Dr. Sara Rye,
Associate Professor

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Biography

Sara specialises in risk management, humanitarian logistics, and the application of decision-making tools and techniques. She has experience as a supply chain manager in an automotive manufacturer and as a performance consultant in a global distribution network of medical equipment. Her educational background is in Decision Sciences, Operations Research, Economics, and Research Methods. Her research focuses on various aspects of operations management, systems thinking, disaster management, decision making, and serious games. She provides consultancy to not-for-profit organisations on a pro-bono basis. Sara is currently the Deputy Head of Department for the Peace Studies and International Development. In the past she has served as Director of Student Experience, Co-Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Head of Game-Based Learning Center, Co-Lead of Athena Swan. Sara is a member of several research groups, including the "Gender and Disasters" group at UCL, the "Simulation SIG research interest group" and OR society, the "Natha Puri Research Institute" at London South Bank University, and the Risk SIG committee in the Association of Project Management as well as the EDIB Advisor. She has led international research projects on game-based learning across Europe and the Middle East. She has supervised PhD candidates on subjects such as humanitarian logistics, sustainable projects, simulation and serious games, operations risk, behavioural OR, decision science, and project and Agile risks. She is currently accepting self-funded full-time students in the following subjects: humanitarian logistics, sustainable projects, simulation and serious games, operations risk, behavioural OR, and decision sciences. She is part of the EPSRC and UKRI Peer Review College.With a background in industrial logistics (automotive manufacturing, transportation, and medical supplies), she holds a PhD in humanitarian logistics from Brunel University. As a senior fellow of UK HE and a National Teaching Fellow Nominee, she has an interest in game-based learning. She is passionate about inclusivity and has led Athena Swan, EDI and AURORA initiatives in higher education. She has also served on the UKRI peer review college and CATE review panels. She has won and led multinational European and Middle Eastern funds and is always open to collaboration on research in humanitarian studies as well as game-based learning. To arrange a PAT or a Project Supervision meeting please book via the Virtual Office.

Research

Humanitarian LogisticsRisk ManagementCrisis ManagementDisaster ResponseProject ManagementGame-based LearningSimulation GamesSerious Games

Research supervision

Dr. Sara Rye is responsible for the supervision of 4 postgraduate researchers at the University of Bradford.

Contract researchers

Information about contracted people or organisations that Dr. Sara Rye works with.
Role	Project	Duration
Other	TEGA
Research Assistant	TEGA	2020-2021
Research Assistant	TEGA	2020-2023
Research Assistant	PREDIS
Project Manager	TEGA	2020-2023

Teaching

Details on teaching interests, highlights and modules are available for Dr. Sara Rye as follows:

Teaching interests

Risk Management, Logistics, OR, Humanitarian response, Crisis Management, Project Management

Teaching modules

Information about programme modules taught by Dr. Sara Rye.
Title	Subject	Module code	Year
Project Implementation Management
Dissertation
Project Risk Management

Professional activities

Information about education, employment and areas of particular interest for Dr. Sara Rye is as follows:

Education

Brunel Business School - PhD in Management studiesThesis Titled: PREdictive model for DISaster response configuration (An introduction to PREDIS decision platform) 
Middlesex University - MSc in Business research methods

Publications

There are 41 publications involving or that are attributed to Dr. Sara Rye. They are listed as:

article (2)
blog (2)
book chapter (5)
conference contribution (12)
conference publication (5)
data or dataset (1)
discussion (1)
editorial (1)
invited seminars (1)
other journal (1)
other publication (1)
peer reviewed journal (8)
working paper (1)

Article

Dr. Sara Rye has 2 publication(s) listed under article.
Title	Year	Publication name	Journal	Volume	Pages	Authors	Editors	ISSN	Publisher	DOI	Location
Archaeologists discover ancient Mayan board game – here’s what it can teach modern educators	2023					Sara, Rye; Carla, Sousa			theconversation.com
“The importance of collaboration between the project team, end-users, and stakeholders in managing complex decisions and risks in project environments”	2023					Rye,S. Danquah, J.			Association for Project Management

