Jan Vang

Expert in Supply chain innovation and Global sustainable development

Jan Vang is a leading global expert in supply chain innovation and global sustainable development. He is a Full Professor at the University of Southern Denmark, where he heads the Supply Chain Management group Global Sustainable Production. He and his team are also responsible for the Global Management and Manufacturing supply chain management education program.

His research group works across both basic and applied research. What matters to Jan is that research leads to new insights and practical ways to transform global supply chains towards more sustainable forms of production and organization.

His expertise is grounded in more than two decades of work with multinational companies, global suppliers, informal suppliers, governments, NGOs, and trade unions in Europe and Asia. He has carried out research projects, consultancy assignments, evaluations, and training activities in a wide range of countries. He is currently leading major research projects on supply chain innovation and sustainable development in Bangladesh and Kenya.

Jan is also a recognized communicator — a skill that may stem from his early career as a journalist — and he frequently represents the university in public and professional settings. He is a sought‑after speaker known for engaging talks on the futures of supply chains.

When he is not designing new participatory processes or working with partners around the world, he travels to find new inspiration or spends time in his second home country, Italy. When the weather allows, he can be found training hyrox, running in the forests north of Copenhagen, or playing tennis.