Lauri
Ojala
Professor, Operations & Supply Chain Management
Areas of expertise
International logistics
maritime & port economics and supply chain management
Biography
Dr. Lauri Ojala is Professor of Logistics at the Turku School of Economics, University of Turku (FI) since 1997. Adjunct Professor of Logistics at Linköping University (SE) and at National Defence University (FI). CEO of logscale oy, a supply chain compliance consultancy.
He has worked as an expert e.g. for The World Bank, EC, ADB, OECD and UNECE, and for Ministries of Transport of several countries. Initiator of WB’s biennial Logistics Performance Index since 2007. He also heads the biennial Finnish Logistics Surveys, which comprise the largest national logistics survey database in the world.
Since 2006, Project Director of five EU-projects with a combined volume of 16+ M€, incl. Baltic Sea Region projects HAZARD on Seaport Safety & Security in 2016-2019 and OIL SPILL on combatting coastal oil spills in 2018-2021.
Publications
Road and Island Ferry Traffic Governance and Markets in the Central Baltic Region (2025)
(D4 Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti tai -selvitys )Suomen satamien lastinkäsittelykapasiteetti (Cargo handling capacity of Finnish seaports) (2025)
(C1 Tieteellinen vertaisarvioitu raportti)Multidimensional cost analysis of Europe–Asia container transport routes (2025)
Transport
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
The volatile seascape in the Baltic Sea (2025)
Baltic Rim Economies
(D1 Artikkeli ammattilehdessä)
Ukrainan merisodan opit (2025)
(D4 Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti tai -selvitys )Contradictory emission regulations across transport chains : challenges for international supply chains (2025)
International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
How to reduce transport emissions with alternative fuels and power systems - An optimization approach on a transport chain level (2025)
(Abstrakti)Evaluating firm resilience through responsiveness and logistics outsourcing in the COVID-19 era (2024)
Supply Chain Management
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Varustamobarometri 2023 (2024)
(D4 Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti tai -selvitys )Suomalaisyritysten toimitusketjujen resilienssi hyvä, mutta parannettavakin on (2024)
Logistiikkaupseeri
(D1 Artikkeli ammattilehdessä)