Blog

Dr. Sara Rye has 2 publication(s) listed under blog.
Title	Year	Publication name	Journal	Volume	Pages	Authors	Editors	ISSN	Publisher	DOI	Location
The power of collaboration: managing complex decisions and risks in project environments	2023					Rye,S.			Association for Project Management
Threats and opportunities in the risk management of projects	2023					Alexander Verbraeck Marian Bosch-Rekveldt and Peter Simon			Association for Project Management

Book Chapter

Dr. Sara Rye has 5 publication(s) listed under book chapter.
Title	Year	Publication name	Journal	Authors	Editors	ISSN	Publisher	DOI
Hands-On Minds: Fostering Conceptual Learning through Tangible Analogue Games in Higher Education	2023	Media Literacy and Assistive Technologies for Empowerment in Autism	Media Literacy and Assistive Technologies for Empowerment in Autism	Rye,S.	C. Sousa & A. Tkaczyk		Media Literacy and Assistive Technologies for Empowerment in Autism	10.24140/asdigital.v1.p01.05
A disaster severity assessment decision support tool for reducing the risk of failure in the response operations	2014	BREBBIA, C.Eds. 2014. Risk Analysis IX	BREBBIA, C.Eds. 2014. Risk Analysis IX	Hasani, S., El-Haddadeh, R. and Aktas		978-1-84564-792-6. 369–38	Wessex Institute of Technology	doi.org/10.2495/RISK140311
The Partner Proliferation Problem in Disaster Response Networks	2016	Advances in Managing Humanitarian Operations. International Series in Operations Research & Management Science	Advances in Managing Humanitarian Operations. International Series in Operations Research & Management Science	Hasani S, El-Haddadeh R, Aktas E			Springer	doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24418-1_6
A decision support tool for assessing disaster severity and reducing the risk of failure in response operations”. In:	2016	S.Syngellakis, ed., Natural Disaster Management	S.Syngellakis, ed., Natural Disaster Management	Hasani, S., and Aktas, E.		978-1-78466-229-5	Wessex Institute of Technology , WIT press
A conceptual model for re-structuring the disaster relief operation	2015	In: N. Altay, M. Haselkorn and C. Zobel, ed., Advances in Managing Humanitarian Operations	In: N. Altay, M. Haselkorn and C. Zobel, ed., Advances in Managing Humanitarian Operations	Hasani, S., El-Haddadeh, R. and Aktas, E.		978-3-319-24418-1	Spring Verlag.

Conference Contribution

Dr. Sara Rye has 12 publication(s) listed under conference contribution.
Title	Year	Publication name	Journal	Authors	Location
Humanitarian Decision-making: A Multidisciplinary Approach towards Enhancing Quality and Well-being	2024	Navigating Peace and Sustainability in an Increasingly Complex World	Navigating Peace and Sustainability in an Increasingly Complex World	Sara Rye	Hiroshima, Japan
	2023	Fall Workshop / European Working Group on Behavioural/ OR (EWG BOR)	Fall Workshop / European Working Group on Behavioural/ OR (EWG BOR)	Rye,S.	DELFT
	2023	Advance HE EDI Conference 2023 The Shoulders of Giants: Listening, Learning and Improving our Practice	Advance HE EDI Conference 2023 The Shoulders of Giants: Listening, Learning and Improving our Practice	Premkumar, P., Moorley, C., Rye, C., Leadley-Meade, Z., Clegg, D	Hull
	2016	BOR summer School, Aalto University	BOR summer School, Aalto University	Hasani, S.	Finland
	2013	Brunel University, Student research conference	Brunel University, Student research conference	Hasani, S.	London
	2015	YounOR19	YounOR19	Hasani, S., El-Haddadeh, R. and Aktas, E.	Birmingham
	2015	IRDR 5th Annual Conference	IRDR 5th Annual Conference	Hasani, S.,	London
	2016	Proc. Oper. Res. Soc. Simul. Work.	Proc. Oper. Res. Soc. Simul. Work.	Hasani, S., Aktas, E.	Ettington
	2019	International Conference on Disaster Prevention and Simulation Techniques	International Conference on Disaster Prevention and Simulation Techniques	Hasani, S.	Stockholme
	2020	The effectiveness of serious game play in teaching and learning”	The effectiveness of serious game play in teaching and learning”	Hasani, S. and Rutherford C.,	(2020) “The effectiveness of serious game play in teaching and learning” Advance HE Teaching and Learning Conference ,7 July 2020 , UK.
	2022	LTSE, Learning, Teaching, Student Experience	LTSE, Learning, Teaching, Student Experience	Hasani, S.	Belfast
	2023	APM Risk SIG Conference: Exploring the realities of opportunity management	APM Risk SIG Conference: Exploring the realities of opportunity management	Verbraeck, A. Bosch-Rekveldt, M. Rye, S. Simon, P.	London

