quality in UK universities (the other one is London Business School). The PhD program is ranked 2nd jointly in the UK and 9th in the world for PhD programs by the Financial Times in 2006. In addition, the school’s full-time MBA program is ranked amongst the world’s top 30 by the FT. Lancaster University Management School is accredited by AMBA (UK) and EQUIS (Europe) and in the process of obtaining the AACSB (USA) accreditation, making it one of only a handful of triply accredited schools worldwide.

More information and how to proceed
Further information and instructions how to submit your application are available under the tab ‘Jobs’ at the website: http://www.meiss.com