Awards

Herbert Crow Memorial Award 

In March 2003, I received the Herbert Crow Memorial Award from the Worshipful Company of Carmen, the City of London livery company responsible for transport. The award is made to an ‘individual who has significantly furthered transport knowledge and development through study, publication, analysis, research, training or systems.’  I was presented with a silver medal and citation by the Lord Mayor of London at the annual banquet of the Company in the Mansion House on the 11th March 2003. 

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Sir Robert Lawrence Award

In November 2003, I received the top award of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in recognition of my ‘dedication to the sector, the positive impact his expertise has had on logistics and transport as a whole and within academic, as a leading light, figurehead and spokesperson for the sector and for the support he has offered as a highly-respected Chartered Fellow of the Institute’.

Fellowship of the European Logistics Association

In May 2015 I was made a fellow of the European Logistics Association, only the fifth person to receive this honour since the Association was founded in 1984. ELA is a ‘federation of 30 national organisations, covering almost every country in Central and Western Europe’.  The award of the fellowship was in recognition of my ‘contribution in developing the body of logistics knowledge’.

Receiving the award from Jos Marinus (ELA President) and Prof Dr. Hans-Christian Pfohl (Chairman of the ELA Research Committee)

Honorary Doctorate from the University of Tampere, Finland.

On the 7 June 2025 I received an honorary doctorate from Tampere University in Finland ‘in recognition of the development of research and education in sustainable logistics and supply chain management’. I was one of thirteen honorary doctors from Australia, Canada, Finland, Germany, Italy, the UK and the US given the awards ‘in recognition of excellence in fields represented at the University .. in a tradition that spans several centuries’.

EU TRA Visions Special Honorary Award for Lifetime Achievements in Transport Research.

I received this Award at the Annual Dinner of the EU Transport Research Arena conference in Budapest on 19 May, 2026.  It ‘recognises the lifetime achievements of an exceptional senior researcher in European transport research and innovation’. It also ‘celebrates outstanding work and dedication in European transport research and highlights research as a career with lasting impact on society’. The Award was launched in 2022 and I was only the third recipient.