Conference Publication

Dr. Sara Rye has 5 publication(s) listed under conference publication.
Title	Year	Publication name	Journal	Volume	Pages	Authors	ISSN	Publisher	DOI	Location
Towards a psychosocial framework for decision making in humanitarian logistics	2023	23rd International Conference on Group Decision and Negotiation	23rd International Conference on Group Decision and Negotiation			Rye, S.	ISBN : 978-3-031-33779-6	Springer		Tokyo, Japan
Partner configuration in short term collaboration: a taxonomy of literature between 1994 to 2013	2014	British Academy of Management Conference Proceedings 2014	British Academy of Management Conference Proceedings 2014			Hasani, S., El-Haddadeh, R. and Aktas, E.			https://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/12153/1/BAM_2014-Programme.pdf
Designing Educational Games for Diverse Learners in multi-disciplinary classrooms: The TEGA Toolkit as a Framework	2023	17th European Conference on Games Based Learning	17th European Conference on Games Based Learning			Rye, S., Sousa, Carla,.
An accessible and inclusive future for tabletop games and learning: paradigms and approaches	2022	15th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation	15th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation			C. Sousa, F. Luz, M.M. Fonseca, P. Neves, P. Lopes, V. Maratou, R. Chaliampalias, A. Kameas, Y. Abdullahi, S. Rye	978-84-09-45476-1		doi.org/10.21125/iceri.2022.2205	Seville, Spain
A disaster severity assessment decision support tool for reducing the risk of failure in response operations	2014	WIT Transactions on Information and Communication Technologies	WIT Transactions on Information and Communication Technologies	47	369 - 380	Hasani S.;El-Haddadeh R.;Aktas E.	1743-3517		10.2495/RISK140311

Data or Dataset

Dr. Sara Rye has 1 publication(s) listed under data or dataset.
Title	Year	Publication name	Journal	Volume	Pages	Authors	Editors	ISSN	Publisher	DOI	Location
Survey on Opportunity Management as part of Project Risk Management.	2023					Verbraeck, Alexander; Bosch-Rekveldt, Marian; Rye, Sara; Simon, Peter				10.4121/479B9031-A1F5-426C-B7A9-7E9225CE9536.V1

Discussion

Dr. Sara Rye has 1 publication(s) listed under discussion.
Title	Year	Publication name	Journal	Volume	Pages	Authors	Editors	ISSN	Publisher	DOI	Location
Can risk management be made exciting?	2022					Rye, S.			Association of Project Management

Editorial

Dr. Sara Rye has 1 publication(s) listed under editorial.
Title	Year	Publication name	Journal	Volume	Pages	Authors	Editors	ISSN	Publisher	DOI	Location
EDITORIAL GAMES AND LEARNING: CONSOLIDATING AND EXPANDING THE POTENTIAL OF ANALOGUE AND DIGITAL GAMES	2023			8	4 - 7	Neves P.P.;Sousa C.;Fonseca M.;Rye S.		2183-9271		10.24140/ijfma.v8.n1.edit

Invited Seminars

Dr. Sara Rye has 1 publication(s) listed under invited seminars.
Title	Year	Publication name	Journal	Volume	Pages	Authors	Editors	ISSN	Publisher	DOI	Location
Game and role play in teaching project management	2019					Hasani, S.

