Dr Mahnaz Hosseinzadeh

Management School

Lecturer in Information Sciences

Mahnaz Hosseinzadeh.
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m.hosseinzadeh@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 3331
C091, Sheffield University Management School

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Dr Mahnaz Hosseinzadeh
Management School
C091
Sheffield University Management School
Conduit Road
Sheffield
S10 1FL
Profile

Mahnaz Hosseinzadeh is a Lecturer in Operations Management and Decision Sciences at Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom.

Mahnaz holds a PhD in Operational Research from the University of Tehran.

Prior to joining the Management School, Mahnaz worked at the University of Tehran, initially as a Lecturer and then a Senior Lecturer in Operational Research Management. She has also been a visiting researcher at Linköping University.

Her research focuses mainly on system dynamics, optimisation, multiple criteria decision making and soft operational research, emphasising social sustainability in supply chains. She is the author of many scientific articles published in peer-reviewed journals in Operational Research and Information Sciences.

Qualifications
  • PhD in Operational Research Management, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, 2013
  • MSc in Industrial Management - Operational Research, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, 2008
  • BSc (Hons) in Industrial Management, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran, 2005
Research interests
  • System dynamics
  • Mathematical modelling and optimisation
  • Multiple criteria decision making
  • Soft operational research
  • Social sustainability in supply chains
Publications

Journal articles

  • Shahbazi A, Moeinaddini M, Sinha R, Abdoli MA, Hosseinzadeh M, Jaafarzadeh Haghighi Fard N & Azizi S (2025) . Energies, 18(9).
  • Alaei S, Razavi Hajiagha SH & Hosseinzadeh M (2025) . Computers & Operations Research, 176, 106951-106951.
  • Jami Pour M, Hosseinzadeh M & Moradi M (2024) . International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 30(2/3), 450-481.
  • Shahbazi A, Moeinaddini M, Abdoli MA, Hosseinzadeh M, Jaafarzadeh N & Sinha R (2023) . Sustainability, 15(23).
  • Hosseinzadeh M, Samadi Foroushani M, Ghayem H & Mehregan MR (2023) . International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, 40(9), 2083-2113.
  • Hosseinzadeh M, Samadi Foroushani M & Sadraei R (2022) . British Food Journal, 124(7), 2361-2395.
  • Jami Pour M, Hosseinzadeh M & Mansouri NS (2022) . Internet Research, 32(1), 241-272.
  • Lotfi M, Asgharizadeh E, Hisam Omar A, Hosseinzadeh M & Amoozad Mahdiraji H (2021) . International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowledge-Based Systems, 29(06), 875-889.
  • Jami Pour M, Hosseinzadeh M & Amoozad Mahdiraji H (2021) . foresight, 23(6), 655-678.
  • Hosseinzadeh M, Samadi Foroushani M, Tang O & Mehregan MR (2021) . Kybernetes, 50(8), 2397-2427.
  • Jami Pour M & Hosseinzadeh M (2021) . Information Systems and e-Business Management, 19(1), 43-75.
  • Pour MJ, Mesrabadi J & Hosseinzadeh M (2019) . Online Information Review, 44(1), 114-138.
  • Shakouri G. H, Rahmani M, Hosseinzadeh M & Kazemi A (2018) . Sustainable Cities and Society, 40, 394-415.
  • Jami Pour M, Hosseinzadeh M, Bagherzadeh Azar M & Taheri F (2017) . Kybernetes, 46(8), 1303-1324.
  • Kazemi A & Hosseinzadeh M (2016) . Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, 35(4), 1221-1230.
  • Kazemi A, Shakouri G. H, Mehregan MR & Hosseinzadeh M (2013) . Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, 32(3), 854-859.
  • Yaftiyan F, Amoozad Mahdiraji H, Hosseinzadeh M & Vrontis D () . Annals of Operations Research.
  • Shahbahrami E, Amoozad Mahdiraji H & Hosseinzadeh M () . Journal of Health Administration, 23(2), 89-101.

Conference proceedings

  • Niwanputri GS, Tob-Ogu A & Hosseinzadeh M (2025) . ICTIR '25: Proceedings of the 2025 International ACM SIGIR Conference on Innovative Concepts and Theories in Information Retrieval (ICTIR) (pp 449-458). Padua, Italy, 18 July 2025 - 18 July 2025.
  • Pour MJ, Hosseinzadeh M & Rafiei K (2020) . 2020 4th International Conference on Smart City, Internet of Things and Applications (SCIOT) (pp 1-6), 16 September 2020 - 17 September 2020.
  • Jafarnejad A, Hosseinzadeh M & Kangarani HM (2011) Solving fully fuzzy linear programming problem with equality and inequality constraints. 10th International Conference on Modeling and Applied Simulation Mas 2011 Held at the International Mediterranean and Latin American Modeling Multiconference I3m 2011 (pp 45-49)
Research group

Supply Chain, Operations and Logistics Applied Research Centre

Teaching activities

Mahnaz is currently involved in the teaching of:

  • MGT138: Analysis for Decision Making B
  • MGT6155: Supply Networks Management
PhD Supervision

Mahnaz is ambitious about supervising passionate and hardworking PhD students interested in theoretical development and practical applications of Operational Research methodologies, such as system dynamics, mathematical modelling, decision analysis and soft operational research, focusing on the social aspect of sustainability in supply chains.

Dr Mahnaz Hosseinzadeh supervises:

Ginar Niwanputri

Doctoral Researcher (Operations Management and Decision Sciences)
Management School
Email
gsniwanputri1@sheffield.ac.uk
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