Dear Colleagues,

As the Editor-in-Chief of Logistics, it is my great pleasure to announce the winner of the Logistics 2022 Best PhD Thesis Award. This award is for a PhD student or recently qualified PhD student who has produced a highly anticipated thesis with great academic potential.

The award has been granted to:
“A Decision-Support Framework for Smart and Sustainable Reverse Logistics Network Design” By Xu Sun, UiT, The Arctic University of Norway, Norway

The winner will receive CHF 800, a certificate and a chance to publish a paper free of charge after peer review in Logistics in 2023.

On behalf of the evaluation committee, I congratulate the winner on their accomplishments. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the applicants for submitting their exceptional theses, and thank the Award Committee for voting and helping with this award.

Prof. Dr. Robert Handfield
Editor-in-Chief, Logistics