dr. Thomas Breugem

Bio

Thomas Breugem is an assistant professor of supply chain management at the School of Economics and Management at Tilburg University, and part of the Zero Hunger Lab. His research focuses on complex practical problems in humanitarian operations, access to health/medicine, and transportation logistics, with a particular focus on equity and fairness issues. He uses mathematical optimization methods to improve operations and quantify strategic trade-offs. He obtained his Ph.D. at the Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam,  and is a visiting scholar at INSEAD’s Humanitarian Research Group.

Courses

• Advanced Topics (Fall)
• Sustainable Supply Management

Recent publications

1. Equity in Health and Humanitarian Logistics - A Beneficiary Perspecti…

   Breugem, T., Fan, Y., Gernert, A., & Van Wassenhove, L. N. (2023). Equity in Health and Humanitarian Logistics: A Beneficiary Perspective. (CentER Discussion Paper; Vol. 2023-003). CentER, Center for Economic Research.

2. Visit Allocation Problems in Multi-Service Settings - Policies and Wo…

   Breugem, T., Wolter, T. S., & Van Wassenhove, L. N. (2023). Visit Allocation Problems in Multi-Service Settings: Policies and Worst-Case Bounds. (CentER Discussion Paper; Vol. 2023-004). CentER, Center for Economic Research.

3. A column generation approach for the integrated crew re-planning prob…

   Breugem, T., van Rossum, B. T. C., Dollevoet, T., & Huisman, D. (2022). A column generation approach for the integrated crew re-planning problem. Omega: International journal of management science, 107, Article 102555.

4. Is equality always desirable? Analyzing the trade-off between fairnes…

   Breugem, T., Dollevoet, T., & Huisman, D. (2022). Is equality always desirable? Analyzing the trade-off between fairness and attractiveness in crew rostering. Management Science, 68(4), 2619-2641.

5. The price of imposing vertical equity through asymmetric outcome cons…

   Breugem, T., & Van Wassenhove, L. N. (2022). The price of imposing vertical equity through asymmetric outcome constraints. Management Science, 68(11), 7977-7993.