Other Journal

Dr. Sara Rye has 1 publication(s) listed under other journal.
Title	Year	Publication name	Journal	Volume	Pages	Authors	Editors	ISSN	Publisher	DOI	Location
The state of the art of risk management in projects	2023	Project Journal	Project Journal	Spring		The state of the art of risk management in projects Rye, S. (2023). The state of the art of risk management in projects. Project journal . Spring, p. 12.

Other Publication

Dr. Sara Rye has 1 publication(s) listed under other publication.
Title	Year	Publication name	Journal	Volume	Pages	Authors	Editors	ISSN	Publisher	DOI	Location
Voyage of compassion from risk to relief: a comparative exploration of risk management in humanitarian and commercial ventures	2024								Association for Project Management

Peer Reviewed Journal

Dr. Sara Rye has 8 publication(s) listed under peer reviewed journal.
Title	Year	Journal	Volume	Pages	Authors	ISSN	Publisher	DOI
Editorial - Games and Learning: Consolidating and Expanding the Potential of Analogue and Digital Games	2023	International Journal Of Film And Media Arts	Vol. 8 : Interaction, Challenge, and Learning: Innovations in Gaming for Serious Purposes		Pedro Pinto Neves, Carla Sousa, Micaela Fonseca , Sara Rye	2183-9271		https://doi.org/10.24140/ijfma.v8.n1.edit
Playing at the School Table: Systematic Literature Review of Board, Tabletop, and other Analogue Game-Based Learning Approaches.	2023	Frontiers in Psychology			Sousa, C., Rye, S., Sousa, M., Torres, P. J., Perim, C., & Ennami, F.			https://www.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1160591
The partner proliferation problem in disaster response networks	2016	International Series In Operations Research And Management Science		111 - 133	Hasani S.;El-Haddadeh R.;Aktas E.	0884-8289		10.1007/978-3-319-24418-1_6
A Multi-Attribute Decision Support System for Allocation of Humanitarian Cluster Resources Based on Decision Makers’ Perspective	2022	Sustainability	14		Rye S.;Aktas E.	2071-1050		10.3390/su142013423
Analysis of the Disparity between Recurring and Temporary Collaborative Performance: A Literature Review between 1994 and 2021	2022	Logistics Journal	6		Rye S.	2305-6290		10.3390/logistics6040071
Serious Games as a Validation Tool for PREDIS: A Decision Support System for Disaster Management.	2022	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health	19		Rye S;Aktas E;	1660-4601		10.3390/ijerph192416584
GAME BASED LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION USING ANALOGUE GAMES	2023	International Journal Of Film And Media Arts	8	68 - 83	Maratou V.;Ennami F.;Luz F.;Abdullahi Y.;Medeišienė R.A.;Ščiukauskė I.;Chaliampalias R.;Kameas A.D.;Sousa C.;Rye S.	2183-9271		https://doi.org/10.24140/ijfma.v8.n1.04
A Rule-Based Predictive Model for Estimating Human Impact Data in Natural Onset Disasters—The Case of PRED Model	2023	Logistics Journal			Sara, Rye; Emel Aktas		MDPI	https://doi.org/10.3390/logistics7020031

Working Paper

Dr. Sara Rye has 1 publication(s) listed under working paper.
Title	Year	Publication name	Journal	Volume	Pages	Authors	Editors	ISSN	Publisher	DOI	Location
The Challenges and Opportunities of Analogue Game-Based Learning.	2021					Medeisiene, R. A., Sciukauske, I., Karasa, D., Maratou, V., Chaliampalias, R., Moore, J. D., Abdullahi, Y., Rye, S., Sousa, C., Luz, F., Barroso, I., Neves, P. P. and & Fonseca, M.

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