Thesis - Research Topics Doctorate Transport

In the admission process, Doctorate Supervisor will assign a tutor to the Doctoral Student, who will be the responsible to coordinate the student activities in the Doctorate.

Furthermore, a Thesis Supervisor (Director) is assigned.

1. Thesis Supervisor will guide the student in thesis planning; he is the ultimately responsible for thesis consistency and novelty
2. Thesis Supervisor can be selected by the student from the EENI team of doctors or freely by the student if he has a Doctoral degree
3. Tutor and Supervisor can match
4. Co-direction of the thesis is also allowed

Research Work and Thesis Plan (40 ECTS) of the Doctorate in Global Transportation & Logistics.

With Thesis Supervisor support, Doctoral Student must perform the appropriate research that will lead to the realization of his thesis plan. Doctoral Student must prepare and submit a thesis plan, which, as a minimum, should include the provisional thesis title, objectives pursued, methodology to be used, means and schedule.

Doctoral Student must study the “Research methodology” module, which will introduce to the thesis preparation method.

EENI highly appreciates that the thesis results could benefit to the global logistics value chains

Thesis and Thesis Defense (120 ECTS).

Under the supervision of Thesis Supervisor, Doctoral Student develops and presents the research results. Doctoral Student can select their subject areas within the research parameters proposed by EENI, creating a thesis that must be completely original and own, which will be published on the EENI platform set up for this purpose.

The Directorate may authorise the thesis deposit like a compendium of publications if the requirements established by the Directorate are fulfilled.

Thesis Defense by video conference.

The objective of the “AI for Global Trade” module is to analyze the unstoppable disruptive potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in transportation, international logistics, the global supply chain, inventory management, and customs procedures.

Large companies are developing intelligent supply chains powered by Artificial Intelligence, optimizing global supply chains through route optimization, risk management, and warehouse automation, as well as improving the transparency of their processes through AI.

1. Introduction to AI in Global Business
2. AI Technologies and Tools for International Business
3. AI and Global Trade
4. AI in Global Strategy and Decision-Making
5. AI in Global Supply Chain Management
6. AI in International Marketing and Customer Insights
7. AI and Cross-Cultural Management
8. AI in Global Finance and Risk Management
9. Ethical and Regulatory Considerations in Global AI
10. AI for Sustainability in International Business
11. Future Trends in AI & International Business

Some of the research topics related to the Doctorate.

1. Features and progress of the different types of International Transport of goods: air, maritime, rail, road and combined / multimodal
2. Sectoral, global and regional analysis of logistics sector
3. Role and projects developed by the main organizations related to global transport
   1. International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA)
   2. International Maritime Organization (IMO)
   3. International Chamber of Shipping
   4. International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
   5. International Association of Air Transport (IATA)
   6. International Road Transport Union (IRU)
   7. International Union of Railways (UIC)
   8. Intergovernmental Organization for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF)
4. Main conventions related to International Transport (CIM, CMR, Rotterdam, Hamburg, COTIF)
5. Analysis of the main logistic projects in the world (Euro-Asian logistics networks, African corridors...)
6. Development of new transnational / regional logistics projects
7. Physical and legislative integration of different logistics systems
8. Containerization and stowage of goods
9. Features and tendencies to digitalization of International Transport documents (e-Bill of Lading B/L, AWB...)
10. Development of new digital value-added services for the logistics sector
11. Optimization of logistics costs in Foreign Trade operations
12. Trade Facilitation programs related to International Logistics
13. Optimizing global supply chains with AI (route optimization, risk management, warehouse automation)
14. AI applications in logistics, customs procedures, inventory management, and demand forecasting