Research Led by Dr. Hafez Shurrab Wins Best Paper Award at EDSI 2026 Conference

The College of Business Administration at Ajman University is proud to announce that research led by Dr. Hafez Shurrab, Assistant Professor in the Department of Management and Marketing, has received the Best Paper Award at the 16th Annual Conference of the European Division of the Decision Sciences Institute (EDSI). The conference, themed "Human-Centric and AI-Enabled Supply Chains," was held from June 1–3, 2026, at Católica Porto Business School in Porto, Portugal.

The award-winning paper, titled "From Cognition to Configuration: An Organizational Design Review of Human-AI Collaboration in Supply Chain Planning," was co-authored with Patrik Jonsson from Chalmers University of Technology and supported by an Ajman University research grant. Following this achievement, the authors received an exclusive invitation to compete at the main annual DSI Conference in San Francisco.

The achievement further strengthens Ajman University's presence in the international research community and reflects the commitment of its faculty to advancing academic excellence and impactful research.